Daily Archives: <span>September 5, 2018</span>

Averse to Owning? Auto Subscription Services Bundle Car, Insurance, Maintenance

If you already subscribe to digital services like Netflix to binge on TV shows and Spotify to groove to an endless mix of music, the auto industry might have a deal for you: Subscribe to your next car as well. …

Australia’s Financial Services Probe Highlights Need for Corporate Ethical Training

When Nick Wailes started as the head of Australia’s top-ranked business graduate school in February, he already had the idea of offering a course to address a shortfall of training in ethical leadership. A few weeks later, the country’s most …

Customer Service: You’re Doing It Wrong.

Insurance is a business that’s all about people. I know. You’ve heard that before but let me be as clear as I know how. Your customers are not just some business out there. They aren’t just some person, or people, …

Some Gulf Energy Production Halted by Storm Gordon

Three more oil producers pulled employees out of Tropical Storm Gordon’s path, and companies cut 9 percent of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production on Tuesday as the storm churned toward an expected nighttime landfall. The storm, which …

Guy Carpenter Taps Sinniah from Willis Re as Head of Strategy & Client Engagement

Guy Carpenter & Co., a global risk and reinsurance specialist and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the appointment of Shaun Sinniah as head of Strategy and Client Engagement for the firm’s International and Global Specialties …

RSA Insurance Opens Luxembourg Office as Part of Brexit Preparations

RSA Insurance Group has opened its new office in Luxembourg as part of its preparations for the UK’s exit from the European Union. The office, which opened on Sept. 3, will provide a platform for RSA in Europe post-Brexit, minimizing …

SCOR Denies Press Rumors of Talks with PartnerRe

French reinsurer SCOR formally denied press claims that the group has been in merger discussions with PartnerRe or any other company. The SCOR statement, which was issued on Sept. 4, comes on the heels of a revelation on the same …

Marsh’s Fine Joins JLT Specialty’s Aerospace Team

Broker JLT Specialty USA has named Bruce S. Fine as Global Aerospace Manufacturers and Infrastructure Industry leader. Based in Atlanta, Fine will be a member of the Global Specialty – Aerospace leadership team as well as the U.S. Specialty leadership …

Typhoon Jebi Hits Osaka in Japan, Leaving a Trail of Damage, Airport Closed

Regions around Osaka, Japan’s second biggest population center, struggled to recover from damage left by Typhoon Jebi, which left 10 people dead, hundreds of thousands of buildings without power and the area’s main airport closed. Kansai International Airport, a key …

Sompo International Launches Luxembourg-Based Subsidiary SI Insurance (Europe)

Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based provider of specialty property and casualty re/insurance, announced the launch of its new subsidiary, SI Insurance (Europe). SI Insurance (Europe) is headquartered in Luxembourg with branches in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the …