Lloyd’s of London recorded a pretax loss of 400 million pounds ($520.08 million) in the first half, battered by the coronavirus pandemic, the commercial insurance market said on Thursday. Insurers around the world have paid out on event cancellation, travel, …
September 10, 2020, Austin, TX— The CIC, CISR, and Academy Board of Directors appointed William J. Hold as President and CEO of The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research at the bi-annual board meeting on August 25, 2020. Father, …
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Kip Tryon vice president of marketing and branding. Tryon has been involved with Liberty’s outreach marketing efforts and after four years in roles of increasing responsibility. He will now oversee a team dedicated …
LONDON— If fund managers are serious about clean investments, they need to get their hands dirty. That’s the view of Sasja Beslik, head of sustainable finance at Swiss bank J. Safra Sarasin, as demand surges for companies that perform well …
China has launched an initiative to address global data security issues, a countermove to the U.S. “clean network” program that is aimed at discouraging other countries from using Chinese technology. Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the initiative in Beijing on …
Canada’s property/casualty insurance industry thus far has fared better than its life counterpart amid the economic and market dynamics created by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an AM Best report. In its Best’s Market Segment Report, titled, “COVID-19 Taking Its …
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions on social gatherings in England on Wednesday, saying there was a clear need to act after a spike in COVID-19 infections. Speaking at a televised news conference, flanked by his top medical advisers, …
School officials and insurers across the country are facing questions about COVID-19-related insurance liability as they begin classes, but answers remain elusive, according to A.M. Best. “Uncertainty about the plethora of issues involved with school liability abounds,” A.M Best said …
The key mechanism used by Facebook to transfer data from the European Union to the United States “cannot in practice be used” for such transfers, according to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, Facebook said on Wednesday. The U.S. social media giant …
Safebuilt Insurance Services, a licensed program manager, has partnered with AF Group to expand its capacity for general liability programs for construction contractors. SIS Insure is a subsidiary of Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), a program administrator that builds insurance products …
