This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE Re in the U.S., specialist broker MNK Re Group and MGA CFC Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Re Names Barber Head of U.S. Treaty, Succeeding …
At least one shareholder of Alleghany Corp. is unhappy with the insurer’s agreement to be bought by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. According to a lawsuit filed April 13 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, shareholder …
Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2021, costing $881 million, according to an analysis by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and State Farm. The number of …
Major global trading houses are planning to reduce crude and fuel purchases from Russia’s state-controlled oil companies as early as May 15, sources said, to avoid falling foul of European Union sanctions on Russia. The EU has not imposed a …
Swiss Re shareholders re-elected Sergio Ermotti as chair, the company said on Wednesday, despite a recommendation by proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to vote against him over a lack of gender diversity. Ermotti won 79% of the vote in …
Staff at the UK Financial Conduct Authority have voted to go on strike for the first time in a dispute over pay and conditions. Unite, the trade union that represents staff at the regulator, said in a statement on Tuesday …
South Africa declared floods that killed more than 300 people in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province a disaster, enabling the government to free up funds to assist with reconstruction in the area. The heaviest rainfall in at least six decades last …
Extreme rainfall in southeast Africa has become heavier and more likely to occur during cyclones because of climate change, according to a new analysis released Monday [April 11] by an international team of weather scientists. Multiple tropical storms that pummeled …
ABN Amro apologized on Wednesday for the pain and suffering caused by the involvement of the Dutch bank’s legal predecessors in the slave trade, plantation slavery and the trade in products that originated in slavery. The Dutch were involved in …
Advanced hackers have shown they can take control of an array of devices that help run power stations and manufacturing plants, the U.S. government said in an alert on Wednesday, warning of the potential for cyber spies to harm critical …
