Did Big Data Enable Lloyd’s to Predict France’s World Cup Win? Well, Maybe… July 16, 2018 By L.S. Howard Ahead of the recent World Cup in Russia, Lloyd’s of London predicted that France would be victorious. And victorious they...
UK PM’s Brexit Plans Threatened by Euroskeptics; Others Support 2nd Referendum July 16, 2018 By Stuart Biggs and Robert Hutton Theresa May’s long-running battle with her divided Conservative Party took a potentially more dangerous turn, as one of her former...
NTT DATA UK to Provide Robotics Services for TMK’s Marine Transactions July 16, 2018 NTT DATA UK, a Tokyo-based consulting and IT services provider, announced it has entered into a partnership to provide robotics...
UK Retailer Debenhams Denies Cash Crunch From Cut in Suppliers’ Credit Insurance July 16, 2018 British department store retailer Debenhams said it had a healthy cash position after a media report on Sunday saying insurers...
Sustainable Re/Insurance Industry Vital in Uncertain World: Swiss Re’s Ojeisekhoba July 16, 2018 By Moses Ojeisekhoba Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore described it as “the first taste of a bitter...
U.S. Sanctions Likely to Ban Use of Lloyd’s IT Platform for Processing Iran Insurance July 16, 2018 By Carolyn Cohn and Jonathan Saul New U.S. sanctions are likely to prevent the use of a Lloyd’s of London IT platform for any Iran insurance,...
Trump Apologizes to UK Prime Minister for ‘Fake News’ Criticisms of Brexit Plan July 14, 2018 By Jeff Mason President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Britain could secure a “great” post-Brexit trade deal, lavishing praise...
Canadian Health Insurers Reluctant to Provide Cover for Medical Marijuana July 13, 2018 By Nichola Saminather Sun Life Financial, Canada’s No. 2 insurer, recently started covering medical marijuana in its Canadian health insurance plan – more...
German Heirs Can Access Deceased Relatives’ Facebook Accounts: Court July 13, 2018 By Riham Alkousaa Heirs in Germany have the right to access the Facebook accounts of their deceased relatives, a court said in a...
JLT Re Partners with Cyber Risk Modeling Platform, CyberCube July 13, 2018 JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultancy, announced it has formed a partnership with CyberCube, the cyber risk modeling...