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Markets/Coverages: Sompo Launches Marine Insurance Proposition for UK Market

Sompo, the Bermuda-based provider of commercial and consumer property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced the launch of a new national marine insurance proposition for the United Kingdom. Sompo’s Marine Cargo UK policy and its Transport & Logistics propositions are both designed …

WTW Launches China Client Division With Yan Appointed as Division Leader

Insurance broker WTW has launched a new China Client Division within Corporate Risk and Broking, North America (CRB NA), as part of its strategy to expand its presence and broaden offerings focused on the Chinese market. The new China Client …

Central European Insurers’ Financial Strength to Remain Solid Despite Severe Floods

The heavy rains and severe floods of Storm Boris, which inundated Central and Eastern Europe during the second week in September, will be the most severe flood event in about a decade, carrying an insurance price tag of an estimated …

Vanguard Investments Fined for Greenwashing as Australia Eyes ESG Claims

Australia’s federal court has fined Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. A$12.9 million ($8.9 million) for making misleading claims about a fund, the highest penalty issued in the country so far over greenwashing. In March, the court found the investment giant made …

Probe Into EY India’s Office After Worker’s Death Finds it Lacked Labor Welfare Permit

An Ernst & Young (EY) office in western India, which employed a 26-year-old who allegedly died after facing a high workload, has operated since 2007 without a state permit which regulates work hours, a senior government official told Reuters. EY …

Climate Change Made Europe’s Deadly Floods Worse and More Likely

Record rainfall leading to flooding that killed 24 people in Europe earlier in September was twice as likely due to manmade climate change, a study has found. The flooding took place across central Europe after Storm Boris stalled over the …

Extreme Canada Weather Causes Record $5.7 Billion Insured Damage

An onslaught of four natural disasters caused C$7.1 billion ($5.3 billion) of insured losses across Canada in just two months — more than any other summer on record. In July and August, a ballistic hailstorm tore through cars and buildings …

Hurricane John Makes Landfall in Mexico as Major Category 3 Storm

Hurricane John hit Mexico’s southern Pacific coast late on Monday as a major category 3 storm, with authorities warning residents to protect themselves against potentially deadly storm surges and torrential rain. The storm, packing maximum sustained winds of 120 mph …

Flood Damage on Key Austrian Rail Link to Take Months to Repair

Austria’s national railways will need months to restore the country’s busiest train line after catastrophic floods wrecked infrastructure, throttling the capacity to move people and goods. Commuters and supply chains will need to adapt after record rainfall damaged tracks, tunnels …

British Water Companies Fight $2 Billion Lawsuits Over Sewage Pollution

Six British water companies under-reported sewage discharges and overcharged millions of customers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) as a result, lawyers bringing a landmark lawsuit told a London tribunal on Monday. The utilities companies, including Britain’s largest water …

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