The opening salvos have been fired in a 2.5 billion euro ($2.7 billion), Irish court battle between some of the world’s largest aircraft lessors and their insurers over around 80 jets stranded in Russia. Dublin’s High Court earlier this month …
Companies accused of misrepresenting their progress on tackling climate change are increasingly finding themselves the target of litigants, as activist groups look to hold some of the world’s worst polluters to account. As many as 47 new climate washing cases …
In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow fleet to ferry its oil around the world. Now there is growing evidence Moscow has begun to do the same …
Hackers behind a London hospital attack recently published records that include personal information about pregnant women, newborns, cancer patients, people suffering from schizophrenia and thousands of others across the UK and Ireland, revealing the breach was far more widespread than …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Brit Re and the managing general agent Optio Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Brit Re Names Partner Re’s Ex-CEO Bonneau as Non-Executive Director Brit Ltd. announced the …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s captive and alternative risk transfer solutions subsidiary, Artex, has acquired London-based Implement Compliance Solutions & Resources Ltd. (ICSR). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ICSR provides consulting and support services on compliance, governance, risk …
Sanctions on shipping companies are undermining safety at sea and pose dangers for trade as ship standards are impacted, the chief executive of sanctioned Russian shipping group Sovcomflot said. The European Union imposed sanctions on Russia’s state-owned and top tanker …
Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has begun using tankers that navigate off radar to supply its closest political ally, Cuba, as a fleet of state-owned vessels that have historically covered the route dwindles, according to documents and ship monitoring services. …
Britain’s markets regulator will publish an update in autumn into how companies are detecting and dealing with sexual harassment, bullying and other non-financial misconduct, a senior official said on Wednesday. Steve Smart, the joint head of enforcement at the Financial …
The regulation that sets up the European Union’s new agency to combat money laundering went into force on Wednesday, and the authority already has its first job posting: the position of chair. Candidates have until July 8 to apply to …
