XL Group has announced management changes and departures in anticipation of the planned acquisition of XL by AXA. French insurer AXA SA has agreed to buy XL Group Ltd. for $15.3 billion in cash in a bid to capture a …
Global insurance broker Aon has joined its two brands– Benfield and Risk Solutions– into one operational unit and named the chief executives of the two brands as co-presidents of the company. Eric Andersen, CEO of Aon Benfield, and Michael O’Connor, …
Lainie R. Dorneker has been appointed president of IronHealth, the healthcare professional liability unit of Ironshore. She assumes the role from Matthew Dolan, who was recently named president of Ironshore U.S. Operations. Dorneker joined Ironshore in 2009 as product manager …
A judge scolded Facebook Inc. for misconstruing his own rulings as he ordered the company to face a high-stakes trial accusing it of violating user privacy. The social media giant has misinterpreted prior court orders by continuing to assert the …
Uber Technologies Inc. said on Tuesday sexual harassment or assault victims will have the option to settle claims with the ride-hailing service without a confidentiality provision that prevents them from speaking about the incidents. Uber also said it will no …
There are plenty of problems lurking on America’s career ladder, but here is a big one: our healthcare systems are designed for the workforce of 1950. If you have a lifetime corporate 9-to-5 gig, then you probably have group health …
Farm legislation usually has enough incentives to satisfy everyone across the partisan divide in Congress. Not this year. The Republican version set for a House vote on Friday contains so many unpalatable provisions that lawmakers from both parties are racing …
Andy Trench made $2,000 a day in 2015 taking sky-high photographs along the East Coast with a drone he made himself. Now, that same work fetches about $175. “It’s apparent that a lot of this industry is a race to …
Federal and local officials said that they are stockpiling radios, food, water and generators in Puerto Rico and demanding rigorous emergency training to prepare the U.S. territory for dealing with any catastrophic storm as the Atlantic hurricane season approaches. In …
The nationwide population of lawyers is up to 1,338,678 licensed, active attorneys, which represents a 0.2 percent increase since last year and a 15.2 percent rise over the past decade, according to data from the American Bar Association (ABA). The …
