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Brand and Waterman Appointed to New Roles in Zurich’s Commercial Insurance Team

Zurich Insurance Group announced it has appointed Ralph Brand as global head of Casualty, Financial Lines and Cyber, and Chris Waterman as global head of Property, Marine and Technical Lines. With these newly created roles, Zurich further simplifies its Underwriting …

April’s Killer Tornadoes Cost Insurers Billions in Claims: Aon Report

Extensive severe weather events in the United States during April cost insurers billions of dollars, according to the latest edition of Aon’s Global Catastrophe Recap report. There were 14 killer tornadoes in the U.S. in April – the fifth-most in …

UK Regulator Seeks Court Review in July to Resolve COVID-19 Insurance Dispute

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aims to get business interruption insurance policies examined by a court as soon as July, a member of a policyholder action group said on Thursday. The Hiscox Action Group, which is seeking to sue Hiscox …

Complex Financial Products Aren’t the Solution to Climate Change or Pandemic: Opinion

Almost exactly four years ago the World Bank announced a pioneering project, the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility, designed to develop a new insurance market and protect the world’s poorest countries against deadly disease. The PEF, as it’s known, was supposed …

Split Okla. Supreme Court Sides with Plaintiffs in Attorney Fee Dispute

An insurer that failed to pay a claim within 60 days cannot be considered the prevailing party even if a claimant is eventually awarded less than the carrier’s settlement offer, a divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled. The 6-3 opinion marks …

NFL Kicks Off Plan to Reopen Team Facilities; MLS Soccer Allows Player Workouts

The NFL has set protocols for reopening team facilities and has told the 32 teams to have them in place by May 15. In a memo sent by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained Wednesday night by The Associated Press, several …

Billions Will Experience ‘Sahara’ Like Heat in Next 50 Years, Report States

Roughly a third of the global population could experience an average annual temperature of 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit (29C) in the next 50 years, with temperatures currently found in small part of the planet, mostly concentrated in the Sahara. That’s the …

Ben & Jerry’s Scoops a Win in ‘Happy Cows’ Lawsuit

Ben & Jerry’s won the dismissal on Thursday of a lawsuit by an environmental advocate who claimed the company deceived consumers by saying it used milk and cream from “happy cows” on “Caring Dairy” farms to make its premium ice …

How Caterpillar, Deere Kept Equipment Making Plants Open During Coronavirus Outbreak

While Detroit automakers’ unionized auto factories have been idled by the coronavirus pandemic, farm and construction equipment makers Deere and Caterpillar have won the support of the United Auto Workers and other unions to run their facilities during the pandemic. …

Federal Aid Denied to Georgia County for Damage from April Tornado

A county in Georgia will not receive any federal relief funds after a tornado that swept through the South in April destroyed dozens of homes in the area, authorities said. Murray County Commissioner Greg Hogan told news outlets Tuesday that …

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