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UK Insurer ESure Receives $1.5 Billion Offer from Bain Capital

ESure Group Plc has received an unsolicited offer of about 1.17 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) from Bain Capital Private Equity LP as private equity firms seek to consolidate the insurance industry. The offer of about 280 pence a share in …

Various Scenarios for Brexit: Deal, No Deal, New Referendum?

The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on March 29, yet little is clear: There is, so far, no divorce deal, rivals to Prime Minister Theresa May are circling and some lawmakers are pushing for a rerun …

Explosion at Brazil Steelmaker Usiminas’ Plant Injures 30

An explosion tore through Brazilian steelmaker Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA’s largest plant on Friday, injuring 30 people and shaking the nearby town of Ipatinga, according to the company and firefighters. The company, also known as Usiminas, said none …

China’s Tech-Focused Insurer Ping An May Be Poised for Major Asian Growth Leap

China’s Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. has 23,000 research staff, 500 big-data scientists and spends billions of dollars a year on R&D. Last year, it attracted 46 million new customers, equivalent to the population of Spain — almost all of …

Philippine Flooding Kills at Least 6, Displaces Many Thousands

At least six people died and tens of thousands fled their homes as monsoon rain triggered flooding in the Philippine capital and nearby areas, reminiscent of the deadly Typhoon Ketsana nine years ago. About 1.1 million people have been affected …

Chubb Appoints Nazir from Aspen as Cyber Underwriting Manager, UK & Ireland

Chubb announced the appointment of Raheila Nazir as cyber underwriting manager for the UK and Ireland. In this role, Nazir will have responsibility for the leadership and direction of Chubb’s UK&I Cyber Underwriting team, in addition to managing product development …

Norman-Spencer Acquires Arizona’s American Insurance Professionals

Norman-Spencer Agency Inc. (NSA) has acquired American Insurance Professionals (AIP), a nationwide insurance broker based in Phoenix, Arizona, specializing in title agents errors and omissions. AIP has more than 30 years of experience in providing errors and omissions insurance, crime …

U.S. on Lookout for Possible Iranian Cyber Attacks After Reinstatement of Sanctions

The U.S. is bracing for cyberattacks Iran could launch in retaliation for the re-imposition of sanctions this week by President Donald Trump, cybersecurity and intelligence experts say. Concern over that cyber threat has been rising since May, when Trump pulled …

3 Steps to Help Close Workers’ Compensation Claims Performance Gap

An analysis of five years of benchmarking data from more than 1,700 claims identifies three practices that workers’ compensation claims organizations rated as low in quality should adopt to keep from falling further behind in performance. According to the analysis …

First Jury in a Roundup Cancer Trial Orders Monsanto to Pay $289 Million

A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay $289 million in damages. The case of school …

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