March 1, 2018
An insurance company has given four Delaware organizations $325,000 in grants to combat the state’s opioid crisis. The News Journal of Wilmington reports Highmark Delaware President Tim Constantine announced the grants Monday as “no organization or entity can fight this …
March 1, 2018
More than 20 major international institutions chose to set up all or part of their activities in Luxembourg last year, the country’s financial development agency said on Thursday, linking the decisions to Britain’s move to leave the European Union. The …
March 1, 2018
DarkMatter, a three year-old United Arab Emirates-based cyber security firm, has more than doubled revenue last year to over $400 million. The firm, which earns about 80 percent of its revenue from U.A.E. government contracts, plans to grow from 650 …
March 1, 2018
Grupo Sura, the Colombian investment holding company, will invest $150 million in 2018, principally in its insurance and pension interests in Latin America, its vice president for finance said. The company plans to reduce its debt over the next two …
March 1, 2018
The death toll from the strongest earthquake to strike Papua New Guinea’s rugged interior in almost a century has climbed to 31 and would probably rise further, officials said on Thursday, as damage to roads, runways and phone lines slowed …
March 1, 2018
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $19 billion liquefied natural gas export project in Papua New Guinea may remain shut for six weeks after an earthquake rocked the country’s remote highlands, which are home to the venture’s upstream gas supplies, according to UBS …
March 1, 2018
Pool Re announced it has renewed its retro program and extended the cover to include material damage and direct business interruption (BI) caused by acts of terrorism “using remote digital interference.” The renewed cover, brokered by Guy Carpenter, has been …
March 1, 2018
Aon plc announced that Dominic Christian has been appointed as global chairman of Aon Benfield. At the same time, Julie Page has been promoted to chief executive officer of Aon UK Ltd., subject to regulatory approval. Most recently, Christian was …
March 1, 2018
Thousands of firearm injuries occur in the United States each year, but the likelihood of such injuries appears to drop substantially when gun enthusiasts hold large national meetings, according to research led by Harvard Medical School. The results, published March …
March 1, 2018
It was more than 20 years ago. The Internet as it is known today was in its infancy. Steven Haase was with an insurance agency in Atlanta focused on insuring technology companies. “Around 1995, I saw the commercialization of the …