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European Central Bank’s Cyber Stress Test Will Not Affect Capital Requirements
The European Central Bank’s cyber resilience stress test in the coming months will not affect bank-specific capital requirements but instead form part of a broader supervisory assessment, the ECB said in a statement on Wednesday. The long-planned stress test, which …
Read More Global Shipping Firms Continue to Pause Red Sea Shipments After Weekend Attack
Denmark’s Maersk and German rival Hapag-Lloyd said on Tuesday their container ships would continue to avoid the Red Sea route that gives access to the Suez Canal following a weekend attack on one of Maersk’s vessels. Both shipping giants have …
Read More Japan Airlines Flight Was Cleared to Land Before Fiery Collision at Tokyo Airport
As Japan Airlines Co. Flight 516 approached Tokyo’s Haneda Airport late on Tuesday afternoon, all signs pointed to an uneventful conclusion to the routine one-and-a-half hour journey from Sapporo in northern Japan. At 5:43 p.m. local time, control-tower staff told …
Read More P/C Insurers Responsible for Nearly 7,000 Layoffs in 2023
U.S. property/casualty insurance carriers led layoffs in the insurance industry last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis. Nearly 20 companies reduced staff in 2023, cutting at least 6,800 jobs, said the authors of the report, Tyler Hammel and …
Read More Japan Adds Rescuers as Death Toll From Jan. 1 Quake Rises to 64
The death toll in the wake of the Jan. 1 earthquake off Japan’s northwest coast rose above 60 as the government doubled the number of personnel dispatched to the affected areas to bolster rescue operations. The number of reported fatalities …
Read More People Moves: Church Mutual Promotes Ogilvie to CEO; World Insurance Associates Hires Klien as EVP; Amwins Appoints Armijo President of Amwins Underwriting
Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. promoted Alan S. Ogilvie from president to president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Ogilvie assumed the role from Rich Poirier, who has retired after 12 years of service to the company. Ogilvie …
Read More McKinsey to Pay $78 Million to Settle Opioid Claims by Insurers
McKinsey & Co. is poised to pay $78 million to health insurers and company benefit plans, in its latest settlement of lawsuits over its role advising opioid makers in their sales of the painkillers. The proposed accord, filed in federal …
Read More Army Corps Approves Massive Beach Renourishment for Jacksonville Area
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given approval to a $32 million plan to renourish much of the critically eroded beaches near Jacksonville, a project that could throw a lifeline to tourism and insured properties in the area. The …
Read More Man Charged After 2 Killed in Alabama Police Chase
VALLEY, Ala. (AP) — A man faces murder charges after two people were killed in a head-on collision during a police chase, state law enforcement officials said Friday. The fatal crash occurred Thursday morning in Valley, a small city near …
Read More New York City Parkway Crash Takes 5 Lives
Five people died when the car they were in crashed on a New York City parkway Monday morning, police said. The Mazda was heading north on the Cross Island Parkway in the borough of Queens when it collided with another …
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