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Court Rebuffs EPA, Blocks U.S. Sale of Dicamba-Based Weed Killer by Bayer, Rivals
German agrochemicals group Bayer AG has been blocked from selling its dicamba-based weed killer in the United States after an appeals court rejected a federal regulator’s permit for the product. A three-judge panel ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 1:34 PM |
Equisoft Appoints Nicolai as Vice President of Insurance Solutions USA
Equisoft, a global provider of digital business solutions for the insurance and wealth industries, has appointed David P. Nicolai as vice president of Insurance Solutions USA in its Philadelphia, Penn., office. He brings more than 25 years of technical and …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 1:13 PM |
UK Government Forms £10 Billion Reinsurance Backstop for Trade Credit Insurers
The UK government has created a £10 billion (US$12.5 billion) reinsurance scheme designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic by guaranteeing transactions insured by trade credit insurers. The Trade Credit Reinsurance scheme is designed to support UK business-to-business transactions …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 12:45 PM |
Zebra Technology Adds Social Distancing Alerts to Warehouse Workers’ Scanners
Zebra Technologies Corp., which sells barcode scanners and other computers used in warehouses globally, introduced a feature on Thursday that sounds an alert when workers breach physical distancing guidelines over the novel coronavirus. Warehouses and factories have been trying to …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 12:20 PM |
Senators Seek to Expand U.S. Sanctions to Insurance for Russia-Europe Pipeline
U.S. senators will announce a bill this week expanding sanctions on Russia’s Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 project, Senate aides said, targeting a pipeline Washington says will make Europe too reliant on Russian gas. The Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 11:57 AM |
More Americans Traveling Abroad Won’t Leave Home Without Insurance
In the new reality of COVID-19, some Americans may still be willing to travel abroad – but they’re going to make sure they’re insured up to the hilt. U.S. travel insurers are seeing a surge in demand for highly priced …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 11:43 AM |
Did Debate Over Business Income Insurance Just Get More Complicated?
As the insurance industry faces litigation and questions over virus-related claim denials, it could soon be dealing with another business income hurdle due to the civil unrest that has taken place in many U.S. cities following the death of George …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 11:18 AM |
Cyclone Nisarga Lashes India’s Business Capital, Forcing Evacuation of 100,000
A cyclone made landfall Wednesday south of India’s financial capital of Mumbai, with storm surge threatening to flood beaches and low-lying slums as city authorities struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Live TV coverage showed inky black clouds framing the …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 10:38 AM |
Nigeria’s Regulator Gives Insurers Additional Year to Recapitalize on COVID-19 Impact
Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission gave underwriters an additional year to recapitalize as companies deal with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The industry recapitalization program scheduled to end in 2020 must now be completed by September 2021, the agency said …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 9:45 AM |
UK Employee Union Urges Insurers, Banks to Protect Call Center Staff During Pandemic
Employee union Unite has called on finance firms to do more to protect call center staff after a survey of almost 3,000 employees exposed widespread fears about catching COVID-19 in workplaces where social distancing measures were falling short. Independent research …
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 9:17 AM |
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