Monthly Archives: abril 2017

Political Risk a Growing Concern, Say Brokers, Insurers

Evan Freely has been insuring global risks for years — through the 2008 market meltdown, the 2002 crisis in Argentina, and the 1993 downturn in Venezuela. Yet turmoil now seems to be coming at a more rapid pace than he’s seen before. “I’m more concerned today about political risk than ever,” says Freely, the global head

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Insurers to Pay an Estimated $1.3B for Cyclone Debbie: Swiss Re

Cyclone Debbie cost Swiss Re an estimated $350 million and the insurance industry roughly $1.3 billion, the world’s second-biggest reinsurer said on Thursday, an unusually high loss that could see reinsurance prices rise in Australia. Cyclone Debbie, a Category 4 storm, slammed into Australia on March 28. The storm, one level shy of the most powerful Category 5,

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Making a Federal Case Out of ‘Legal’ Marijuana Insurance Claims

Michael Johnston, the great, great grandson of the founder of one of the first Baptist churches in Texas, grew up being constantly warned about sin, including the evils of television and dancing.  Thus it is a bit strange even to him that he has come to be known as the “marijuana guy” among insurance claims

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EXPERTOS NACIONALES E INTERNACIONALES ANALIZARÁN LOS RETOS DIGITALES DEL SEGURO

Como una tendencia global, es que debe entenderse –y celebrarse- que la industria de seguros esté volteando a ver los retos que la revolución digital le presenta, la cual está cambiando a pasos agigantados a todos los sectores conocidos, crenado nuevos y desapareciendo a aquellos que no han sido capaces de adaptarse. Nuevas compañías irrumpen

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“Caminamos hacia un mundo menos dependiente del petróleo”

Jorge Morales de Labra, experto en el sector eléctrico y autor de “Adiós petróleo”, habla en Capital de la importancia del crudo en la sociedad actual. El experto habla de la relación del petróleo con el IPC español, “el IPC nos afecta en nuestro día a día, y está claramente influenciado por la gran dependencia

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