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...Named after a sword in JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, Anduril was established in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, the founder of the Oculus virtual reality headsets....
...If P&C reinsurers tend to hover in the background, life reinsurers are not even at the party....
...Napoleon’s Library: The Emperor, His Books and Their Influence on the Napoleonic Era, by Louis Sarkozy, is published on 30 May by Pen & Sword Books at £22...
...Tim Rourke, UK head of P&C pricing, product, claims and underwriting at WTW, said the data suggested “the relentless rise in prices may finally be turning a corner”....
...Canadian insurance group Manulife has announced a C$13bn ($9.6bn) reinsurance deal with KKR’s Global Atlantic, freeing up C$1.2bn of capital that the Toronto-based insurer intends to return to investors...
...“Following advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, we intend to make xylazine a class C drug, meaning anyone supplying this substance will face up to 14 years in prison, a fine or both,”...
...Berkshire’s line-up of managers, however, is to P/C insurance what Cooperstown’s honorees are to baseball.”...
...American defence company Anduril is named after a reforged sword from The Lord of the Rings. What was the reforged sword originally called?...
...Political scientist Ian Bremmer argues it’s not as simple as it used to be....
...Attempts over last weekend to build bridges were entirely unsuccessful and Yousaf fell on his sword....
...Johan C Enters Brussels, Belgium...
...A minister who resigns is called the “Godzilla of c*nts”. Crucial legal advice of the attorney-general, baritone barrister Geoffrey Cox, becomes known as “Cox’s codpiece”. And so on....
...The group, led by chief executive Tim Cook, this week unveiled its iPhone 15 models, which all featured a universal USB-C charging port, following demands from EU regulators....
...We have this optimism bias towards being able to deliver faster,” Ian Edwards, chief executive of the Canadian engineering company, told the Financial Times....
...Tim Rourke, UK Head of P&C pricing, product, claims and underwriting at Willis Towers Watson, said insurers were having to deal with a “cocktail of rising costs”, including rising vehicle theft and long...
...The moves have been more pronounced at the riskiest end of the credit spectrum, with the average spread on “triple C and lower” bonds expanding on Tuesday by its most in a day since March — when banking...
...He and Ian Wace, who had been SG Warburg’s youngest ever director, set up their eponymous firm in 1997 when the European hedge fund industry was in its infancy....
...“We would be moving under the sword of Damocles, globally. That termination shock risk is always hanging over you.”...
...The turbine has a capacity of 880 megawatts, roughly a quarter of Hinkley Point C, which is set to become the UK’s biggest nuclear plant....
...Zurich’s P&C business also suffered from higher claims in US crop insurance, where dry weather hit yields. Greco highlighted the recent drought in Nebraska....
...Hals worked into his eighties, fell into obscurity after his death in 1666, then found fame when Theophile Thoré, champion of both the Impressionists and Vermeer, claimed: “Frans Hals, c’est un moderne.”...
...For instance, a set of draughtsman’s curves (tools beloved by technical artists like me) illustrate ship design, while firearms and swords represent conflict, and sextants and other instruments highlight...
...That is the double-edged sword.”...
...games at Paris Saint-Germain’s home ground, the crowd of diehard ultras, well-heeled French elites and international celebrities are treated to a pyrotechnic show as a booming voice reminds them: “Ici, c’...
...The soundtrack blends glum ballads — “Stars” sung by Nina Simone and Janis Ian — and commissioned electronic sound from Wibke Tiarks, plus a blast of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas....
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