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...Globally, insurance companies manage assets of about $44tn, according to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors....
...Insurance covered just 60 per cent of the $165bn losses from climate-related disasters in 2022. Governments are still at odds over the future of fossil fuels ahead of the UN climate summit....
...It’s not what we think of when we think of a company like, you know, some insurance company in some city or some factory or whatever....
...An expert in health insurance markets, he began with life science and healthcare clients....
...The failure of one of Drexel’s biggest clients, the Executive Life Insurance Company, destroyed the retirement incomes of thousands of Americans....
...Emma Jacobs, work & careers writer I love The Cut columnist Kathryn Jezer-Morton’s writing on parenting....
...“My whole life felt like some version of performing....
...“Of course it is emotional. Family life and professional life were mixed together, which meant we shared so much. That’s what I miss the most.”...
...“Not a single one of the clients who are in these funds would pay these rates for any other type of insurance, certainly not term [life] insurance,” she points out....
...I spoke to Joan Williams, author of White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America and founder of the Center for WorkLife Law, which researches and promotes policies to create gender equality...
...Some employers are starting to pay for staff to have on-call virtual PAs to take care of their life admin and free up time....
...The day ahead Company earnings Bank of America is expected to report a decline in third-quarter earnings compared with a year earlier as it sets aside reserves to cover potential losses on loans....
...It was, amusingly, the exact amount of money I had to my name when I arrived in America from England, five years earlier....
...A company that encourages parents to take leave by making policies accessible will find it easier to plan, says Danny Harmer, chief people officer of Aviva, the insurance company....
...It spent most of its life as a straightforward private-equity-backed insurance brokerage firm and expanded quickly through a series of acquisitions....
...of office life in the Swamp Notes newsletter....
...Columnist Emma Jacobs discusses one of the key advantages of being back in the office....
...So you have Suella Braverman coming out and saying people live the life of Riley, essentially....
...Job moves Jacqueline Hunt, a member of Allianz’s board of management in charge of Allianz Global Investors, Pimco and the group’s US life insurance business, is in talks about an early departure, two people...
...Yet with much of Europe and North America now facing new lockdowns, there are growing fears that months of virtual work are taking their toll on creativity....
...Markets The Bank of England’s quantitative easing programme has made it the biggest holder of UK government debt (gilts), overtaking overseas investors and pension and insurance companies....
...(FT) Volunteering, such as at a vaccination centre, can make one happier, healthier and more satisfied with life. Purpose-seeking companies should take note, writes Pilita Clark....
...Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has said the insurance policies at the heart of the Greensill Capital collapse may not have been valid, as investors pressed the company to detail its exposure to the lender...
...In part, she expects to be able to offer her experience of long term working to companies and individuals....
...Family feuds and fraudsters In 2014 the Waldorf Astoria was sold for almost $2bn to Anbang, the globally ambitious but troubled Chinese insurance company, making it the most expensive hotel ever....
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