Insurance brokers Aon plc, Guy Carpenter and WTW announced they each have completed previously announced mergers and acquisitions. Aon’s acquisition of Griffiths & Armour, which was first announced in November 2024, officially completed on Jan. 1, 2025. Aon said the deal supports its strategy to expand its regional presence in the UK and Ireland. Griffiths … Read more
Happy New Year to all our Readers! A couple of posts ago we have commented on the changes that the Compass Banca judgment may bring to the average consumer benchmark (see “Who is the average consumer?…”), although we will need to carefully follow the practical application of this judgment by national courts. Still, it was reassuring … Read more
By Lewis Nibbelin, Contributing Writer, Triple-I Identifying opportunities to mitigate climate risk was on the minds of “Risk Take” presenters at Triple-I’s 2024 Joint Industry Forum (JIF). Risk Takes – a new addition at JIF – are 10-minute problem/solution-oriented presentations by high-impact experts who are deeply engaged in addressing specific perils. Inserted between panel discussions … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Guangzhou FC, once China’s leading professional football club and a symbol of the country’s aspirations in the sport, has been dropped from the national league after a drawn-out saga related to the collapse … Read more
By 2025, it is expected that IoT devices will generate roughly 73.1 Zettabytes of data. Around that time, 30% of all data will be real-time, with IoT accounting for nearly 95% of it, 20% of all data will be critical and 10% of all data will be hypercritical. The real-time nature of IoT data presents … Read more
