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FM Global has opened a US$16 million Electrical Hazards and Gas Detection Laboratory at its world renowned Research Campus in West Glocester, R.I., USA. Fireballs, explosions, combustible and toxic gas leaks and short circuits - industrial property hazards that can derail a business - are now daily occurrences inside of the specialized laboratory.

FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, has appointed Sonserae Toles as vice president, inclusion, a new role at the company.

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed FM Global’s ‘A+’ financial strength rating and “Stable” outlook, remarking on the insurer’s “long-standing position as the global leader in commercial property insurance.”

FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurers, has made several senior leadership appointments.

A new first-of-its-kind analysis links hurricane damage to a loss in shareholder value and, conversely, property protection to value preservation, according to research commissioned by FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.

For a second consecutive year, FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurers, has won a Mansfield Award for excellence in corporate property insurance claims service in the Australian market.

When natural disaster catches a company under-prepared, the chief financial officer is increasingly on the hot seat to break the bad financial news to shareholders and investors.

In a study of more than 100 chief financial officers (CFOs) and other senior financial executives, commissioned by FM Global Australia, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, 45 percent said they expected their insurer will cover “most” related losses from a cyber security event, and 26 percent said they expected their carrier will cover “all” related losses.

FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, has invested US$1 million in RiskGenius, an insurtech startup company that applies artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to automate underwriting processes.

Numerous libraries, museums, palaces and cathedrals have recently gone up in flames while lacking common fire protection mechanisms, which are often dismissed out of concern for architectural authenticity and potential water damage, according to a new white paper from FM Global.