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Global natural disaster protection gap surpasses $420 billion:Swiss Re
The cost of natural catastrophes such as hurricanes and wildfires...
El Niño concerns put Govt on alert, farmers’ interests to be protected at all costs: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Shivraj Singh Chouhan,Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’...
Ayush treatments:All India Institute of Ayurveda and GI Council sign MOU for revamping claim settlement
Lto R- P.K. Prajapati, director, All India Institute of Ayurveda, S Prakash, CEO, Health, GI Council, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha,secretary, Ministry of Ayush,Prataprao Jadhav, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Ayush,Bejon K. Misra, executive committee...
U.S. cyber insurance market bounces back,raises underwriting risk:Fitch
While the market remains profitable, deteriorating incurred direct losses and the growing influence of artificial intelligence signal increasing underwriting complexity for property/casualty insurers, says Fitch Ratings. U.S. cyber insurance direct written premiums...
Energy Insurance:Globally downstream market saw gross losses of $6.8 billion in 2025
In Asia, the upstream market also remains decisively buyer-friendly, underpinned by another year of benign loss experience and insurers’ view of Asia as a core growth region. The lack of major upstream energy losses through 2025 has reinforced the region’s status as...
West Asia Conflict:Risks for global insurers could rise under protracted Iran conflict
Gulf insurers are heavily reinsured but global reinsurers have reduced exposure to the region. For diversified reinsurance groups, Fitch views the conflict at this stage as an earnings event driven by specialty lines. Rating implications from the Iran conflict will be...
US rules out renewal of exemption from sanctions on Russian Iranian oil
On March 5, the US issued a 30-day sanctions waiver to India, permitting it to buy Russian oil despite sanctions imposed over the Ukraine war. “We will not be renewing the general license on Russian oil, and we will not be renewing the general license on Iranian oil....
Iran offers proposal allowing ships to exit Oman side of Hormuz free of attack, source says
Hundreds of tankers and other ships and 20,000 seafarers have been stuck inside the Gulf since the war began on February 28. A two-week ceasefire came into effect on April 8 and U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the war was close to over, but control...
Polo Managing Agency supports launch of Syndicate 2047
Syndicate 2047 began underwriting on 1 April 2026 and is the first Lloyd’s syndicate established in GIFT City, India’s international financial centre, marking a significant milestone for the market. London: Polo Managing Agency (PMA), part of PoloWorks, a Marco...
Nagaraju asks LIC to monetise massive data from its 29 crore policies
Lto R- Dinesh Pant, managing director(MD), LIC, R. Doraiswamy, MD and CEO,M Ngaraju, secretary,Department of Financial Services,Ratnakar Patnaik,MD at an event in Mumbai to launch LIC’s Customer App ‘MyLIC’, Nagaraju suggested the four multiline PSU general insurers,...
Trump says Iran war ‘close to over’; Pakistan army chief arrives in Tehran to mediate
U.S. President Donald Trump "I think it’s close to over, yeah. I mean I view it as very close to over," Trump said in an interview on Fox Business Network conducted Tuesday and broadcast Wednesday. DUBAI/WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said the war he...
Majority of Indian firms hit by ransomware in 2025 pay over Rs 12 cr on average:Report
"According to the Exposure Management Research report, for the full year of 2025, 65 per cent of affected Indian organisations paid ransoms, with average pay-outs reaching USD 1.35 million," according to the Manufacturing Threat Landscape 2025 report released on...