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Iran-Israel Attacks: Insurance costs jump for ships sailing in Persian Gulf
Underwriters are now charging 0.2% of the value of a ship for calls...
Boeing 787’s emergency-power system likely active before Air India crash, WSJ reports
The preliminary finding raise questions about whether the plane's...
Battery Ventures invests in Descartes Underwriting
“Over the past six years, Descartes has established itself as the leading parametric insurance business for climate-related risks, remaining true to our scientific approach to risk transfer.''Tanguy Touffut, CEO and co-founder PARIS: Descartes Underwriting, a major...
Nuclear-powered ships may reshape trade with cleaner, faster transport, to pose problems for insurance
Commercial insurance companies won’t provide coverage for ship that runs on fission because the potential cost of a nuclear accident is simply too high. Without insurance, few civilian ports would allow a nuclear-powered cargo ship to dock The commercial shipping...
Florida focused insurtech Slide plans to $340 million US IPO
Slide and some of its existing stakeholders are looking to raise up to $340 million by offering 20 million shares priced between $15 and $17 each, the company revealed in a filing on Monday. Insurance tech company Slide is aiming for a valuation of up to $2.12 billion...
ECB embeds climate risk to its supervisory approach on bank losses
The ECB is moving faster than other central banks in treating the fallout from climate change as a financial risk that has the potential to threaten bank solvency. That’s in contrast to the Federal Reserve, with Chair Jerome Powell recently stating that climate isn’t...
Israel-Iran Conflict: War risk insurance premiums for shipments to Israel spurt
Individual underwriters will price risk and rates differently, but this will add tens of thousands of dollars of extra daily costs for every voyage War risk insurance premiums for shipments to Israel are as much as three times higher than a week ago as the war between...
US spends nearly $1 trillion on disaster recovery and other climate-related needs over last one year
Overall, increased climate costs from insurance premiums, power outages, disaster recovery and uninsured damage are responsible for $7.7 trillion, or 36%, of US GDP growth since 2000. Risks are rising both from climate change, as it increases the severity and...
Central banks favour gold over dollar for reserves, WGC survey
"Gold’s performance during times of crisis, portfolio diversification and inflation hedging are some key themes driving plans to accumulate more gold over the coming year," WGC LONDON: Central banks around the world expect their gold holdings as a proportion of their...
Air India’s Ahmedabad crash claim likely to hit around $475 million, liability losses can touch $350 million, says GIC Re
As surveyors and lawyers from London, appointed by reinsurers of Air India policy, are now camping in Ahmedabad to take stock of devastation and prepare various loss reports including Hull and passenger liability so that re/insurers will start paying...
Tesla’s public robotaxi rides set for tentative June 22 start, CEO Musk says
Commercialising autonomous vehicles (AV) has been challenging with safety concerns, tight regulations and soaring investments, and many have been skeptical of Musk's plans SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla tentatively plans to begin offering rides on its self-driving robotaxis to...
Ships warned to avoid Red Sea, log Hormuz voyages after Israel hits Iran
“We have reports that more ship owners are now exercising extra caution and are opting to stay away from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf,” said Jakob Larsen, chief safety & security officer with shipping association BIMCO. Merchant shipping is continuing to pass...