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Iran, Oman agree to share Strait of Hormuz revenue
“Agreements have been reached regarding each country’s share of the...
Sharia-compliant Qatar Islamic Insurance Group receives license to set up operations in GIFT-IFSC
It will be joining other leading players Abu Dhabi National...
Google rivals line up seeking damages after record $1 billion EU fine
The damages claims come as Google’s AI spending spree has left it burning cash, with Alphabet’s free cash flow negative in the second quarter for the first time as a public company. Tech and chip stocks are under pressure as investors question lofty valuations amid...
Major quake hits southern Japan, workers missing after mall blast
“We have already been informed that people have been injured. Power outages and fires have occurred in some areas, and there has also been damage to roads and bridges and the collapse of buildings,” Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said. A 7.1-magnitude...
AI finding twice as many cyber flaws in 2026 as it did in 2025
The surge in discovered vulnerabilities lends credence to the warnings governments and security firms have been issuing about the threat posed by hackers armed with powerful, new AI models. The number of software security flaws discovered in popular technology...
Swiss regulator opens enforcement proceedings against Zurich Insurance, bars sales of some new policies
“The regret is that we should have found it ourselves, which we didn’t despite all the audits and checks that we do. Remediation steps hadn’t been followed, which led to the enforcement proceeding, Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco Zurich Insurance said on Monday...
French and Spanish firefighters battle wildfires for a sixth consecutive day
Spain’s fires were fueled by a combination of weather, mainly because the country suffered three heat waves between June and mid-July, depleting soil moisture, along with denser-than-usual vegetation following an unseasonably rainy winter. Similar reasons are being...
Emerging markets stare at inflation risks as powerful El Niño looms
Emerging markets are particularly vulnerable as households spend a larger share of their income on food, and agriculture plays a big role in their economies, raising the risk that central banks will have to keep policy tighter for longer. Emerging economies already...
Record-low Danube levels expose shipwrecks
Danube levels fell to record lows this week in Croatia and Serbia, exposing hundreds of square kilometers of sand banks, following the summer’s prolonged heatwaves and drought that have affected waterways across Europe. Dozens of boats in a marina in Serbia’s northern...
Saudi Arabia-bound Supertanker U-turns before Houthi chokepoint
It’s not clear what exactly prompted New Champion’s U-turn. Some providers of shipping insurance have in recent days been unwilling to offer coverage for any vessels calling at Saudi Arabia due to the risk of attacks, according to ship and insurance brokers. A Hong...
Why El Niño’s promise of quieter Hurricane Season may not be good news for insurers
“All it takes is one landfalling hurricane to create an insured loss of a magnitude we’ve never seen before … And that could absolutely happen in an El Niño year,” said Kimberly Roberts, advisory leader of North American peril at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter For...
Aon launches AI Risk Diagnostic to help organizations understand and manage AI risk
"Artificial intelligence is creating significant opportunities for organizations, but it is also introducing new and increasingly complex risk considerations across governance, compliance, operations and resilience," said Richard Waterer, Aon Global Risk Consulting...