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G20 Summit: PM Modi calls for stronger global cooperation on disaster preparedness, Climate Change, open satellite data access
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, India "Recalling the commitments...
Former Lloyd’s CEO loses top AIG’s $17 million job over office romance
John Neal, former CEO, Lloyd's Recent instances have felled CEOs at...
GM to face big class action over faulty transmissions
Drivers said the vehicles shudder and shake in higher gears, and hesitate and lurch in lower gears, even after repair attempts. They also accused GM of telling dealers to provide assurance that harsh shifts were “normal.” General Motors was ordered by a federal...
Cathay Pacific grounds many flights after engine component failure
Cathay Pacific has not specified which engine component failed, but the carrier said it was the "first of its type to suffer such failure on any A350 aircraft worldwide". The source said the incident involved a leak in a system designed to inject fuel to the XWB-97...
HP to continue $4 billion damages case against Mike Lynch
HP had bought Autonomy for $11.1 billion in 2011 in one of the UK’s biggest tech deals. But in late 2012 the company said it had discovered a massive accounting scandal at the British tech firm Hewlett Packard said Monday it would continue legal proceedings to seek up...
Average annual NatCat losses for global insurance industry reaches new high of $151 billion: Verisk
“While actual annual insured losses over the past five years have been high, averaging $106 billion, they should not be seen as outliers,” said Rob Newbold, president of Verisk Extreme Event Solutions BOSTON, MA: Verisk, a global data analytics and technology...
Brazilian judge suspends Musk’s X platform for refusing to name a legal representative
Elon Musk X has clashed with de Moraes over its reluctance to comply with orders to block users.Elon Musk showed his total disrespect for Brazilian sovereignty and, in particular, for the judiciary, setting himself up as a true supranational entity and immune to the...
South African Sanlam’s subsidiary Santam plans Asian expansion
We are looking at Asia and the Middle East from a reinsurance perspective. Our expertise and understanding works well in emerging markets, and we also find that those are also growth markets and so we want to tap into some of that growth,”,” Tavaziva Madzinga,chief...
Agile launches New Zealand operation to support Lloyd’s syndicate
The establishment of a New Zealand entity solidifies Agile’s position at the forefront of Lloyd’s business in the Pacific region and paves the way for other geographic expansion. Sydney: Agile Underwriting Services has established a presence in New Zealand, the first...
Sunk superyacht likely to cost insurers at least $150 million, experts say
The hull was likely insured for around $40 million, while the P&I cover would be larger, insurance sources said. The P&I policy would likely be “several multiples” of the hull policy, or $200-300 million, Alvarez added, noting it would also likely cover...
Mpox emergency may add to economic, fiscal challenges in some African sovereigns: Fitch
In most of African countries , the number of confirmed mpox cases is very low, often in the single digits. However, there could be underreporting in some countries and the emergency declaration highlights the potential for case numbers to rise sharply, bringing the...
GIC Re emerges as the 10th largest global reinsurer in AM Best’s latest chart
In AM Best's `World’s 50 largest reinsurers in 2023’, Munich Re is the largest IFRS 17 reporting reinsurer followed by Hannover Re and SCOR Re. Swiss Re is the largest non-IFRS 17 reporting reinsurer globally, followed by Berkshire Hathaway and...