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Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines, two dead
The typhoon could cover two-thirds of the Southeast Asian...
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion Tesla pay plan wins shareholder approval
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a string of promises on stage - from, in...
Generic-Viagra safety called into doubt after FDA finds false data by an Indian company
Data from the researcher, Synapse Labs Pvt. Ltd., may have been used in hundreds of drugs, which remain available for sale on pharmacy shelves and in Americans’ medicine cabinets Generic versions of erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra and Cialis, among other...
EU markets watchdog signals a hard line on new ESG disclosures
The European Securities and Markets Authority acknowledged that complying with the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards creates “challenges” for companies, and the first reports, due next year for the largest firms, will constitute a “milestone in the...
Flooding In Northern Bangladesh displaces 40,000 people
“Heavy rains in the Indian upstream region mean that the suffering is far from over. We have taken measures to cope with the situation,” said Rezwanul Rahman, the head of Bangladesh’s disaster management department. Flooding in Bangladesh has swept away homes and shut...
June warmest on record every month since July 2023 breached 1.5 deg C threshold
This was also the 13th consecutive month of record-high temperatures, driven by the 2023-24 El Niño event and human-caused climate change. A similar streak occurred in 2015-2016 New Delhi: With millions experiencing scorching heat last month, the European Union's...
Zimbabwe receives $31.8 mln drought insurance from African Risk Capacity
The money from African Risk Capacity is expected to benefit 509,000 households. The government directly received a payment of $16.8 million Zimbabwe received $31.8 million from African Risk Capacity, an arm of the African Union, as part of an insurance payout for the...
Insurers fret over militant attacks, AI hacks at Paris Olympics
German insurer Allianz is insurance partner for the Games. Other insurers, such as the Lloyd's of London market, are also providing cover. “We are all aware of the geopolitical situation the world is in,” said Eike Buergel, head of Allianz's Olympic and Paralympic...
Singapore Reinsurers’ Association announces new executive committee for 2024-2025,unveils its new logo
The new members of the SRA are-Cindy Foo from Berkley Insurance Company, Emma Loynes, Lloyd’s of London (Asia),Mukul Kishore, SCOR Reinsurance Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd and Victor Kuk,Swiss Re Asia Pte Ltd Singapore: The Singapore Reinsurers’ Association (SRA) in its...
Houthis intensify attacks on merchant ships, send drone boats packed with explosives into the Red Sea
Insurance industry sources said that additional war risk premiums, paid when vessels sail through the Red Sea, were quoted up to 0.7% of the value of a ship in recent days from around 1% earlier this year, adding hundreds of thousands of dollars of extra costs and the...
China refines financial stability law to strengthen risk prevention
The bill aims to establish a comprehensive cross-agency mechanism for risk detection and mitigation within the financial system, as the country grapples with a prolonged real estate crisis and vulnerabilities in smaller banks China’s new financial stability law draft...
Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic ‘unfolding in slow motion’
“It almost seems like a pandemic unfolding in slow motion,” said Scott Hensley, a professor of microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania. “Right now, the threat is pretty low … but that could change in a heartbeat.” Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are...