Insurers were able to achieve significant decreases in pricing and...
Category:
International News
Latest
Greg Case gets extension as Aon CEO till Dec 2030
According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Jan1 Renewals:Most areas of market record price decreases, Conditions expected to persist into 2026, says Howden
This backdrop brings opportunities across the value chain. Buyers...
CrowdStrike sued by shareholders over global outage
In a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night in the Austin, Texas federal court, shareholders said they learned that CrowdStrike’s assurances about its technology were materially false and misleading when a flawed software update disrupted airlines, banks,...
Fed leaves rates unchanged, nods to possible September cut
Fed Chair Jerome Powell While Fed officials are wary of any actions that could mar their data-not-politics approach to setting monetary policy, the steady drop in inflation in recent months prompted a broad consensus that the inflation battle was near an end...
Spain fines Booking.com $448 million for abusing dominant position
Booking Holdings intends to appeal the fines as it strongly disagrees with the "outcome of CNMC's investigation", a company spokesperson said in an email, adding it considers the issue should be debated under the European Union's Digital Markets Act rules MADRID:...
Global accounting body wants more rigour in showing climate impacts
Investors have said they want to know whether assets will retain their value going forward as climate change impairs them, such as through flood damage London: The IASB launched a consultation on Wednesday on proposed guidance for companies to apply the board’s...
Meta to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas facial recognition data lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed in 2022, was the first major case to be brought under Texas’ 2009 biometric privacy law, according to law firms tracking the litigation. A provision of the law provides damages of up to $25,000 per violation. Texas accused Facebook of capturing...
Global Nat Cat insured losses at $ 62bn in H1 24, significantly higher than 10-yr average of $ 37bn, Munich Re report
Thomas Blunck,Member of the Board of Management, Munich Re said,”Weather-related natural disasters, especially in North America, are prominent once again in the loss statistics for the first half-year. In addition, there has been flooding in regions where it is...
SCOR sees first quarterly loss since 2022
Thierry Leger,Chief Executive Officer,SCOR SE The Paris-based reinsurer posted a loss of €308 million ($333 million) in the three months through June, missing analysts’ estimates. The result was driven by a €329 million operational loss in the life and health unit...
Companies ‘Paralyzed’ as Australia plans tough climate rules
Authorities estimate the average cost of compliance to be A$1 million ($655,550) but some large organizations calculate the total is likely to be above A$3 million, said Jillian Button, head of climate change at law firm Allens Australia’s plans to introduce stringent...
Global aviation insurance premium to hit a 20-year high of more than $8bn in 2024, says Allianz
Analysis of more than 32,000 industry claims from 2019 - 2024 with a total value of US$15bn (€14bn) shows that collision or crash incidents (63%) and faulty workmanship or defective products (22%) are accountable for 85% of the value. Other incidents like natural...
Swiss Re announces Group CFO succession as John Dacey retires in 2025
Anders Malmström from Athora Holdings, a leading European savings and retirement services group will succeed John Dacey as group chief financial officer as of 1 April 2025 Zurich: Swiss Re, the second largest globa reinsurer, announced today that Anders Malmström will...