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Aon and KNIAZHA VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP announce new $25M war-risk insurance facility with US’s IDFC
Greg Case, president and CEO of Aon The facility, which will...
Public-private insurance programmes must boost risk reduction to keep disasters insurable:Geneva Association
Jad Ariss, managing director of the Geneva Association, said,...
EU finalises investment fund labels to combat greenwashing
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said a fund that has any environmental, social or governance (ESG) related words in its name must have at least 80% of assets that meet ESG objectives in accordance with the binding elements of its stated investment...
Wildfires could affect over half of Canada’s oil sands output: Report
Companies like Suncor Energy, Canadian Natural Resources and Imperial Oil have oil sands projects within 150 km of Fort McMurry, an oil sands hub in Northern Alberta, with many workers living in the city More than half of the oil sands production from Canada could be...
Dieselgate: Volkswagen’s $54 million settlement with Italian owners
In the settlement, over 60,000 car owners affected by the emissions fraud will be paid up to 1,100 euros each, Italian consumer group Altroconsumo said in a statement. The scandal rocked the automotive industry in 2015 when it emerged that vehicles had been fitted...
Buffett ends suspense, reveals Berkshire’s $6.7 billion stake in insurer Chubb
Warren Buffett, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Buffett’s Berkshire is deeply familiar with the insurance industry, owning a range of companies including Geico and National Indemnity. The billionaire investor has called Berkshire’s property-casualty insurance operation...
Nepal halts sale of Indian spice-mixes amid quality worries
"As residue contents of ethylene oxide are found to be exceeding the prescribed limit in these four products, the import and sale of these products are banned within the country as per Article 19 of the Food Regulation 2027 B.S.," the department said in a notice...
Global life expectancy projected to improve by 5 years in men, over 4 in women by 2050: Lancet Study
The researchers from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 Forecasting Collaborators said that the ongoing shift in disease burden to non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular ones, cancer and diabetes, and exposure to associated risk factors including...
World’s super-rich club now has 15 members with fortunes over $100 billion
The combined net worth for these people is up 13 per cent this year to $2.2 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, beating the pace of inflation and the broader stock market. Between them, they hold nearly a quarter of the wealth of the world’s 500...
Norway sovereign wealth fund excludes Adani Ports from over ethical concerns
Norges said it decided to exclude Adani Ports due to "unacceptable risk that the company contributes to serious violations of individuals' rights in situations of war or conflict" Norway's central bank said on Wednesday that its executive board has decided to exclude...
Swiss Re withdraws from iptiQ business, appoints Ivan Gonzalez as CEO Corporate Solutions
Moses Ojeisekhoba, CEO Global Clients and Solutions, to pursue opportunities outside Swiss Re iptiQ is a digital insurance company and division of Swiss Re. The business offers consumer products for life, health, home and car insurance on a white-labelling platform...
ISRO: Earth Impacted by Intense Solar Storm
''This is the biggest geomagnetic storm since 2003 in terms of its strength, as the flaring region on the Sun was as big as the historically important Carrington event that took place in 1859,'' ISRO said in a statement. Bengaluru: A powerful solar storm impacted...