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Escalating Hormuz tensions drive up Middle East war risk insurance costs, sources say
War risk insurance premiums for shipments to the Middle East Gulf...
Aon launches Aon Broker Copilot to modernize insurance placement with AI and data at scale
" "The industry is undergoing a fundamental shift. As risk becomes...
Britain proposes diversity and misconduct rules for financial firms
“Regulated firms and individuals should have no doubt that this represents a big shift in the way the FCA will monitor and potentially sanction those in the financial community,” said James Alleyne, a legal director at Kingsley Napley law firm London: Britain’s...
Aviva to buy AIG’s UK life insurance business for $563 million
The transaction will add 1.3 million individual protection customers and 1.4 million group protection members, Aviva said, with the deal expected to close in the first half of 2024, subject to regulatory approvals. London: Aviva said on Monday it had agreed to buy the...
Three-quarters of companies globally are not ready for ESG rules: KPMG Report
“Now there will be regulatory and assurance requirements to report accurate information, which raises the bar on controls and processes as well as qualitative statements that will need to be made around the data,” Mike Shannon, Global Head of ESG Assurance at KPMG,...
US urges court to consider Amazon.com asset sales for breaking antitrust law
“The FTC and its state partners say Amazon’s actions allow it to stop rivals and sellers from lowering prices, degrade quality for shoppers, overcharge sellers, stifle innovation, and prevent rivals from fairly competing against Amazon,” the agency said in a statement...
Cough syrup deaths overseas prompt US crackdown on toxic testing
Cough syrups made in India and Indonesia have been linked to deaths of more than 300 children globally. The medicines were found to contain high levels of DEG and EG, leading to acute kidney injury and death. The poisonings have sparked criminal probes, lawsuits and a...
OpenAI CEO says possible to get regulation wrong, but should not fear it
Sam Altman, CEO,ChatGPT “Models that are like 10,000 times the power of GPT4, models that are like as smart as human civilization, whatever, those probably deserve some regulation,” The CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday that it was possible to get regulation...
US energy regulator recommends revising reliability standards for extreme weather
FERC said the report recommends completing cold weather reliability standard revisions from Winter Storm Uri in 2021 – which resulted in the largest controlled blackout in U.S. history – and making U.S. natural gas infrastructure more reliable The Federal Energy...
Sunak may ban cigarettes in UK for future generations -The Guardian
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Those measures include free vape kits, a voucher scheme to incentivise pregnant women to quit, and consulting on mandatory cigarette pack inserts, the spokesperson added. The spokesperson declined to comment further on The Guardian...
California lets insurers factor wildfire risks in rates to widen coverage
The continued retreat of larger insurance carriers from the California residential property insurance market signals ongoing regulatory constraints, rising cost inflation, and higher catastrophe losses, credit rating agency Fitch said in a note earlier this year...
Indian auto insurance technology startup listed on Nasdaq
''We're incredibly excited about the transformative potential of AI in reshaping the USD 800 billion auto insurance market and are going to be unwavering in our focus to build Roadzen as the leader at the intersection of AI, mobility and insurance,'' another release...