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Rise of autonomous vehicles to impact $400 billion US auto-insurance industry, says Goldman Sachs
“Autonomy has the potential to significantly reduce accident...
ChatGPT suffers global outage including in India, OpenAI ‘investigating’
"We are investigating," said the company. About 88 per cent of...
Maui wildfire is deadliest for US in 105 yrs, with 89 killed
“This is the largest natural disaster we’ve ever experienced,” Hawaii Governor Josh Green said The death toll makes the wildfire the deadliest since 1918, when 453 people were killed in Minnesota and Wisconsin by the Cloquet & Moose Lake Fires, according to the...
Shippers warned to stay away from Iranian waters over seizure threat as US-Iran tensions high
A U.S.-backed maritime group called the International Maritime Security Construct “is notifying regional mariners of appropriate precautions to minimize the risk of seizure based on current regional tensions, which we seek to de- escalate. Vessels are being advised to...
Japan braces for another typhoon with trains and flights canceled
Toyota Motor Corp., Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp. said operations won’t be affected by the typhoon because their manufacturing plants are closed during the annual break Tokyo: Typhoons are becoming more frequent and severe, causing...
Australia’s climate risks are making home insurance unaffordable
Median home insurance premiums surged 28% to A$1,894 ($1,240) in the year to March 31, according to a report released Monday by the Actuaries Institute. Premiums in the highest-risk properties — such as those in flood or bushfire-prone areas — shot up 50%, it said...
Ships backed up in Black Sea lanes as Russia warning shots raise tensions
Firing on a merchant vessel will ratchet up already acute concerns among shipowners, insurers and commodity traders about the potential dangers of getting ensnared in the Black Sea – the main route that both Ukraine and Russia use to get their agricultural produce to...
Montana judge hands historic win to young plaintiffs in climate change case
The decision by Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena marked a major victory in the first youth-led climate case to reach trial in the U.S. and could set an important precedent for similar cases nationwide Montana is violating the rights of young people with policies that...
WTW launches Climate Vista to bridge climate skills gap in the boardroom
Christopher Au, Director, Climate and Resilience Hub, Asia Pacific at WTW, said: “Regulations and best practices across Asia Pacific are increasingly requiring Boards to demonstrate climate skills. Our insurance partners are also setting expectations for those seeking...
Global Covid cases up 80% as new subvariant rises
In its weekly update, the UN agency said that nations reported nearly 1.5 million new cases from July 10 to August 6, an 80 percent increase compared to the previous 28 days.However the number of deaths fell by 57 percent to 2,500 Paris: The WHO declared in May that...
Ukraine announces ‘humanitarian corridor’ for ships stuck in Black Sea ports
Shipping and insurance sources familiar with Ukraine said they were not informed about the new corridor and there were questions over its viability. It was unlikely most ships would agree to sail at the moment, they said Ukraine announced a “humanitarian corridor” in...
Zurich Insurance CEO criticizes climate clubs after exodus
Mario Greco, who led his firm out of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance earlier this year amid a wider exodus from the group, said the decision followed a realization that, as things stand now, the goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C as enshrined in the Paris...