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FM expands alternative risk transfer solutions
Laurel Rudnick, chief underwriting officer, FM FM’s alternative...
“Please stay calm and do not panic”: Indian envoy Vipul issues message amid attacks in Saudi Arabia
The embassy's Thursday advisory cautioned that filming, publishing...
Marsh and Bloomberg launch partnership to strengthen resilience and drive growth in a turbulent world
The Coalition’s initial work will focus on engaging leaders in a dialogue about the five most critical and interconnected decision domains for building resilience today: geopolitics and geoeconomics; the natural environment; digital and AI; operations; and people and...
Insurers withdrawing coverage for climate-driven risks, passing on losses to governments and homeowners
Property insurers have already scaled back — or even canceled — policies for wildfire losses in California, and for hurricane risk in Florida and Louisiana. In Europe, only a quarter of natural catastrophe losses are currently covered, leaving the continent facing “a...
AI becomes experts’ top concern, ahead of climate change:AXA Future Risks Report
Thomas Buberl, chief executive officer,AXA, said,``In a world where risks are evolving faster, multiplying and becoming increasingly interconnected, insurance is an essential factor of stability. This edition of the AXA Future Risks Report shows that, while artificial...
World Bank and Generali partner to advance insurance, resilience and investment solutions in emerging markets
LtoR: Andrea Sironi, chairman of Generali Group,Ajay Banga, President,World Bank Group,at an event in Bangkok to sign MoU between World Bank and Generali to mobilise private capital, strengthen resilience and expand targeted insurance and investment solutions across...
Surging Iranian attacks on ships crossing the Hormuz, threatens recovery in Persian Gulf oil exports
Ministers of OPEC and non-OPEC Participating Countries in the Declaration of Cooperation said shipping and insurance costs have surged to unprecedented levels of over one-third of the commodity value, impeding efficient movement of crude oil and products. Iranian...
CyberCube and Blackpanda Partner to enhance Cyber Risk Analytics for brokers across Asia
Cyber risk models used across Asia have typically been benchmarked against a single global average. Under the new collaboration, Broking Manager, CyberCube's cyber-risk analytics platform for brokers used across 40 countries, now adds an APAC regional view to...
IMF raises 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%, Warns of AI risks
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director ,International Monetary Fund. Growth is increasingly concentrated, with 32 countries accounting for 95 percent of global growth, the report said. That compares with 54 countries as of April. “The global economy is not simply...
Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food
There was no immediate estimate of industry-wide losses, but Intermarche CEO Thierry Cotillard told BFM TV the "unprecedented" attack would represent losses amounting to "tens of millions of euros nationwide in a single day." PARIS: Hackers raised the temperature of...
MS Amlin and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development expand war risk insurance facility for Ukraine
The expansion of the Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction Guarantee Facility(URGF), with MS Amlin's increasing its participation – which has led to more than €500 million of reinsurance coverage for goods and vehicles across nearly 10,000 policies to date – from €110...
Global semiconductor majors see value of their properties and inventories rise 12% to $529bn in 2025: Atrium
Nick Leppard,Head of Property Direct & Facultative at Atrium, says: “Semiconductor companies have a huge amount of capital tied up in highly specialised facilities, so any damage to these facilities can result in dramatic financial losses.There have been several...