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MS Amlin appoints Nicola Harris to lead natural resources
In this role, Nicola will be responsible for leading the efforts of...
Death toll from Texas floods reaches at least 43; dozens still missing
The administration has cut thousands of jobs from the National...
Typhoon Mawar is most powerful storm of 2023, so far
Mawar is now one of the three strongest storms ever to hit the North Pacific in May and is the undisputed most powerful — in terms of windspeed — of 2023 so far, according to Jeff Masters, a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections. But there is still a lot of year...
Dutch watchdog looking into alleged Tesla data breach
The data protection office in Brandenburg, which is home to Tesla’s European gigafactory, described the data leak as “massive.” The data protection watchdog for the Netherlands said on Friday it was aware of possible Tesla data protection breaches, but it was too...
Lloyd’s Register drops ships of top Indian carrier of Russian oil
A major U.S. insurer, the American Club, also told Reuters it was no longer providing cover for Gatik ships, while Russian insurer Ingosstrakh said it would not work with Gatik in future Lloyd’s Register has told India’s Gatik Ship Management, which has become a major...
Climate change will speed up inflation in next decade, says ECB
Climate change poses risks to price stability by having an upward impact on inflation,” said the researchers Maximilian Kotz, Friderike Kuik, Eliza Lis and Christiane Nickel. That would “place global incomes under pressure from rising prices and could impact inflation...
Carney’s climate alliance sounds alarm on “political attacks” on insurers
"These political attacks are now interfering with insurers’ independent efforts to price climate risk, which will harm policyholders, main street investors and local economies," a spokesperson for GFANZ, a United Nations-backed coalition of financial institutions...
WTW unveils new financial product to protect intangible assets
An intangible asset is one that is not physical in nature but one that can hold significant value, and which can be created, transferred, bought or sold. Typical examples of intangible assets include intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, and...
America ages faster as baby boomers push nation’s median age to almost 39, fewer children are born
“In the short run, the crisis of work-family balance, the lack of affordable child care, stresses associated with health care, housing, and employment stability, all put a damper on birth rates by increasing uncertainty and making it harder to decide to have and raise...
UN says U.S. concerns have led to insurers quitting climate alliance
Reinsurer Swiss Re on Monday joined Munich Re, Zurich Insurance, and Hannover Re in exiting the Net Zero Insurance Alliance amid growing pressure in the U.S., where some Republican politicians say these alliances could be breaking antitrust rules The United Nations...
Munich Re launches Next Gen AI-augmented underwriting solution
Munich Re also offers reinsurance on policies underwritten by these AI models as an optional service, providing insurers alignment of interest and peace of mind. To further support insurers, Munich Re can also finance the solution through reinsurance, mitigating any...
Covid kills one person every four minutes as vaccination rates fall
A key question is how to handle a virus that’s become less threatening to most but remains wildly dangerous to a slice of the population. That slice is much bigger than many realize: Covid is still a leading killer, the third-biggest in the US last year behind heart...