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Iran-Israel Attacks: Insurance costs jump for ships sailing in Persian Gulf
Underwriters are now charging 0.2% of the value of a ship for calls...
Boeing 787’s emergency-power system likely active before Air India crash, WSJ reports
The preliminary finding raise questions about whether the plane's...
WHO and European Commission partner to achieve universal health coverage
Strengthening health systems and advancing universal health coverage worldwide is one of the three key priorities of the Strategy Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission yesterday agreed on reinforcing a decade-long collaboration to...
Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant – WHO
"Gaps in testing … and vaccination are continuing to create the perfect conditions for a new variant of concern to emerge that could cause significant mortality," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. COVID-19 infections are at record highs in China...
EU agrees $60 Russian oil price cap
The G7 price cap will allow non-EU countries to continue importing seaborne Russian crude oil, but it will prohibit shipping, insurance and re-insurance companies from handling cargoes of Russian crude around the globe, unless it is sold for less than the price cap...
2022 hurricane season: Fewer storms than anticipated, but still extremely damaging, says Munich Re
According to preliminary estimates, overall losses from all storms amounted to around US$ 110bn, with insured losses in the magnitude of US$ 65bn (excluding the National Flood Insurance Program NFIP1) `2022 continues the trend of increasing losses from US hurricanes...
Aon names new leaders for Asia Pacific Reinsurance Solutions
``In 2022, we have continued to strengthen our business and a key part of this success is building a team that inspires and energises each other to create differentiated solutions for clients and deliver the exceptional level of service our clients demand, George...
AM Best maintains stable outlook on global reinsurance industry
Chief among the negative drivers is the heightened natural catastrophe activity that continues to test investors’ risk tolerance levels, according to a new Best’s Market Segment Report, titled, “Market Segment Outlook: Global Reinsurance.” AM Best has maintained its...
Hurricane Ian drives global Nat Cat insured losses to $115 billion in 2022: Swiss Re
2022 is the second consecutive year in which the estimated insured losses total more than $100 billion, continuing the trend of a 5–7% average annual increase over the past decade The re/insurance industry covered roughly 45% of the economic losses this year,...
UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023
At least “222 million people … will face acute food insecurity in 53 countries by the end of this year. In 2023, 45 million people in 37 countries risk starvation, according to the Global Humanitarian Overview Numerous countries had been hit by lethal droughts and...
Martin Zschech to lead Global Industry Solutions & Client Management team at AGCS
Global Industry Solutions is a key part of the NEW AGCS strategy. It creates an industry-led sales model for AGCS targeting specific industry segments, with GIS Directors as single points of contact to drive solutions across all Lines of Business and other Allianz...
Yellen says appropriate for U.S. firms to assess China geopolitical risks
`` But we are seeing a range of geopolitical risks rise to prominence, and it's appropriate for American businesses to be thinking about what those risks are." said U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Yellen also said China's persistent COVID-19 lockdowns were...