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AXA XL Insurance appoints Sylvie Gleises as Regional Chief Executive Officer, Asia
Sylvie Gleises as Regional Chief Executive Officer designate), AXA...
WTW launches an AI-driven performance monitoring tool custom-built for insurers
Radar Vision provides unique insights for pricing, portfolio...
Warming Africa threatens insurers’ quest for profit
Temperatures in southern Africa rose at twice the global rate on average in the five years leading up to 2019, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Yet insurers are undeterred, with some looking to expand even in vulnerable...
Howden Group acquires TigerRisk, creates a new $30bn force in global insurance broking
David Howden, CEO, Howden Group The partnership represents approaching $400m of combined reinsurance revenues David Howden, CEO, Howden Group said: “ Not only does the combination create an unrivalled digitally driven reinsurance and capital markets business...
Russia to use state guarantees to bypass EU ban on insuring maritime oil deliveries to 3rd countries: S&P
Trading, insurance and shipping executives said last week that such a ban could further complicate trade in dry bulk and liquid commodities with Russia, making them more expensive, delaying scrapping of old ships, pushing up global freight rates and encouraging...
AXIS Re to exit property reinsurance business, Ann Haugh will replace Arora as new CEO
“The decision to close our Property Reinsurance business was not taken lightly and was driven by the significant and increasing effects of climate change and the challenges faced by the catastrophe reinsurance market. We are committed to doing all we can to help...
Gallagher Re continues to strengthen APAC region with senior hires
Mark Morley, Managing Director of Asia Pacific at Gallagher Re, said, “ These latest senior appointments build out our strategic analytical, actuarial and client engagement capabilities across the wider Asia Pacific region, which continues to be a significant growth...
Australian court asks Google to pay politician over defamatory YouTube videos
By continuing to publish the content, Google breached its own policies of protecting public figures from being unfairly targeted and "drove lawmaker John Barilaro prematurely from his chosen service in public life and traumatised him significantly," judge, Steve Rares...
49 killed in fire at Bangladesh chemical container depot
“The fire was caused by chemicals including hydrogen peroxide, making the situation difficult,” fire service chief Brigadier General Mohammad Mainuddin told reporters at the scene where the firefighters were trying to extinguish the blaze amid intermittent explosions...
Head of Deutsche Bank’s DWS steps down after ‘greenwashing’ raids
As firms market their environmental, social and governance-related (ESG) credentials in an attempt to tap the trillions of dollars looking to have climate- and socially friendly impact, regulators are beginning to dig deeper into their claims FRANKFURT: The chief...
Carmakers feel chip crisis easing as global growth slows
Even as demand for cars boomed, auto manufacturers have had to curtail output as plants globally could not source enough chips critical for increasingly computerised vehicles The outages have been so severe that global passenger car output has barely shown signs of...
Test makers target Monkeypox market as cases rise globally
More than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported by about 30 countries since early May. The majority were in Europe and not linked to travel to Africa, where the virus is endemic. Public health authorities suspect some degree of community transmission. No...