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LA wildfire losses can touch $164 billion, report says
Insured losses are estimated at $75 billion.The disaster will...
Long Covid costing nations billions, lost productivity and health
Approximately 400 million people have been affected by long Covid...
Japan’s population down by record 644,000 people
Tokyo, saw its first population drop in 26 years, declining by 40,000 to a total of 14 million people The population of Japan has been shrinking for 11 consecutive years, but this year's fall is the greatest both in absolute numbers and in percentage terms The...
EU sanctions tweak allows some plane owners to sell to Russia
Under the amended provision, no economic resources can be made available to the Russian counterpart, except to transfer ownership of the plane after the EU company has been fully reimbursed An amendment to European Union sanctions last week created a potential path...
Elon Musk launches $43-bn hostile takeover of Twitter
Elon Musk After his stake became public, Musk immediately began appealing to fellow users about prospective moves, from turning Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter and adding an edit button for tweets to granting automatic verification marks...
Worldwide COVID cases surpass 500 mln as Omicron variant BA.2 surges
Roughly 64.8% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, although only 14.8% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose, according to figures from Our World in Data Since 2020, about 37% of the world's COVID cases...
South Africa’s deadliest floods in nearly three decades claim more than 250 lives
“The damages seem quite severe and we have received a significant volume of claims. We expect a significant number of new claims will be reported in the coming days, and we have mobilized our teams to deal with the expected volumes to ensure continuity of customer...
TMK launches IP Abatement Insurance for US-based SMEs
Product will be available as an add-on to TMK’s Intellectual Property (IP) Infringement Defence Policy and features limits of up to USD3m TMK, a leading specialist insurer, has launched IP Abatement insurance for clients in the US. The product will be available for...
Swiss Re secures secures $1.15bn alternative capital via an innovative hybrid transaction
The transaction, which covers underwriting risks across the entire Swiss Re Group, is the first of its kind to combine both bank financing and insurance-linked securities Zurich: Swiss Re has successfully closed an innovative multi-year stop-loss transaction, with...
China warns of NFT-related financial risks
Although NFTs could contribute to China's digital economy, they could also lead to speculative trading, money laundering, and illegal financing, said the trio, who also issued a joint ban on cryptocurrency trading last year NFTs must not be used in the issuance of...
As tougher climate disclosures hit, campaigners scour for laggards
Almost 2,000 climate change-related lawsuits have been launched around the world to date, the bulk in the last seven years, London’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment showed Britain on [April 6] became the first G20 country to make it...
Inflation wave reaches Asia with signs worst is yet to come
Inflation readings across the region -- China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and South Korea -- recently rose more than forecast, while New Zealand on Wednesday hiked rates by the most in 22 years over price worries. And accelerating manufacturing costs...