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Passenger plane catches fire at South Korean airport. All 176 people on board are evacuated
The Airbus A321 jet caught fire near the cabin’s back seats,...
British and American ships tentatively return to the Red Sea
Six ships linked to the US and UK have successfully transited the...
Food prices hit record high in March, U.N. agency says
Disruption to supplies of crops from the Black Sea region has exacerbated price rises in food commodities, which were already running at 10-year highs in the FAO's index before the war in Ukraine due to global harvest issues. Sugar and dairy prices also rose sharply...
Global reinsurance capital rises 8.4 % to $728 billion in 2021
The underlying combined ratio improved to 99.8% (2020: 100.7%), which is the first time since 2014 that it has fallen below 100% A majority of the reinsurers have reported strong results for 2021 with improved capital positions backed up by rising equity markets and...
Airbus, Qatar jetliner feud enters UK court spotlight
Qatar has grounded 23 of the A350 jets, voicing concerns over the safety impact of gaps in a layer of lightning protection left exposed by cracked and bubbling paint It says it will not take further deliveries until the cause is formally explained and is suing Airbus...
Russia credit insurance shows 99% chance of default within year
Credit-default swaps insuring $10 million of the country’s notes for one year were quoted at about $7.3 million upfront and $100,000 annually on Wednesday, according to ICE Data Services’ prices on Bloomberg. That’s up from about $5 million in advance last week, the...
BOC Aviation says lessors seeing ‘horrendous’ hikes in insurance costs
Over 400 leased planes worth almost $10 billion remained in Russia after a March 28 deadline to cancel the contracts in line with Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, leaving lessors facing heavy potential writedowns or a long insurance battle The likely huge...
Big online firms face 0.1% supervisory fee under new EU rules
The move comes as the Commission seeks new sources of revenue to fire up the region's economic growth in the wake of the pandemic and also foster a greener and more digital economy. "The overall amount of the annual supervisory fees shall be based on the estimated...
Insurer Tokio Marine says Greensill took out policies fraudulently
Credit Suisse said in a statement that the insurance policies were valid, and that it would also “vigorously defend” its position to preserve the rights of the supply chain finance funds and their investors Companies linked to insolvent British financier Lex Greensill...
Solar Storm to Hit Earth, Airlines to monitor radiation levels
A G3 storm can trigger false alarms for protection devices in power grids, create drag on low-orbiting satellites and disrupt high-frequency radio traffic In early February, Space X lost 40 Starlink satellites when they were launched into a geomagnetic storm A solar...
18th SIRC 2022 will be an in-person event during Oct 31- Nov 3, 2022
“Our unswerving focus is to ensure that this year’s SIRC is as close as possible to the last pre-pandemic event held in 2019 - delivering both leading-edge insights and unparalleled networking opportunities,” said SRA Chairman Marc Haushofer It will have an online...
Shanghai extends lockdown to entire city as tests show COVID spread
The costs to the world's second-biggest economy mount. Some 23 Chinese cities are under total or partial lockdown, affecting an estimated 193 million people in areas accounting for 13.6% of its gross domestic product, the Nomura brokerage said in a note on Tuesday...