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Climate Goals Still Make Business Sense, Rio Tinto CEO Says
Jakob Stausholm,Chief Executive Officer, Rio Tinto Group His...
Delta Air Lines offer $30,000 to each passenger for Toronto disaster
Carriers in the past have made similar payments, such as $5,000 to...
Sanjay Godhwani appointed to new executive leadership roles at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Sanjay Godhwani Sanjay will be responsible for all North America Region underwriting and underwriting support groups, customer & broker engagement, and BHSI’s Global Catastrophe Engineering & Analytics group BOSTON & NEW YORK: Berkshire Hathaway Specialty...
Hannover Re makes insurtech innovation platform hr | equarium openly accessible
"Like a dating service for singles, hr | equarium acts as a go-between for insurers and insurtechs and has established itself in this role as the leading innovation platform," said Claude Chèvre, the responsible member of Hannover Re's Executive Board Hannover:...
WTW partners with RIMS for promoting risk management and resilient organisations in APAC
Simon Weaver, Head of Corporate Risk & Broking, Asia and Australasia, and Head of Australasia, WTW, said,`` As the coronavirus becomes endemic, a broad set of societal risks have become ever-present in business decision making for all organisations today High...
Explainer: Can companies leaving Russia recoup losses through insurance?
Vladimir Putin,President,Russia Companies that leave and abandon their business without any action taken by the Russia government to seize control of their assets will have a tough time collecting insurance, according to legal experts "You see companies saying 'we're...
U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization With the trend expected to worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, "there is a need to invest $1.5 billion" in the next five years to predict when extreme events might occur, said World...
Hackers hit authentication firm Okta, drawing concern across security industry
The screenshots were posted by a group of ransom-seeking hackers known as Lapsus$ on their Telegram channel late on Monday. In an accompanying message, the group said its focus was "ONLY on Okta customers." 'BE VERY VIGILANT' Okta Inc, whose authentication services...
Marsh launches ESG Risk Rating to measure companies’ ESG performance
``With the ESG Risk Rating, we are providing our clients with a clear framework from which to better understand their ESG performance, make more informed investment decisions, and realize better risk management outcomes,” said Amy Barnes, Head of Climate and...
U.S. SEC proposes companies disclose range of climate risks, emissions data
It would also require companies to disclose greenhouse gases generated by suppliers and partners, known as Scope 3 emissions, if they are material or included in any emissions targets the company has set SEC chair Gary Gensler said the agency was responding to...
Insurers face substantial losses from planes grounded in Russia, may lead to hardening of premiums: Fitch Ratings
Multi-billion-dollar aviation insurance claims could have significant knock-on effects on the aviation insurance market. ``We would expect insurers and reinsurers to respond by increasing premiums, incorporating more exclusion clauses in their contracts, and cutting...
New Zealand enacts a new law to modernise natural hazard insurance
The Bill’s name - Natural Hazards Insurance Bill - recognises the fact that EQC’s mandate extends further than just helping people recover from earthquakes. In fact, its insurance scheme also covers landslips, volcanoes, tsunami and hydrothermal activity. Making this...