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QatarEnergy extends force majeure on Edison LNG supply to early July
Based on the information received so far, Edison now expects a...
Data standardisation key prerequisite for insures to effectively leverage AI:Accord study
While AI is accelerating the industry's ambitions, digital maturity...
Google sued for secretly amassing user data via Gemini AI
In the past, users of Gmail, Chat and Meet were given the option to turn on Google’s artificial intelligence program. But in October, the Alphabet Inc. unit “secretly” turned on Gemini for all those applications, enabling it to collect private data “without the users’...
Hexaware launchs advanced insurance solutions,deepens Google Cloud partnership
The offerings strengthen Hexaware's collaboration with Google and reflect a shared focus on accelerating digital transformation through automation, AI, and scalable cloud-native architectures for the insurance industry.Hexaware's parametric claims solution automates...
Asia’s wealthy families unprepared for successive planning as their fortunes near $99 trillion
Chaotic handovers have the potential to freeze assets in legal disputes, fragment family empires, and destabilize companies that have grown rapidly but lack the governance structures that many Western dynasties built over generations Asian private wealth is projected...
Aon launches AI-enabled claims copilot
“It empowers our professionals to turn insight into action, helping clients achieve faster claims resolution, maximize recoveries, and make better informed risk and coverage decisions,” said Joe Peiser, CEO of Commercial Risk at Aon DUBLIN: Aon plc, global...
Hurricane Melissa triggers 100% payout of $150 million World Bank Catastrophe Bond for Jamaica
Catastrophe insurance backed by catastrophe bonds are part of the World Bank’s Crisis Preparedness and Response toolkit which provides developing countries with an innovative suite of tools to better respond to crises and prepare for future shocks. This includes fast...
Willis launches Data Centre Practice in Asia
The Data Centre sector in Asia is experiencing unprecedented growth, with the region likely to be the fastest growing one for data centre colocation over the next five years.According to Global Data, the pipeline of data centre construction projects is estimated to be...
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines, two dead
The typhoon could cover two-thirds of the Southeast Asian archipelago with its 1,800-kilometre-wide rain and wind band, forecasters said. It approached from the Pacific while the Philippines was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which...
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion Tesla pay plan wins shareholder approval
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a string of promises on stage - from, in April, beginning production of the Cybercab, its 2-seater steering-less robotaxi, to unveiling its next-generation Roadster electric sports car SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk won shareholder...
UNDP, BMZ, Generali and ICMIF Foundation deliver world’s largest inclusive insurance innovation programme across 30 countries
Marcos Neto, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director, UNDP The global protection gap (the difference between financial losses and what is covered by insurance) leaves 9 out of 10 people in developing countries without insurance coverage when shocks such as...
Boeing may face first civil trial over payouts to Ethiopia crash victims’ families
An eight-person jury would be tasked with deciding how much Boeing should pay to the families of Mercy Ndivo, a 28-year-old mother originally from Kenya, and 36-year-old United Nations consultant Shikha Garg, who was from India CHICAGO: More than six years after a...