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Bobby Swarup’s Niyam Grp receives Lloyd’s in-principle to establish Syndicate 2047, to focus on India and other high growth Asian and African markets
Bobby Swarup, Founder and CEO of Niyam Group, said “I am grateful...
Natural disasters cause US$224bn global damage in 2025, insured losses at US$ 108bn, says Munich Re
In the Asia-Pacific region, natural disasters resulted in overall...
Lloyd’s announces a new Executive Team
Commenting on the appointments, Patrick Tiernan, Lloyd’s Chief Executive. said: “We will work at pace to deliver on the market’s short-term priorities. We will also work closely with Council to develop a long-term vision for the Corporation, that will strengthen and...
Aon appoints Andy Marcell to serve as CEO of Global Solutions
Andy Marcell Marcell will remain as CEO of Reinsurance until John Neal joins Aon on September 1, 2025, and continue to report to Aon President and CEO Greg Case and serve on the Aon Executive Committee. DUBLIN: Aon plc has appointed Andy Marcell to serve as CEO of...
Airlines say they are studying legal options over aircraft delivery delays
Willie Walsh, Director General, IATA Airlines would resist any attempt by planemakers or other suppliers to raise their prices due to tariffs, but that there were no signs of plane prices being pushed higher so far,IATA Director General Willie Walsh The airline...
DBS drops plans to form an insurance partnership in India and Taiwan, bids fail to match value expectations
DBS was working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc as it weighed forming insurance partnerships in India and Taiwan, and some products in Singapore, in a transaction that could have been valued at a few hundred million dollars. DBS Group Holdings Ltd has shelved plans to...
1 June renewals: Rate moderation continues, with nuanced shifts across towers, reports Howden Re
The 1 June 2025 renewal reflects a market transitioning from disruption to disciplined recalibration. Whilst rate moderation continued, underwriting rigour persisted, especially in structurally challenged layers LONDON: Howden Re expected a continued moderation in...
Iranian man pleads guilty in US to 2019 Baltimore ransomware attack
Iranian-linked hackers have also targeted U.S. critical infrastructure under the guise of ostensibly independent personas, such as the November 2023 defacement of water treatment equipment in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, by a group called Cyber Av3ngers An Iranian...
Mud and rock bury Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing
"We've lost our village," Matthias Bellwald, the mayor of Blatten told a press conference after the slide. "The village is under rubble. We will rebuild." GENEVA: A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock...
Tokio Marine Group sets up a new unit to support green biz
Tokio Marine GX (TMGX) will offer up to $500 million on any single risk and is committed to becoming a prominent lead underwriter, applying decades of knowledge to ensure profitable and sustainable capacity through the green transition London: Tokio Marine Holdings,...
Earth’s average temperature for 2025-29 likely to exceed 1.5 deg C limit: WMO
The report also said there is a 70 per cent chance that the average temperature for the entire five-year period will be more than 1.5 degrees higher than the 1850-1900 average. There is a 70 per cent chance that the average global temperature for the 2025-2029 period...
Boeing’s agreement with US Justice Department to avoid criminal charges for 2 fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets
The tentative agreement would allow require Boeing to contribute $444.5 million to a fund for families of victims killed in the crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 in October 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March 2019, according to the filing. Boeing also would...