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Global re/insurers face hefty claims if Coronavirus forces Olympics cancellation
The IOC takes out around $800 million of protection for each Summer Games, which covers most of the roughly $1 billion investment it makes in each host city. Insurance sources estimated it would pay a premium of about 2-3%, giving a bill of up to $24 million to insure the Tokyo event.
-Munich Re board member Torsten Jeworrek said on Friday it was a provider of cancellation insurance for Tokyo, for an amount in the hundreds of millions of euros.
-He would not say whether the figure was more or less than its 250 million euro exposure to the 2018 Winter Olympics or if the policy covered coronavirus, citing confidentiality.
Catastrophe Bond prices signal Coronavirus nearing Pandemic Status
The bonds are structured so that their principal, or face value, is written down following outbreaks of certain diseases named as covered perils.
They were issued to raise funds for the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility, which sends money to developing countries that need help tackling these diseases. To date, the pandemic securities have not been triggered.
Coronavirus vaccine won’t be ready for a year, says US govt
The first vaccine trials were expected to begin in about two months and it would take a further three months to determine safety and efficacy which means the fastest possible time frame would still be upwards of 6-8 months before a breakthrough, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said at the White House briefing, with Trump looking on.
Virus-hit stocks shed $3 trillion; safe havens thrive
-In the United States, Microsoft became the second trillion-dollar company to warn about its results after Apple. X. Its Frankfurt-listed shares were down 4%.
-Global equities have now fallen for six straight days. Wall Street’s so-called fear gauge was near its late 2018 highs.
U.S. spy agencies monitor coronavirus spread, concerns about India – sources
While there are only a few known cases in India, one source said the country’s available countermeasures and the potential for the virus to spread given India’s dense population was a focus of serious concern.
Coronavirus could wipe out $1 trn of global GDP
Oxford Economics Ltd. reckons an international health crisis could be enough to wipe more than $1 trillion from global gross domestic product. That would be the economic price tag for a spike in workplace absenteeism, lower productivity, sliding travel, disrupted supply chains and reduced trade and investment.
Global funds load up on Indian stocks as virus shelter in Asia
Some observers still see lingering domestic issues as a threat to the economic rebound. While Indian stocks have been more resilient than others, “worries over the slowing domestic growth, as well as concerns over the liquidity and solvency of the non-bank financing sector remain,” said Kristy Fong, an Asian equities investment director at Aberdeen Standard Investments in Singapore.
Britain’s Financial Conduct Regulator admits data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office, the body responsible for investigating and imposing sanctions on organizations found guilty of breaches of sensitive data, said the FCA had reported the incident and it would assess the information provided.
Markets are overreacting to threat of Coronavirus: Allianz CEO Baete
“There’s a lot of panic at that moment that’s not warranted,” said Baete. “Short-term economic activity will contract and it will have an impact on global GDP, but it’s not like the world will end tomorrow.”
Global recession likely if coronavirus becomes pandemic: Moody’s Analytics
“COVID-19 is battering the global economy in numerous ways. Chinese business travel and tourism has all but stopped; global airlines are not going to China and cruise lines are cancelling most Asia-Pacific itineraries. This is a huge problem for major travel destinations, including in the US, where some 3 million Chinese tourists visit each year,” Moody’s Analytics said.