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Iran eyes $10 billion from crypto-based Hormuz insurance scheme
“Cryptographically verifiable insurance policies will be provided...
Iran war leaves global companies facing $25 billion losses
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has already cost companies around...
India,Middle East,and Africa see declining P&C rates in Q12026, says Marsh
Property rate declines were generally driven by stable capacity and high levels of competition.The Middle East and Africa saw rate declines ranging from 5% to 20%; India experienced decreases up to 45%, though typically lower.Casualty insurance rates decreased 7%,...
Microsoft must face $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences
Competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi is bringing the case on behalf of nearly 60,000 businesses that run Windows Server on rival cloud platforms. Her lawyers have previously said the claim was worth up to 2.1 billion pounds ($2.8 billion). LONDON: Microsoft must...
PwC pays $166 million to settle HK Evergrande audit probe
PwC “turned a blind eye” to Evergrande’s fraud, the Chinese securities regulator has said. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP agreed to pay HK$1.3 billion ($166 million) in fines and compensation to settle investigations into its auditing work for the collapsed property giant...
Goldman Sachs settles shareholder lawsuit over Malaysian 1MDB scandal
Goldman agreed in 2020 to pay $2.9 billion in penalties and have a Malaysian unit admit criminal wrongdoing to settle 1MDB probes by the U.S. Justice Department and other authorities. Goldman Sachs has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the Wall Street...
Ex-Credit Suisse team plans $1 billion Fund for Data Center Risk
It would be the first time a product in the market for insurance-linked securities specifically targets data-center risk, according to Hilti. Euler plans to structure the vehicle as a so-called sidecar, meaning investors will take a quota share of an insurer’s risk....
Protracted closure of Hormuz may lead to a wave of disputes: CFOs
“We expect a lot of financial disputes and a lot of force majeure,” Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. CFO Guillaume Vermersch said at the Financial Times Global Commodities Summit, adding that how the situation plays out out could shape some of the firm’s profit this year....
US:Record drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices
“Right now 61% of the country is in drought and that’s steadily been going up for the calendar year.We just haven’t seen too many springs where this amount of the country has been in this kind of shape.'' said Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought...
Trump extends Iran ceasefire indefinitely,Hormuz blockade to continue
US President Donald Trump Trump posted on social media that he would "extend the Ceasefire" until Iran came up with a proposal to end the conflict Washington:President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was extending a ceasefire with Iran to give more time for...
Iran yet to decide on whether to attend talks as ceasefire deadline ticks down
President Donald Trump said he hoped to reach a "great deal" to end the war, but he did not want to extend the ceasefire, and said the U.S. military was "raring to go" if negotiations were not successful. WASHINGTON/CAIRO/ISLAMABAD:Iran said on Tuesday it had still...
Record 165 GW of wind power capacity added in 2025, led by China, report says
Asia, led by China and India, commissioned 131 GW of new capacity, which was 80% of the global total. China made up the bulk of that, adding a record 120.5 GW of new wind capacity. Europe was the second-highest region for installations, commissioning 19 GW of new...