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Air pollution affects life expectancy worse than smoking, terrorism: Study
According to the new Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), developed by researchers at University of Chicago in the US, particulate air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by 1.8 years per person. The AQLI reveals that India and China, which make up 36 per cent of the world’s population, account for 73 per cent of all years of life lost due to particulate pollution.
Generali Earmarks €4 Billion ($4.6 Billion) for Acquisitions, Growth
“Asset management is increasingly complementary and by the end of 2021 we will be an insurance and asset management group,” Chief Executive Philippe Donnet said.
Donnet, who took over as CEO in 2016, has been selling off non-core assets over the past two years to focus on capital-light products, new services and fee-based businesses.
UK Companies Prepare for Disorderly Brexit and Supply Chain Disruptions
A.M. Best expects, however, that UK companies will still be able to underwrite reinsurance business on a cross-border basis post Brexit, in all but a small number of EEA jurisdictions.
UN collaborates with global insurers to tackle climate change impacts
The pilot group will develop analytical tools that they will use to pioneer insurance industry climate risk disclosures that are in line with the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). This will require them to make use of the latest climate science, including some of the most advanced, forward-looking climate scenarios available.
SCOR announces the creation of SCOR Europe SE
With effect from January 1, 2019, SCOR Europe SE, a 100%-owned subsidiary of SCOR SE, will underwrite all new and renewed business relating to risks located in the EEA that can no longer be accepted by SCOR UK Company Ltd. after the Brexit date. SCOR Europe SE will also take over all commitments from policies previously issued by SCOR UK Company Ltd. if the latter can no longer honor these following Brexit, the terms of which remain uncertain at this stage.
China moves closer to allowing foreigners to control insurance ventures: sources
Beijing said in November last year that for insurance ventures it would first raise the foreign ownership cap to 51 percent from 50 percent. It has also pledged to remove the limit completely in three years
RMS estimates insured losses from California wildfires to be between $9 Bn and $13 Bn
Mohsen Rahnama, Chief Risk Modeling Officer, RMS, said: “Wildfire is now a major catastrophe risk that must be rigorously managed with the best data and model science. With increasing exposure due to properties near wildland areas and ongoing climate variability, insurers, policymakers, and homeowners must adapt to the prospect of more frequent and severe wildfires.”
Asia led by China and India will drive global insurance growth:Swiss Re
According to latest data from different sources, this sigma estimates that the global re/insurance sector has total assets under management of about USD 30 trillion – roughly three times the size of China’s economy. This large asset base should be fully mobilised as risk absorber. Further, the report newly estimates that the global mortality and property protection gap currently stands at USD 500 billion in premium-equivalent terms. The gap represents the still elevated vulnerability to adverse events for many households and businesses across the world, and the very large opportunity for insurers to further contribute to improving resilience.
Aon launches cover for intangible assets
Non-Damage Business Interruption policies protect companies’ revenues against business interruption costs that result from an event where there is no physical damage. For an increasing number of firms, physical damage is a lesser risk priority than risks related to income streams and cash flows, such as a terrorist threat, a cyber attack, or unseasonal weather.
Boeing defends 737 safety as first U.S. lawsuit filed over Lion Air crash
Investigators believe an erroneous sensor prompted a computerized safety system to aggressively push the jet into a dive as pilots were trying to deal with multiple malfunctions. Boeing and U.S. aviation regulators are considering whether to add a software fix to the 737 Max. Three U.S. pilots’ unions have raised concern about what they say is a lack of information provided by Boeing on the safety system