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Willis makes new leadership appointments in Asia
These changes and new leadership roles recognise the significant...
Nvidia,Tesla chase same self-driving goal via varying paths
Tesla and Nvidia are fundamentally different companies. Tesla makes...
Convex enters Lloyd’s with Syndicate 1984
Syndicate 1984 will be led by active underwriter, Jacqueline Wiffen, UK CUO for insurance at Convex, and has an initial target to underwrite £150m of gross written premium in 2025 London: Convex Group Limited (“Convex”), the international specialty insurer and...
Taiwan to deploy investment from insurance funds to help finance island’s green energy
Taiwan is phasing out coal-fired power stations and shifting to liquefied natural gas, as well as investing in solar and wind projects Taiwan aims to get more than $1.5 billion in investment from insurance funds to help finance the island’s green energy transition as...
EU to review corporate liability under Europe’s toughest ESG Law
Plans to cut reporting requirements — especially for small and medium-sized companies — have been well-flagged, but officials are now also looking at ways to ease rules that require firms to clean up their value chains under the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...
China asks insurers to hold sufficient capital and liquidity
Companies should establish a concentration risk information disclosure mechanism and disclose annual concentration risk management information on their websites before June 15 each year, the regulator said China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration on...
UK orders Apple to build a backdoor to give it access to global user data
The mandate orders Apple to provide access under the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act, a law that granted officials the authority to compel companies to remove encryption under what’s known as a “technical capability notice.” The law also makes it illegal for companies...
World may have already missed its chance to limit global warming to 1.5C:Study
In 2024, global temperatures reached 1.5C for the entire year, the first time it’s happened in recorded history. It was a stark departure from previous projections: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published just a year earlier suggested that...
Oil executives call for cautious return to Red Sea navigation
“Everyone is watching each other to see who goes first,” Barbara Harrison, vice president of crude supply and trading at U.S. major Chevron, said at an oil conference in Houston. Oil executives called on for a return to navigation through the Red Sea en route to the...
China allows insurers to invest in gold for first time
The shift in policy in China could be a signal that authorities recognize the dearth of investment options in Asia’s largest economy, and the need for alternatives amid a property downturn and an economic slump. It would translate into a potential 200 billion yuan...
MS Amlin launches new credit and political risk offering in MENA, eyes India and Africa opportunities
“We see exciting opportunities in India, and on the African continent, which are both experiencing a significant influx of foreign investment. We believe this will create growing demand across a number of speciality lines, most notably credit and political risk.”...
Jan1 Renewals: Hannover Re’s Asia-Pacific premium growth remains modest
"Adequate prices and conditions continue to be indispensable for sustainable reinsurance protection. This is all the more true given that climate change and associated extreme weather events remain one of our greatest challenges. The wildfires around Los Angeles have...