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Airports, hotel hit in overnight Iranian strikes in UAE, missiles and drones intercepted
"The Ministry stated that, since the beginning of the attack, 137...
West Asia Crisis:Oil, gas tankers avoid Strait of Hormuz as tensions intensify
Tracking data shows some tankers turning around, and at least one...
Aon appoints Jennifer Richards as CEO of Asia Pacific
Jennifer Richards, CEO designate, Asia Pacific, Aon "The Asia Pacific region is critical to Aon's strategy, representing significant growth opportunities across a diverse market," said Lori Goltermann, CEO, Asia Pacific, Aon DUBLIN: Aon plc today announced that...
Sompo Holdings establishes global Property and Casualty (re)insurance, and Wellbeing business segments
Sompo Wellbeing will work as one group to create products and services addressing challenges related to health, financial stability after retirement, and nursing care needs. These are all prominent challenges in Japan due to the country’s ageing population and...
Mexico threatens to sue Google for renaming Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps service
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum “Who we have a dispute with is Google,” Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said at her morning press conference, adding that her government has exchanged letters with the company on the subject. “If they keep insisting, we’ll...
Willis and Global Parametrics deliver new parametric solution to coffee farmers in Vietnam
If the rainfall dips below predefined values, the insurance is triggered and the farmers receive timely payouts without the need for lengthy claims processes or on-the-ground assessments Singapore: Willis, a WTW business, and Global Parametrics today announced the...
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...