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West Asia Crisis: Higher underwriting uncertainty in global terrorism and political violence insurance markets
For insurers and reinsurers, the key issue is not only the...
Lloyd’s to continue providing cover for vessels traveling through Strait of Hormuz
Shippers seeking insurance for tankers going through the strait “is...
Elon Musk’s X suffers massive outage, Indian users unable to access platform
During the downtime, X stopped working completely while the users were unable to post tweets or even open pages on the platform New Delhi: Elon Musk-run X went down on Monday in a massive global outage, including in India, as users were unable to access the...
Miller establishes new M&A and Strategic Solutions Team
The team will sit within Miller’s Professional & Financial Risks business and will be based in London advising its client base of private equity, hedge and sovereign wealth funds, corporates, law firms and corporate financiers on domestic and cross-border risks...
AXA XL Insurance appoints Sylvie Gleises as Regional Chief Executive Officer, Asia
Sylvie Gleises as Regional Chief Executive Officer designate), AXA XL Insurance,Asia Xavier Veyry, Regional CEO for APAC & Europe at AXA XL, commented: "Asia’s commercial insurance sector continues to grow at a rapid pace, now accounting for over 30% of global...
WTW launches an AI-driven performance monitoring tool custom-built for insurers
Radar Vision provides unique insights for pricing, portfolio management, underwriting and claims, allowing rapid response to emerging trends. Singapore: WTW, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, has announced the launch of Radar Vision, an...
China to ‘formulate’ policies for elderly, focus on boosting birth rates
China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, as marriages plummeted by one-fifth, the biggest drop on record, despite efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have children. Rapid ageing has become a growing concern in the world's...
Lloyd’s highlights risk of extreme space weather as latest scenario reveals potential global economic loss of $2.4trn
North America is identified as the region likely to be most financially impacted by the scenario, suffering a potential economic loss of $755 billion over the modelled five year period. However, the gap between the impact on North America and Europe is relatively...
Chubb to acquire Liberty Mutual’s P&C insurance businesses in Thailand and Vietnam
The combined operations produced approximately $275 million in net premiums written in 2024 ZURICH: Chubb Limited on Monday announced agreements to acquire the insurance businesses of Liberty Mutual in Thailand and Vietnam. The terms were not disclosed. The two...
SKorea’s new lithium battery rules on planes highlight growing risk for aviation
Korean authorities said the measures were in response to public anxiety about fires after an Air Busan plane was consumed in flames in January while waiting to take off. Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire, but a preliminary investigation...
P/C insurers to weather volatile natural Catastrophe Risks
The industry has ample capability to absorb individual large loss events but is more vulnerable if there is a confluence of events in a short term. This was evidenced during 2001-2002, which included the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a few hurricane events,...
Threats, political repatriations and kidnap dominate global crisis management landscape, says Willis report
Will Miller, Head of Crisis Management, Asia Pacific at Willis said: “We continue to see clients impacted by a wide range of incident types across a broad geographical footprint, affecting both their people and physical assets. Although the increase in the number of...