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Sri Lanka shuts offices, schools as 56 killed due to floods and landslides
More than 25 people were killed Thursday in landslides in the...
Africa Specialty Risks launches Syndicate 2454 in South Africa
Commenting on the launch of Syndicate 2454 in South Africa, Mikir...
MGU Fidelis Partnership concludes $2bn refinancing transaction led by Blackstone for business growth
The MGU plans to expand in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America, all of which have increasing demand for specialist (re)insurance solutions, enhanced by Lloyd’s licensing and TFP’s new Abu Dhabi office PEMBROKE, Bermuda: The Fidelis Partnership (“TFP”), a...
French reinsurer CCR Re changing name to Arundo Re from next Jan 16
CCR remains a minority partner with a 25 per cent stake in the reinsurer. The deal allowed CCR to help make CCR Re fully autonomous and to implement an industrial and social project. CCR has a put option and would be able to sell its residual interest in 2026 Paris:...
New Global Climate ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund names first director
Ibrahima Cheikh Diong,director-designate,The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage This is a key step towards responding to loss and damage by bringing finance to millions of people in developing countries on the frontlines of climate change WASHINGTON: The board of...
Quad Cancer Moonshot: PM Modi announces $7.5 million support to fight cervical cancer
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister The Cancer Moonshot is a White House initiative to bring renewed leadership to the fight against cancer, facilitate new collaborations, and drive progress across the cancer journey utilizing all facets of the oncology community - federal...
Charles Roxburgh KCB to succeed Carnegie-Brown as chairman of Lloyd’s from May,2025
Sir Charles Roxburgh KCB , chairman-designate, Lloyd's of London ``I look forward to working with the Council, with John and the strong executive team, and with the wider Lloyd’s market to guide Lloyd’s to even greater success in the future” Sir Charles London:...
Central Europe flooding could cause billions in insurance losses, analysts say
According to re/insurance broker Gallagher Re's estimate, insured losses are likely to range between EUR 2.0 – 3.0 billion (USD 2.2 – 3.3 billion) The latest flooding in central Europe could cause economic losses ranging from several hundred million euros to billions,...
Exploding pagers in Lebanon spur theories on sabotage method
Deepa Kundur, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto, said she suspects it was a “supply chain deployment. In such an attack, the perpetrator would infiltrate the pager’s upstream supply chain to manufacture a critical component...
U.S. Fed slashed interest rates by half a point in its first cut since 2020, more expected
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Policymakers see the Fed's benchmark rate falling by another half of a percentage point by the end of this year, another full percentage point in 2025, and by a final half of a percentage point in 2026 to end in a 2.75%-3.00% range Washington:...
US files $100 million lawsuit against owner and operator of ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Key Bridge
“The Justice Department is committed to ensuring accountability for those responsible for the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which resulted in the tragic deaths of six people and disrupted our country’s transportation and defense infrastructure,” said...
France uses tough, untested cybercrime law to target Telegram’s Durov
Pavel Durov, CEO, Telegram The so-called LOPMI law, enacted in January 2023, has placed France at the forefront of a group of nations taking a sterner stance on crime-ridden websites. But the law is so recent that prosecutors have yet to secure a conviction PARIS:...