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IndusInd General announces strategic partnership with Citroën
IndusInd General Insurance (formerly known as Reliance General...
ICICI Lombard General Insurance ties up with Vastu Housing Finance
ICICI Lombard General Insurance and Vastu Housing Finance, one of...
Boeing faces ‘long road’ on safety issues, US FAA says
Boeing has faced mounting questions after a door panel detached during a Jan. 5 flight on a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9, forcing pilots to make an emergency landing while passengers were exposed to a gaping hole 16,000 feet above the ground U.S. planemaker Boeing...
COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy: WHO
Between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy dropped by 1.8 years to 71.4 years (back to the level of 2012). Similarly, global healthy life expectancy dropped by 1.5 years to 61.9 years in 2021 (back to the level of 2012) Geneva: The latest edition of the World...
South Asia faces extreme weather with heatwave in India, cyclone in Bangladesh
Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse most likely as a result of human-driven climate change, a team of international scientists said. India's summer temperatures often peak in May, but scientists have predicted more heatwave days than usual...
Kerala flood: Heavy rains wreak havoc, 11 dead
Revenue Minister K Rajan today said parts of Kerala received over 20 cm of rain in the last 24 hours and added that a total of 11 people have lost their lives in the state in various recent rain-related incidents Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rains continue to lash Kerala...
Singapore Airlines’ Turbulent Flight: What went wrong?
While high-altitude turbulence isn’t a rare occurrence, resulting fatalities are. The phenomenon can be caused by rising pockets of hot air, or cumulonimbus clouds that are often accompanied by gusts and storms. At higher altitudes, aircraft might encounter sudden...
Air Turbulence: Flights leaving Tokyo dominate roughest long-haul services list
Strong turbulence is produced when air streams traveling at significantly different speeds come together. This is typically encountered at the boundaries of jet streams, over mountains and in certain cloud storms, according to the turbli website The deadly turbulence...
Travel insurance policies “will likely” cover injuries sustained by aircraft turbulence: ABI
Under the Montreal Convention, Singapore Airlines is liable for accidents, which can include turbulence, on international flights regardless of whether the airline was negligent, according to U.S. aviation lawyers Travel insurance policies “will likely” cover injuries...
Earnix highlights the potential of synthetic data in specialty insurance
The increasing demand for data in specialty insurance has prompted underwriters and brokers to begin harnessing synthetic data to supplement existing datasets, improving risk assessment efficiency. This is because synthetic data offers solutions to several key...
Marsh’s Alex Rosati to join as Asian claim head of WTW for its Corporate Risk & Broking business
Alex Rosati In his role with WTW, Alex will focus on all aspects of the firm’s claims proposition, including the development and execution of WTW’s claims management strategy across Asia Singapore: WTW, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced...
Canopius announces Andy Haste as Group Chairman
He has deep insurance expertise; his former roles include group chief executive of RSA Insurance Group, and CEO at AxA Sun Life, as well as serving as senior independent director and deputy Chairman of Lloyd’s for nine years, between 2012 and 2021 London: Canopius, a...