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Nexus acquires medical tourism specialist Sure Insurance Services
The business will become part of Millstream Underwriting, which has...
Willis makes new leadership appointments in Asia
These changes and new leadership roles recognise the significant...
India must expand Universal Health Coverage for ageing population, maintain economic growth: ADB Report
While the South Korea and Thailand have achieved universal health coverage, others lag behind with India having the lowest health insurance coverage among older people at 21 per cent, a report titled 'Aging Well In Asia' prepared by ADB said Tbilisi:India is one of...
Global microinsurance premiums touch $5.8 billion in 2023, cover only 15% of market: Report
The 2023 Study, drawing on from 294 insurers covering 1,040 products across diverse sectors, including health, life, agriculture, and property, estimates the value of the microinsurance market across 36 countries at USD 41.4 billion. With only 15 per cent of that...
Bermuda insurer credit profiles supported by BMA regulatory reforms: Fitch
The Bermuda life insurance market has grown rapidly. Assets increased to $1.1 billion as of YE2022 from $496 million in 2018, and the number of life insurance licenses increased 10% over the same period to 180. This growth has been driven by its economic-based regime,...
Africa Specialty Risks launches ASR Syndicate 2454 at Lloyd’s
Currently, only 2% of Lloyd’s business comes from Africa, something which ASR Syndicate 2454 is strategically placed to expand. ASR began underwriting in February 2021, with the explicit aim of closing the insurance gap in Africa and facilitating international...
Self-driving trucks could become reality despite doubts from safety advocates
Within three or four years, Aurora and its competitors expect to put thousands such self-driving trucks on America’s public freeways. The goal is for the trucks, which can run nearly around the clock without any breaks, to speed the flow of goods, accelerating...
UK’s Nationwide stops lending to some homes over flood risk
Nationwide Building Society uses mapping technology to identify which individual homes are vulnerable to flooding, Nationwide Head of Property Risk Rob Stevens said in an interview. The company will decline to make a loan to purchase a property it deems to be at high...
Domestic PV sales growth flat in April due to high base effect, elections
Dispatches of passenger vehicles from manufacturers to dealers were at 3,38,341 units in April 2024 as compared to 3,32,468 units in the same month last year, a growth of 1.77 per cent with major players Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Tata Motors reporting marginal...
BMS launches new global healthcare division with Rob Wendin to lead
BMS, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, today announces the launch of its new global healthcare liability division with Rob Wendin as managing director. The new division will provide solutions and guidance to healthcare providers and their...
DUAL launches new capability in title insurance in Australia & New Zealand
The primary focus will be (i) real estate transactions involving commercial real estate located in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore and (ii) M&A transactions involving target companies and trusts across markets including Australia, New Zealand, Hong...
AstraZeneca acknowledges potential link between vaccine and rare blood clots in UK court
The Daily Telegraph' reports that in a legal document submitted to the High Court in London in February for a group action being brought by 51 claimants, AZ admitted that the vaccine developed with the University of Oxford to protect against COVID-19 may cause...