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Passenger vehicle dispatches stood at 3,77,689 units in February 2025
SIAM Director General Rajesh Menon said, "Positive sentiments in...
Comm min to help exporters at insurance front to deal with West Asia crisis: Official
Exporters are facing issues due to a joint attack launched by the...
79% of Indians unsure if their insurance policy offers adequate coverage: Survey
Saurabh Vijayvergia, founder & CEO, CoverSure, said, “This survey shows that focusing on insurance penetration alone isn’t enough. What people need is insurance that they can understand and use effectively. If policyholders don’t know what’s covered or how to use...
Clean energy assets face climate risks, Zurich Insurance Says
Roughly 46% of Europe’s total renewable generation capacity will be at “critical risk” from the fallout of climate change unless owners do more to protect existing and planned assets, according to a report by Zurich Resilience Solutions, a unit of Zurich Insurance...
EV-carrying ship that caught fire in Pacific ocean has sunk
Demand for lithium-ion batteries, including in EVs, is bringing a new risk to the global shipping industry, particularly given the value of the vehicles on board the largest car-carrying vessels, according to a report last month by insurance giant Allianz. .A ship...
Secondary perils emerging as a big opportunity, Need data and good models to deal with them, says Swiss Re
Beat Strebel,CEO, China, Swiss Re These lesser understood risks are increasingly becoming a source of insurance payouts as extreme weather events lead to billions in economic losses. Traditionally, reinsurers — which provide coverage to insurance companies — haven’t...
Authorities identify all but one of 260 victims of Air India plane crash
"We have identified 259 victims. They include 240 passengers and 19 non-passengers. DNA test result of one passenger is still awaited," said Rakesh Joshi, superintendent of Ahmedabad civil hospital AHMEDABAD: Authorities in Gujarat state said on Tuesday they had...
Iran-Israel conflict: Re/insurers face complex set of financial, operational, and strategic risks
The Iran-Israel conflict is, in many ways, a stark reminder of the insurance industry's evolving role as an absorber of geopolitical and systemic risk in an increasingly interconnected world, says Morningstar DBRS, a global credit rating agency The hostilities between...
Escalating Hormuz tensions drive up Middle East war risk insurance costs, sources say
War risk insurance premiums for shipments to the Middle East Gulf have jumped to 0.5% from around 0.2-0.3% a week ago, as risks grow to the critical Strait of Hormuz, the sources said LONDON: U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran's reprisals have doubled the...
Aon launches Aon Broker Copilot to modernize insurance placement with AI and data at scale
" "The industry is undergoing a fundamental shift. As risk becomes more complex, the future of broking will belong to firms that can combine expertise with intelligence at scale. Aon Broker Copilot reflects how Aon is undertaking one of the most ambitious digital...
Airlines weigh Middle East cancellations after US strikes in Iran
Cancellations in recent days to usually resilient aviation hubs like Dubai, the world’s busiest international airport, and Qatar’s Doha by international carriers show how aviation industry concerns about the region have escalated Airlines on Monday were weighing how...
Supertankers cross Hormuz shipping strait after avoiding it in past 24 hours
Greece’s shipping ministry warned on Sunday that the country’s owners should think twice about Hormuz transit and instead head to a safe port Two supertankers, each capable of hauling about 2 million barrels of crude, headed through the Hormuz shipping strait at the...