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Regulation

Five in the race to become Secretary of GI Council

The insurance professionals who are contenders for the post are:MN Sharma, former CMD, United India Insurance, John Pulinthanam. general manager & director,National Insurance Company, Balwant Singh,  former general managers, OIC ,CR Vijayan, former GM & director, GIC Re , Deepak Sood,  former CEO. Future Generali India Life Insurance Co 

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Airlines urge Nations’ Regulators to avoid competing Safety Rules

The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), representing 290 airlines or more than 80 percent of world traffic, backed the existing process that usually involves one host regulator lead certification for each type of new aircraft, in exchange for reciprocal agreements with other agencies across the world.Airlines want to “avoid each model being certified 1,000 times” but focus instead on a single lead regulator, Alexandre de Juniac told a meeting of aerospace executives in Paris.

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Cyber Insurance growth slows down in US, records reaching $2 Billion in 2018, Fitch

Standalone cyber insurance premiums grew 12% in 2018, according to insurer statutory financial data. Fitch said high profile cyber events and previous uncertainty around cyber terms in commercial insurance policies continue to demonstrate the need for coverage. Insurers are addressing silent cyber risks by adding affirmative coverage in policies, including sublimits and cyber endorsements, but these efforts vary widely among individual companies.

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Bank of England fires warning shot to insurers over capital, Libor

The BoE and the Financial Conduct Authority have written to the chief executives of insurers and banks, asking them to spell out their preparations for effectively ditching the use of Libor by the end of 2021.The BoE wants insurers to reference its overnight rate SONIA in contracts and balance sheet assessments after banks were fined billions of pounds for trying to rig Libor.

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