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Scientists say climate change is increasingly exposing the world’s...
China unveils to make Shanghai an international reinsurance center
The several measures comprise eight provisions focusing on guiding...
NITI Aayog convenes a stakeholder consultation on implementation of SHANTI Act 2025
Stakeholders examined the financial mechanisms and risk-mitigation frameworks needed to support the Act’s implementation. The discussion also covered suitable insurance arrangements for long-term projects, along with strategies to strengthen public awareness,...
July rainfall brings relief, Yet agriculture risks remain: CRISIL
"Current Using its Deficient Rainfall Impact Parameter(DRIP) scores point to significant stress in Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, with milder stress evident in Haryana," the report said. New Delhi: Early July rains have eased immediate...
US-Iran strikes choke ship traffic through Strait of Hormuz
London marine insurers also reported seeing fewer inquiries for journeys to transit the strait and some said the cost of cover had risen, in a sign of growing caution from shipowners as the US and Iran exchange attacks. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to a...
Aviva and AXIS launch new Lloyd’s consortium to power UK renewable energy growth
The partnership brings together two of the London Market’s leading renewable energy insurers, combining underwriting expertise and capacity across onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage systems into a single, coordinated solution. It is also the first Lloyd’s...
London steps up bid to become global ILS Hub
London’s dominance in insurance-market infrastructure makes it an obvious destination for issuers of catastrophe bonds and other ILS products, says Caroline Wagstaff, chief executive of the London Market Group, whose members include insurers operating in the world’s...
War insurance rates for ships rise after renewed vessel attacks in Strait of Hormuz
In the past 24 hours, war insurance rates for ships inside the Gulf have already ticked higher towards 3% of the value of a vessel from 2% at the end of last week, said the sources, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. Some war underwriters...
Trump says interim accord to end war is ‘over’ after Iranian strikes
In a flare-up of hostilities that pushed oil prices up to a two-week high, Iran said it had targeted U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait after U.S. forces struck Iranian targets in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Ankara: U.S....
AI investment to cushion global insurance slowdown amid geopolitical turmoil: Swiss Re
Jérôme Haegeli, Swiss Re's Group Chief Economist, said,"The latest Middle East conflict is not a one-off shock but another sign that geopolitical risk has become a structural feature of the global economy with four supply shocks in six years. As economies invest in AI...
Attack on Qatari LNG vessel in Hormuz challenges US mediation
Three separate attacks on ships would mark the highest number since the US and Iran signed an interim peace deal last month, underscoring the continued risks to ships crossing through Hormuz. Tehran has repeatedly said it won’t allow vessels to transit the waterway...
Allianz warns of rising uninsurable assets
Extreme weather events — such as the heat wave gripping Europe — are making a growing number of assets too risky to insure, according to a director at Europe’s largest primary insurer. “Certain locations and perils cannot be covered as we would wish them to be...