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3 more Russian insurers seek India’s nod to provide cover for oil tankers
The move comes as growing scrutiny of Russia's oil supply chain by...
Renewable Energy: Nat Cat and unmodelled extreme weather risks emerge as a defining challenge
A new report by GCube Insurance calls for action from insurers,...
Swiss insurers Helvetia and Baloise to merge to create top 10 company
The new group, to be called Helvetia Baloise Holding, will become one of the ten largest insurers in Europe, under what the two companies called a “merger of equals” with an even spread of senior executives and board members Helvetia and Baloise plan to merge to...
Japanese insurer MS&AD plans to invest $5 billion to double U.S. profits
The Tokyo-based casualty insurer has the highest market share in Asia among global firms, but it’s No. 3 among Japanese peers in North America, “so the challenge is how to become the top player there,” said Shinichiro Funabiki,CEO, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings...
Willis appoints Aon’s Anant Pawar as Aviation & Space Leader for India
Anant Pawar, Aviation & Space Leader, Willis,India Willis handles Indigo's re/insurance accounts. It is the largest airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size, with a 63.6 per cent domestic market share Mumbai: Willis, a business of WTW has appointed...
Swiss Re appoints Bernhard Kaufmann Group CRO as Patrick Raaflaub retires
Prior to this role, Bernhard Kaufmann was Chief Risk Officer at NN Group and held various senior leadership roles at Munich Re Group, most recently as Group Chief Risk Officer Zurich: Bernhard Kaufmann has held Chief Risk Officer positions in the re/insurance industry...
Ratings: Crisil affirms New India, downgrades National Insurance and United India
NIA's rating is driven by the company’s leadership position in the Indian general insurance industry, its sound investment portfolio, healthy capitalisation and solvency position, and the strategic importance to and support derived from the parent, the Government of...
Lloyd’s broker UIB charged by UK over alleged Ecuador bribes
UIB sold reinsurance services to state-backed insurers covering parts of the Ecuadorian public sector, including the state water and electricity companies between 2013 and 2016, the SFO said. The broker is accused of £3 million to intermediaries who then bribed an...
Manoj Ayyappan, JS, DFS, appointed as govt’s nominee director in GIC Re
The Ministry of Finance has nominated Manoj Muttathil Ayyappan, joint secretary, Department of Financial Services as a director on the Board of GIC Re with effect from 17 April in place of M. P. Tangirala, former additional secretary, DFS. Ayyappan had joined the DFS...
Govt plans to ease nuclear liability laws to attract foreign firms, sources say
A draft law prepared by the department of atomic energy removes a key clause in the Civil Nuclear Liability Damage Act of 2010 that exposes suppliers to unlimited liability for accidents. The draft law also proposes a lower liability cap on small reactor operators at...
US cyber insurance premium shrinking to continue: Fitch
The cyber insurance line was profitable for 2024, but direct written premiums fell for the second straight year due to declining rates and fewer policies in force U.S. cyber insurance renewal premium rates have fallen YoY for the last three quarters and are...
AI makes weather forecasting more cost effective and accurate
This is the first time Taiping Reinsurance is bringing high-resolution flood modeling in-house, instead of relying on coarser models developed by US risk analytics companies, said Sheldon Yu, chief executive officer at the Hong Kong-based reinsurer The weather...