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Budget 26-27:Repositioning general insurance as essential economic and social infrastructure
Significant focus on insuring houses and SME/MSMEs is also critical...
Liberty appoints Edrick Tang as senior underwriter, Fine art and specie, Asia Pacific
Fine art and specie is a key area of growth for Liberty,...
Govt incorporating suggestions at final stages of Atomic Energy Bill : Jitender Singh
Union Minister Singh also reiterated that as announced in the Budget 2025 announcement, the Government has announced that active private sector participation will be facilitated by undertaking amendments to Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act 2010 and the...
Berkley Insurance Asia launches operations in India’s GIFT City
“India has long been an important market for Berkley Insurance Asia and establishing operations here is a natural progression of our journey. We have been underwriting Indian risks from Singapore for many years. The time is now right to be closer to decision-makers,...
Thailand floods “paralyzed” flow of high tech components and car parts to neighboring Malaysia
The floods are the worst on record for southern Thailand, with the government estimating the damage at around 500 billion baht ($15.6 billion). Thailand said floods that have devastated much of the country’s south have “paralyzed” the flow of high tech components and...
D&O Market in 2026:Geopolitics and cyber drive risk exposures
For D&O insurers, the US especially is a highly complex market due to its high frequency of securities class action claims and surging average settlement costs, which rose by 27% in the first six months of 2025 to US$56mn Asia-domiciled risks are seeing heightened...
Black Sea shipping insurance rates rise after Ukraine attacks tankers
War risk rates for a typical seven-day voyage period, which are set by individual underwriters and are based on the value of the ship, rose to 0.5% for calls to Ukrainian ports from 0.4% over a week ago, shipping and insurance sources said The cost of shipping...
Over 1,200 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand as rescue efforts intensify
The flooding and landslips killed at least 1,230 people, with 659 people confirmed dead in Indonesia, 390 in Sri Lanka and 181 in Thailand, authorities said Tuesday (December 2, 2025).In Indonesia, the hardest-hit nation, rescuers are struggling to access villages in...
Lloyd’s to venture into GIFT-IFSC, to apply for a license from IFSCA soon
This will be Lloyd’s second entry into Indian reinsurance market as it is already present as one of the foreign reinsurance branches(FRBs) in the country. Currently, it has two syndicates,Markel and Volante, in its India operations London/GIFT City: In a...
3rd edition “IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT-City Global Reinsurance Summit on Jan 19, 2026 in Mumbai
The 3rd edition “IFSCA-IRDAI GIFT-City Global Reinsurance Summit” (GRS) under aegis of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India to be held on Jan 19, 2026 at Hotel JW Marriott, Juhu, Mumbai, India.The event bring all stakeholders onto a common platform to discuss...
AIG to pay Neal $2.7 million to compensate for “foregone incentives”
John Neal, forner CEO, Lloyd's AIG withdrew its employment offer to Neal, who had been set to join the company as president in December, after learning that the executive was being investigated at his former employer, Lloyd’s of London, the Wall Street Journal...
Russian oil cargo discharge at Indian port delayed due to insurance scrutiny, sources say
Since April, India has required online verification of insurance for ships covered by companies that are not members of the International Group (IG) to ensure that forged documents are not provided to Indian port authorities for berthing NEW DELHI: A...