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Cabinet nod for Bill seeking to open up civil nuclear sector for private participation
To facilitate the implementation of the Nuclear Energy Mission,...
AM Best revises New India’s outlooks to positive
The Credit Ratings reflect New India’s balance sheet strength,...
Banks and insurers to lose reprieve from EU’s toughest ESG rule
The European Parliament and the European Council are moving toward an agreement that banks, asset managers and insurers should be viewed in the same way as other companies when it comes to ensuring that their value chains aren’t subject to environmental or human...
BAGIC net rises 3% to Rs 281 cr in Q3
Tapan Singhel , MD & CEO, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance The private sector insurer’s combined ratio increased to 102.9 per cent in 03 FY24 from 100.3 per cent in 03 FY23.Excluding the NATCAT impact. combined ratio for 03 FY24 stood at 99.5 per cent.BAGIC’s...
HDI Global adopts generative AI with proprietary GPT system
"With HDI-GPT we are for the first time looking to generative AI for the transformation of core insurance processes and for workflow optimisation," Dr Thomas Kuhnt, Chief Operating Officer at HDI Global SE Hannover: Creating added value through artificial intelligence...
Howden launches first-of-its-kind carbon capture and storage insurance facility
The insurance facility, designed by Howden and led by SCOR’s syndicate at Lloyd’s, provides cover for environmental damage and loss of revenue arising from the sudden or gradual leakage of CO2 from CCS projects into the air, land and water London: Howden today...
Climate change figures prominently in Pakistan political parties’ manifestos
Ranked as the 5th most vulnerable country to climate change according to the Global Climate Risk Index, a UN report has warned that Pakistan will experience increasingly severe extreme weather events. The total damage from the devastating floods in 2022 that hit 33...
Howden appoints Mike Baker as Chief Client Officer in Asia
Howden today announced the appointment of Mike Baker as Chief Client Officer in Howden Asia with immediate effect.Baker will be based in Singapore and will report to Goh Chye Huat, CEO, Howden Asia. Baker’s role is to further develop with complex risk requirements...
Red Sea route accounts for 50% India’s exports, 30% of imports: Report
The Shanghai Northern Europe container freight rates have risen by over 300 per cent to USD 6,000-7,000/TEU) since November 2023 The impact of the ongoing crisis around the Red Sea shipping route, which accounts for 50 per cent of the country's exports and 30 per cent...
Exports from Kolkata port may be hit due to soaring freight rate rice ban geopolitical turmoil
"Freight costs have soared to USD 400-500 per 20ft container and USD 600-700 for 40ft container shipments to the UK," Debojyoti Basu, vice-president of the Calcutta Customs House Agents' Association Kolkata: Exports from Kolkata port, a gateway to eastern India, are...
Oil tanker on fire in Gulf of Aden after missile attack by Houthis
THe US Central Command said its forces had conducted a strike at 3:45 local time on Saturday "against a Houthi anti-ship missile aimed into the Red Sea and which was prepared to launch". They "destroyed the missile in self-defence," CentCom said London: An oil tanker...
New UN database to help countries tap climate ‘loss and damage’ fund
Given the limitations of current databases, UNDRR is collaborating with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Development Programme to create a new global "disaster losses and damages" tracking system. It will replace the existing UNDRR...