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Liberty Mutual Reinsurance and Safehub launch parametric earthquake insurance solution
ShakeNet Parametric reduces basis risk for parametric...
Willis expands into specialty lines, hires talent in Japan
The Japanese general insurance market is projected to grow from...
Intangible Risks: 80% of global listed companies’ $ 76 trilion digital assets value remains uninsured, says Swiss Re
South Korea came out on top of the Swiss Re's Insurance Digitalisation Index, followed by Sweden, Finland and the US. While advanced markets with strong physical infrastructure and high internet access rates have made most progress in digitalising their economies,...
Losses from China disasters reach $42 billion in first nine months of 2023
The emergency management ministry unveiled the unprecedented toll wrought on the nation of 1.4 billion by calamities that ranged from sandstorms to rains that brought massive flooding and historic rainfall in Beijing, the capital BEIJING: China suffered direct...
Gallagher Re appoints Jonathan Allard to lead newly created Global Credit & Political Risk team
Recent geopolitical events and macro-economic conditions have driven demand and need for dynamic reinsurance solutions from both the public and private sectors, said Jonathan Allard added London: Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has this week appointed Jonathan...
General Insurance industry premium rises 30 % to Rs 29,467 crore in Sept, pvt sector gains market share
With a total premium of Rs77,049 crore, up 21 per cent y-o-y, mobilised in the first six months Fy 2024, the market share of private sector multiline general insurers has inched up to 53.58 per cent from 50.81 per cent(in Sept fy 2023) while the SAHIs, with a total...
Israel-Hamas conflict: Major airlines suspend Tel Aviv flights until conditions improve
US air carriers United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines said they had suspended direct flights.Air France, Lufthansa, Emirates and Ryanair also pulled flights to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport PARIS/NEW YORK: Several international air carriers said on...
Star Health Insurance launches Surrogacy Cover and Oocyte Donor Cover at no additional premium
“The policy requires that certain terms & conditions are followed for the cover to be applicable, namely, the intending couple, surrogate mother and treating hospital must adhere to the guidelines of the Surrogacy Act and ART Act. Also, Surrogacy and Oocyte...
Israel-Hamas conflict: Indian exporters may face higher risk premiums, shipping costs
''For merchandise exports of India, the war may lead to higher insurance premiums and shipping costs. India's ECGC may charge higher risk premiums from Indian firms exporting to Israel,'' think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said on Sunday New Delhi:...
GST authority issues Rs 922 cr show cause notices to Reliance General Insurance
The GST department is of the opinion that there is no provision in the GST Act where one registered person can collect and disburse tax on behalf of another, regardless of any co-insurance arrangement On re-insurance commission, the GST authority said that it forms...
Germany to Send Air Defenses for Kyiv to Guard Grain Routes
While Kyiv has unilaterally created a temporary corridor for ships in the Black Sea, so far it’s mostly symbolic as mainstream shipping companies are wary of using it. Twelve ships have passed through it in recent weeks, but that’s very few compared with traffic via...
Google, Apple stare at over $50 mn fine for in-app billing irregularities
The Korea Communications commission has decided to impose a fine of 47.5 billion won on Google and 20.5 billion won on Apple based on the judgment that they violated the country's revised Telecommunications Business Act by abusing their monopoly power to force local...