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Re/insurance industry needs to push boundaries of risk taking in a fragmenting world: Experts
“While the universe of risks is expanding, the world is...
Aon’s advanced AI-powered supply chain offering to help businesses anticipate & mitigate hidden risks
Using AI and advanced data modelling, the solution analyses...
Lloyd’s approves Oka syndicate-in-a-box 1922, to focus on solution to protect against buyer-side carbon credit risks
The volume of carbon credit purchases has quadrupled over the past four years, with the market expected to grow exponentially as corporations make commitments to achieve net zero targets as a priority LONDON: Asta, the leading third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s,...
Howden launches climate-focused parametric insurance unit
The global market for parametric insurance is expected to reach $29.3 billion by 2031, analysis from Allied Market Research showed, up from $11.7 billion in 2021 London: UK-based insurance broker Howden said on Tuesday it had created a new unit to focus on climate-...
Cat bond market is defying the global selloff with record returns
Big reinsurers like Swiss Re and Munich Re, as well as some real-economy companies, have increasingly looked to cat bonds as they try to protect themselves from once-in-a-lifetime disasters. In July, Blackstone Inc. turned to cat bonds to shield property assets from...
India to start monitoring high-risk glacial lakes next year
There are 56 at-risk glacial lakes in India and the urgency to monitor them was stepped up after Lhonak Lake in the eastern Himalayas burst its banks two weeks ago and caused widespread damage in Sikkim, a small mountainous state wedged between China, Nepal and Bhutan...
Howden launches world first insurance innovation hub with £500m of delegated underwriting capacity
As new funding for the global insurtech sector continues to fall following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Howden Ventures has initially committed £10m of new funding to the sector, with a view to support at least five new startups over the next two years London:...
Air India seeks special permission from re/insurers to operate evacuation flights from Tel Aviv
``The airlines had taken permission from its re/insurers to operate these two flights to Tel Aviv. The flights had normal insurance covers available to airlines on international flights ’’ said industry sources A clutch of insurers including New India...
Israel to provide $6 billion in aviation war insurance
The guarantee framework will grant Israeli airlines insurance policies against war risks, thereby ensuring the continuity of air operations in Israel Israel’s parliamentary finance committee approved a plan to provide a state guarantee of $6 billion to cover insurance...
Airlines split over safety risk of Israel flights
Airlines have faced warnings over insurance cover in the wake of the weekend attacks on Israel by Hamas militants Airlines wrestled with the safety risk of evacuation operations in Israel on Thursday, with Norwegian Air and Dutch KLM canceling flights while Air France...
Governments join rescue effort as airlines face Israel insurance alert
Israel’s parliamentary finance committee said late on Tuesday it would debate authorizing state guarantees for providing war risk insurance for Israeli airlines The panel said insurance companies had indicated they were entitled to cancel cover with seven days’...
Use of Weather Derivatives surges as extreme climate events rock the globe
Weather derivatives let buyers hedge against the risk that the weather will damage their business. Unlike insurance, where companies must prove they have suffered a loss, they pay out based on indexes. These might track the temperature in Paris or rainfall in New York...