``While cyber, legal and technoligical risk remain top concern, the...
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New India net profit soars almost 58% to Rs 454 crore in H1FY26
"Looking ahead, the company remains optimistic about sustaining...
Willis and Rare partners to launch innovative insurance solution for fishers in the Philippines
Christopher Au, Head of APAC Climate Risk Centre, at Willis, said:...
Evergreen line declares force majeure on Israel shipment -customer note
War risk insurance rates have soared more than tenfold in recent days to Israeli ports with growing concerns over an escalation in hostilities Taiwanese container shipping line Evergreen has declared force majeure on a shipment to the Israeli port of Ashdod, with its...
Global economy exposed to $3.5 trillion from major cyber attack: Lloyd’s
“The global interconnectedness of cyber means it is too substantial a risk for one sector to face alone and therefore we must continue to share knowledge, expertise and innovative ideas across government, industry and the insurance market to ensure we build society’s...
IRDAI asks insurers to fast track Sikkim flood claims
Insurers have been advised to settle claim payments/on account payments at the earliest and also encourage policyholders to use electronic communication wherever possible for correspondence Hyderabad: In a bid to expedite general insurance claims in Sikkim, which has...
Govt wants adoption of Property/Parametric covers to mitigate financial losses due to natural catastrophes
Vivek Joshi, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), for the first time on Wednesday met General Insurance Council and a few CEOs of private sector general insurance companies in New Delhi, to discuss several critical issues having implications for the...
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...