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Evidence shows Jeju Air pilots shut off less-damaged engine before crash, source says
The source said the evidence, including the cockpit voice recorder,...
What’s in the EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia?
Central to the package is a lower price cap on Russian oil – a move...
Marsh McLennan to work with Ukrainian government to unlock access to global insurance market
It follows the proposals that Marsh McLennan has made to Ukrainian and G7 governments for the creation of a war risk insurance pool. This would be a multinational public-private partnership based on the existing terrorism insurance pools that currently operate in...
Britain says insurer capital rule changes to start by end of 2023
The risk margin refers to the potential cost for a failing insurer to transfer its policies to a third party to avoid disruption to customers. "It is considering options to enable reforms to the matching adjustment to come into force by the end of June 2024, and the...
Transformative industry trends present $200 billion opportunity for re/insurers: Aon Report
Sherif Zakhary, CEO of Aon’s Strategy and Technology Group, said: “These megatrends each equate to risk and opportunity for the global insurance industry, and so as risk experts we cannot afford to sit on the sidelines and wait for these trends to crystalize. We have...
Debt crises in Global South debilitating fight against climate change: Report
Hurricane Maria that hit the Carribean island of Dominica in 2017 caused damage equivalent to 226 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP).Floods in Pakistan in 2022 and cyclone Pam in Vanuatu in 2015 caused damages worth 9 per cent and 64 per cent of their...
World Bank wants catastrophe insurance in new loans for disaster hit countries: Report
Ajay Banga,President,World Bank World Bank President Ajay Banga will unveil measures, including the pause on repayments and embedding catastrophe insurance into new loans in a speech in Paris on Thursday, the newspaper reported French President Emmanuel Macron is...
Aon, Lloyd’s and VIG in pact to commit to Ukraine insurance
The commitment follows an announcement earlier in the day by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on a new framework for war risk insurance FRANKFURT: Aon PLC, Lloyd’s and Vienna Insurance Group will join forces to provide coverage for Ukraine to support its...
Analysis- Record plane orders raise the stakes in India’s aviation boom
With a total of almost 1,000 jet orders between them, IndiGo and Air India are betting an economic boom and growing middle class will spur demand for domestic air travel, and new jets will help them grab a bigger share of international traffic The number of domestic...
Digital crop survey in 19 UP districts
The development comes less than a month after the Centre signed an agreement with six states, including Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan, to begin the digital crop survey Additional Chief Secretary (agriculture) Devesh Chaturvedi said that...
Cyclone Biparjoy: Total insurable losses less than $100 million, says CoreLogic
Flooding at residential structures will comprise the majority of insurable loss, said Jon Schneyer, senior catastrophe response manager at CoreLogic California: CoreLogic, providing financial, property, and consumer information, analytics, and business intelligence,...
London’s Excel Centre wins insurance ruling on COVID-19 losses
Law firm Stewarts, which represented the owners of the ExCel Centre, said the ruling “could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of policyholders.” “Policyholders whose BI losses remain uncompensated should now revisit their policy documents to consider whether...