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Secondary perils emerging as a big opportunity, Need data and good models to deal with them, says Swiss Re
Beat Strebel,CEO, China, Swiss Re These lesser understood risks are...
Authorities identify all but one of 260 victims of Air India plane crash
"We have identified 259 victims. They include 240 passengers and 19...
Buffett’s Berkshire records annual operating profit despite inflation, rate pressures
Warren Buffett, chairman,Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire did spend $11.5 billion in the fourth quarter to buy the insurance company Alleghany. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported its highest-ever annual operating profit, even as foreign currency...
Earthquake in India’s Himalayas to be felt in Sri Lanka
If India experiences a quake of magnitude 8, it would be felt in Colombo and Jaffna, Athula Senaratne, a local university professor, told reporters Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and the northern capital of Jaffna are likely to feel the effect of any powerful earthquake...
Shipping industry steps up calls to free seafarers still trapped by Russia’s war
In the weeks after the war began, some 2,000 crew members were caught in the crossfire on ships in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Safe corridors helped reduce that number in the months that followed. But the total remaining stands at an estimated 331 seafarers on...
Turkey Earthquakes: Total insured losses likely to exceed $5 billion,Moody’s RMS
Economic losses from the moment magnitude (Mw) Mw7.8 and Mw7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey on February 6 are likely to exceed US$25 billion Observations from early damage reports issued by the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate...
Munich Re beats 2022 profit target with 74% fourth-quarter leap
"Munich Re absorbed the crises of 2022 well," Chief Executive Joachim Wenning said It reduced the share of proportional business and, owing to the attractive price level, grew in the area of non-proportional natural catastrophe covers in particular. Despite increasing...
UNCDF partners with Howden to build climate resilience for vulnerable communities in Fiji
The flagship programme has developed and deployed the Pacific region’s first parametric microinsurance products in Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. Suva, Fiji: The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) announced international insurance broker Howden as a new addition to its...
Demand for `International Insurance Programmes’ grow as APAC businesses expand beyond local borders:Aon
Natural catastrophe events continued to drive large losses and pressure marketconditions for property insurance. Changes to the reinsurance market, including higher costs and retentions, and some coverage restrictions, will drive rate increases for both local...
Shipping industry grapples with ways to cut cargo fires at sea
“The main root cause for cargo fires on container ships is the integrity of dangerous goods throughout the supply chain. Therefore it is a problem that can only be improved through industry wide solutions,” Maersk’s Aslak Ross said separately in a statement. Global...
More insurance players, wider range of products key to achieve insurance for all goal by 2047:Irdai chief
Debasish Panda,chairman, IRDAI ''We're a diverse nation of 1.4 billion people. We can't have a one-size-fits-all approach, instead we need more unique products that can meet the insurance needs of both the super rich as well as the very poor. And such unique products...
Climate Risks: Indian Insurers should focus on green premiums and provide eco-friendly advice to industry, experts
(Lto R) G. Srinivasan, Director of the National Insurance Academy,,Satyajit Tripathy, CMD, United India Insurance Company,Saurabh Mishra, Joint Secretary Department of financial services, Devesh Srivastava, CMD GIC Re,Hadi Riachi, CEO of Swiss Re India Devesh...