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Insurance brokers should maintain high governance standards and business ethics: IRDAI member
Girija Subramaniam, CMD, New India Assurance Rakesh Jain, CEO,...
AXA wins $908 million UK court ruling against Santander over protection insurance
AXA sued at London's High Court in 2021 over losses related to over...
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...
Aon’s rebuilding for resilience project addresses Hurricane Ian devastation
Dan Dick, global head of property analytics at Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, said: “Our teams gained first-hand experience of the devastation caused by this historic hurricane, which allowed us to conduct thorough analyses and identify practical steps to improve...
IRDAI convenes 2-day industry CEOs meet on March 1-2 in Hyderabad
IRDA chairman Debasish Panda will address CEOs of general insurance companies, SAHI companies and reinsurers on March 1. On March 2, Panda will meet all the CEOs of the industry in the morning session and CEOs of only life insurance companies and reinsurance companies...
Swiss Re 2022 net profit down 67%; sees brighter outlook for 2023
"2022 was a challenging year, marked by the war in Ukraine, surging inflation, the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic and elevated natural catastrophe losses. We have focused on addressing these challenges proactively," Chief Executive Christian Mumenthaler said...
Turkey Devastation: Insured losses at $2.4 billion, says Karen Clark & Co
The number of people killed by the deadliest earthquake in Turkey’s modern history has risen to 36,187, authorities said Total property losses from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes are expected to be close to $20 billion, Karen Clark & Co said Catastrophe...
Rising toll makes quake deadliest in Turkiye’s modern history
Confirmed deaths in Turkiye passed those recorded from the massive Erzincan earthquake in 1939 that killed around 33,000 people. Speaking in Ankara following a five-hour Cabinet meeting held at the headquarters of disaster agency AFAD, Erdogan said 47,000 buildings,...