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Data Centers: AI and cloud computing drive global construction boom
According to market research, up to $7 trillion will be spent on...
Willis appoints Vijay Nair as Head of Tax Insurance, Asia Pacific
Willis, a WTW business, appointed Vijay Nair as Head of Tax...
1,997 killed, 18,54,901 hectares crops damaged in disasters in 2022-23: MoS Nityanand Rai in Lok Sabha
Citing information furnished by states, the Minister said these details included the losses caused due to hydro-meteorological disasters that occurred during 2022-23, as on March 7, 2023. New Delhi: Due to hydro-meteorological disasters during the year 2022-2023, a...
Flood Risk: shifting from a responsive to an anticipatory approach
Only 17% of global losses were insured between 2007 and 2021, with the biggest protection gaps in developing countries, where insurance is often not available. Flood risk is pervasive and set to increase. According to Marsh McLennan estimates, 1 out of 3 people...
Markel strengthens global downstream energy offering with two appointments
Markel’s downstream energy team has now grown to include five underwriters who collectively deploy $150m of capacity on each risk, which has increased from $25m when the team was formed in 2017. London: Markel International, a subsidiary of the Markel Corporation, has...
Talks underway on Black Sea grain deal extension in Geneva
The initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July, is up for renewal on March 18. Negotiations began on Monday between U.N. officials and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin aimed at discussing an extension to a deal allowing the export...
Analysis: China’s financial regulatory revamp raises hope, some concern over control
The watchdog, which will oversee all aspects of China’s $57 trillion financial sector apart from the securities market, should help reduce regulatory overlap especially at the level of local government, analysts say The new regulator will replace the banking and...
Changes to the AGCS SE Board of Management to drive new integrated Allianz Commercial model
CEO Joachim Mueller comments on these Board realignments: “With these new joiners and a new allocation of responsibilities for some current Board Members, we, as a leadership team, are ready to open the next chapter in AGCS’s corporate history: the realization of the...
Climate change to cost Germany up to 900 billion euros by 2050 – study
Germany’s economy and environment ministries cited the study as showing that extreme heat, drought and floods could cost between 280 billion euros ($297.81 billion) and 900 billion euros between 2022 and 2050, depending on the extent of global warming The costs...
Recovery and risks in global entertainment industry
The glamour, revenues and audiences may all be returning post-pandemic, but the movie and live events business has yet to fully recover from the Covid crisis and is having to constantly evolve in a new environment driven by economic, technology and sustainability risk...
Gallagher Re acquires treaty reinsurance broking business of WTW India Insurance Brokers
Vinod Krishnan has been appointed to lead the Gallagher Re business in India with immediate effect It comes as an agreement to acquire the treaty reinsurance broking operations of Willis Towers Watson India Insurance Brokers Private Limited (“WTW India”) was signed,...
Yellen warns climate change could trigger asset value losses, harming US economy
"As climate change intensifies, natural disasters and warming temperatures can lead to declines in asset values that could cascade through the financial system. And a delayed and disorderly transition to a net-zero economy can lead to shocks to the financial system as...