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Insurers come to Crypto’s wild west promising 50% plus returns
Now software developers are launching products that claim to reduce the risks by selling something akin to insurance coverage. But here’s the catch: They’re also DeFi apps.
Unlike insurance offered through the likes of Lloyd’s to custodians and large crypto exchanges, these apps — which run on digital ledgers called blockchains — let any investor buy coverage. They also allow anyone to form investment pools to provide coverage — often promising annual returns of at least 50%.
Suez Canal blockage could cost $6 bln to $10 bln in lost trade -Allianz
The study by Europe’s biggest insurer also found that each week of immobilisation shaves some 0.2 to 0.4 percentage points off annual trade growth.
“The problem is that the Suez Canal blockage is the straw that breaks global trade’s back,” the study’s authors wrote.
AXA XL names Jennifer Schipf as global chief underwriting officer, Fine Art & Specie
In this new global role, she will be leading the company’s regional FAS teams to further strengthen underwriting capabilities across established and emerging markets.
Stranded Suez ship’s owner, insurers face millions in claims
The ship’s owner, Japanese firm Shoei Kisen KK, and its insurers could face claims from the SCA for loss of revenue and from other ships whose passage has been disrupted, insurers and brokers said.
Container ships of this size are likely insured for hull and machinery damage of $100-140 million, insurance sources say. The ship was insured in the Japanese market, two of the sources said.
Lloyd’s launches pioneering parametric earthquake insurance policy in New Zealand
The new product Bounce is designed to provide New Zealanders with affordable earthquake insurance and fast claims payments, to support customers’ needs following an earthquake and quickly cover immediate expenses incurred. It does this by tracking Peak Ground Velocity (PGV) which triggers payment at levels of 20 centimetres per second and above.
Heavy rains in Australia’s east bring worst floods in 50 years
“Yesterday, we were hoping it will only be a one-in-20-year event, now it looks like a one-in-50-year event,” New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said at a televised briefing. People in parts of Sydney’s northwest were ordered to flee their houses in the middle of the night as fast-moving waters caused widespread destruction. Late on Sunday, about another 1,000 people were asked to evacuate, after Berejiklian said that some 4,000 people may be asked to leave their houses.
Greensill creditors, led by Softbank, make $1.4 billion in claims to Australia parent
London-based group that collapsed earlier this month after losing insurance coverage for its debt repackaging business
Britain says expects financial services pact with EU this month
The City of London’s ties with the bloc were severed after Britain left the EU’s single market on Dec. 31 and the prospect of a pact has raised hopes in some quarters of at least a partial resumption of direct access to the continent’s financial markets.
“Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre” canceled again due to Covid-19 Pandemic
Nevertheless, in the week of September 13 the organizing committee will organize conferences and round tables on the insurance and reinsurance industry.
Swiss Re launches Elevate to improve the insurance experience for the middle market
“Customers and trading partners want a simple, reliable insurance experience. We designed Elevate to address their needs and provide a better way of protecting businesses in the middle market,” said Walt Sykes, Head Middle Corporate Business NA, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.