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SCOR strengthens cyber capabilities by partnering with Baobab Insurance
SCOR has partnered with German digital risks MGA Baobab Insurance...
MS Amlin launches new reinsurance partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance in Middle East
Under the terms of the partnership, MSI’s UAE branch will focus on...
Iran-Israel war escalation to impact India’s trade with West Asia, say experts
Nearly 30 percent of global oil and a third of the world's LNG (liquefied natural gas) passes through the strait daily and its closure would immediately reduce global supplies triggering a spike in prices New Delhi: Any blocking or disruption of traffic through the...
UK’s car theft reaches near a 15-year high, cost insurers $867 million
While owners are compensated when their cars are taken, vehicle theft isn’t a victimless crime. The more cars are stolen, the more insurance premiums go up. In the first three months of the year, British car owners were quoted an average of almost £800 a year for...
Govt to meet stakeholders to assess impact of Iran-Israel conflict on India’s trade
According to think tank GTRI, any closure or military disruption in the Strait of Hormuz would sharply increase oil prices, shipping costs, and insurance premiums, triggering inflation, pressuring the rupee, and complicating India's fiscal management. New Delhi: The...
Israel-Iran conflict spreads into cyberspace and crypto
“Most disruptive and destructive cyberattacks are about influence and psychological impact rather than practical impact,” said John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. “That’s why a lot of them involve an effort to publicize the incidents...
Iran-Israel Attacks: Insurance costs jump for ships sailing in Persian Gulf
Underwriters are now charging 0.2% of the value of a ship for calls into the Gulf, up from 0.125% prior to the conflict breaking out, according to Marcus Baker, global head of marine cargo and logistics at Marsh McLennan, the largest insurance broker. Rates have also...
Battery Ventures invests in Descartes Underwriting
“Over the past six years, Descartes has established itself as the leading parametric insurance business for climate-related risks, remaining true to our scientific approach to risk transfer.''Tanguy Touffut, CEO and co-founder PARIS: Descartes Underwriting, a major...
Nuclear-powered ships may reshape trade with cleaner, faster transport, to pose problems for insurance
Commercial insurance companies won’t provide coverage for ship that runs on fission because the potential cost of a nuclear accident is simply too high. Without insurance, few civilian ports would allow a nuclear-powered cargo ship to dock The commercial shipping...
Israel-Iran Conflict: War risk insurance premiums for shipments to Israel spurt
Individual underwriters will price risk and rates differently, but this will add tens of thousands of dollars of extra daily costs for every voyage War risk insurance premiums for shipments to Israel are as much as three times higher than a week ago as the war between...
AI plane crash: Insurers in a fix as both policyholders and nominees among dead
There are instances of an entire family perishing or one of the spouses dying in the horrific June 12 crash of the London-bound plane, which claimed the lives of 241 persons on board and 29 on the ground Ahmedabad: Insurance companies are facing challenges in settling...
Air India’s Ahmedabad crash claim likely to hit around $475 million, liability losses can touch $350 million, says GIC Re
As surveyors and lawyers from London, appointed by reinsurers of Air India policy, are now camping in Ahmedabad to take stock of devastation and prepare various loss reports including Hull and passenger liability so that re/insurers will start paying...