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Aviation Insurance: A period of dynamic uncertainty
Despite the significant challenges, and elevated war risks for...
$2.8 billion Baltimore Bridge settlement:Impacts on marine (re)insurance market
The vast majority of the $2.8 billion will be absorbed by the...
AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic’s Mythos could have dire consequences for banks
Wall Street banks have started testing Mythos internally after the Trump administration this week warned executives they should take the model seriously and deploy its capabilities to detect vulnerabilities. Anthropic's Mythos, a new AI model the company and...
Oil tankers steer clear of Hormuz ahead of US blockade
Trump’s announcement effectively slowed oil tanker movements in the strait, with just two Iranian-linked tankers leaving the Gulf. In normal trading conditions, crude and products loaded from Iranian ports are typically headed for China, with India a recent buyer of...
Hedge Fund money is reshaping a 180-year-old reinsurance model
Reinsurers covered just over 10% of total insured catastrophe losses in 2024, well below the historical average of 20%, according to S&P Global Ratings. The industry’s biggest firms have more than halved their exposure to insured disaster losses in recent years,...
Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz risks widening war to High Seas
The developments threatened to prolong and widen a war that has led to thousands of deaths and roiled global energy markets, with higher oil and gas prices threatening to stoke inflation while slowing economic growth. Around the world, there’s now a desperate effort...
Shipowners rushing for insurance cover to transit Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked as shipowners try to understand if they can safely transit the vital waterway following a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran that was announced overnight Shipowners are placing “huge volume requests” for insurance...
Govt,GIC Re and New India stitch up $100 million`Bharat Marine Pool’ with a sovereign guarantee, to re/insure war risks for vessels
The BNP will provide three kind of covers- Hull, Cargo and Protection & Indeminity(P&I) and has different sum assured for each of the segments which can be utilised on a floater basis for certain premiums. New Delhi:Looking beyond the ongoing West Asia crisis,...
Indian general insurance industry grows almost 10% to Rs 3.36 trillion in FY 26, Health Insurers record faster growth
One of the noteworthy features of the industry, in FY26, is the growth story of seven Standalone Health Insurers(SAHI), which have, led by Start Health Insurance,grown their total premium by 19.40 per cent to Rs 45,865 crore and have expanded their market shares to...
US, Iran agree to ceasefire with reopening of Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump The eleventh-hour deal was subject to Iran's agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the strait, Trump said. The waterway typically handles about one-fifth of global oil shipments. WASHINGTON/DUBAI/CAIRO:The United States...
West Asia Conflict:Govt plans sovereign guarantees to support insurers covering vessels traveling in Persian Gulf
Maritime war risk insurance premiums have surged as much as 1,000% in some cases, as the Middle East conflict heightens risks to shipping through the region. The spike in premiums has sharply raised costs for shipowners, traders and energy firms moving cargo through...
Strait of Hormuz:Trump risks confidence in U.S. role as guardian of global shipping
“The free flow of commerce through the strait is a larger principle at stake in this conflict.Failure to ensure freedom of navigation in Hormuz puts global freedom of navigation everywhere at risk,” said retired Vice Admiral John W. Miller, former commander of US...