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Strait of Hormuz shipping is at near-total halt, JMIC says
A review of shipping signals have confirmed only two commercial...
London marine insurers still offering Middle East cover as War Risk rates rise: Gallagher
“Given the challenging maritime security environment, rates have...
Miller establishes new M&A and Strategic Solutions Team
The team will sit within Miller’s Professional & Financial Risks business and will be based in London advising its client base of private equity, hedge and sovereign wealth funds, corporates, law firms and corporate financiers on domestic and cross-border risks...
Govt wants insurance payouts to replace its compensation in managing natural disasters: DFS Secy
L to-R-Hitesh Kotak, Chief Executive, Japan, India, Korea, and South-East Asia at Munich Re,Krishna S Vatsa, Member, NDMA,Safi Ahsan Rizvi, Advisor (Mitigation), NDMA, M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Finance (DFS), Mandakini Balodhi, Director(Insurance),...
AXA XL Insurance appoints Sylvie Gleises as Regional Chief Executive Officer, Asia
Sylvie Gleises as Regional Chief Executive Officer designate), AXA XL Insurance,Asia Xavier Veyry, Regional CEO for APAC & Europe at AXA XL, commented: "Asia’s commercial insurance sector continues to grow at a rapid pace, now accounting for over 30% of global...
WTW launches an AI-driven performance monitoring tool custom-built for insurers
Radar Vision provides unique insights for pricing, portfolio management, underwriting and claims, allowing rapid response to emerging trends. Singapore: WTW, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, has announced the launch of Radar Vision, an...
Lloyd’s highlights risk of extreme space weather as latest scenario reveals potential global economic loss of $2.4trn
North America is identified as the region likely to be most financially impacted by the scenario, suffering a potential economic loss of $755 billion over the modelled five year period. However, the gap between the impact on North America and Europe is relatively...
P/C insurers to weather volatile natural Catastrophe Risks
The industry has ample capability to absorb individual large loss events but is more vulnerable if there is a confluence of events in a short term. This was evidenced during 2001-2002, which included the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a few hurricane events,...
Threats, political repatriations and kidnap dominate global crisis management landscape, says Willis report
Will Miller, Head of Crisis Management, Asia Pacific at Willis said: “We continue to see clients impacted by a wide range of incident types across a broad geographical footprint, affecting both their people and physical assets. Although the increase in the number of...
PSU general insurers promote record number of officials to fill up post of GMs and DGMs
GIPSA, the coordinating agency for the six PSU companies, has completed the largest ever promotional exercises in the industry and published the results to fill up 30 post of general managers and 97 deputy general mangers(DGMs) New Delhi: After creating a...
Status Quo: IRDAI retains general insurers’ Obligatory Cession for GIC Re at 4% in FY26
The percentage cession of the sum insured on each general insurance policy to be reinsured with the Indian Re-insurer (GIC Re), will be 4% (four percent) during the financial year beginning from 1st April, 2025 to 31st March, 2026, except the terrorism premium and...
Swiss Re appoints Kera McDonald as its Group Chief Underwriting Officer
Swiss Re's Group Chief Executive Officer Andreas Berger said: "Underwriting is at the core of everything we do, and the re-establishment of this function underscores our commitment to enhancing technical excellence across all businesses.'' Zurich: Swiss Re announced...