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Saudi Aramco offers Red Sea route option for oil buyers as Hormuz faces lengthy disruptions
The other option is to receive oil from the Persian Gulf, but at...
Seth to take stock of Bima Sugam with insurers on Tuesday, to discuss launch of standard Health & Motor covers on e-platform
Ajay Seth,chairman, IRDAI ``We are having a virtual conference with...
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...
Hong Kong’s Peak Re receives license to open office in GIFT-IFSC
Peak Re, the fourth reinsurer to get a license, has a total global business of $1.75 billion. It has already developed a major Indian portfolio, largely constituting Crop and Property, as a Cross Boarder Reinsurer(CBR) and gearing up to expand it further in the...
Adhere to timeline for rolling out revised pilot duty norms, Delhi HC tells DGCA
The court was hearing pleas filed by Indian Commercial Pilots Association, Indian Pilots Guild and Federation of Indian Pilots relating to DGCA's revised flight duty time limitations New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Directorate General of Civil...
Munich Re appoints Hanh Nguyen as its Head of Treaty P&C Underwriting for South-East Asia and India
Hanh Nguyen, Head of Treaty P&C Underwriting- designate, South-East Asia and India Hanh Nguyen said,`` Underwriting discipline will remain crucial for the markets. We strive to increase insurance penetration in the region by fostering risk mitigation measures,...
Buffett’s Berkshire posts record profit on insurance, investments
Warren Buffett, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway "You really saw the power of Berkshire's insurance operations and investments,"Thomas Russo, a partner at Gardner Russo & Quinn in Lancaster Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday posted its third straight...