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Global GDP to rise by USD 56 trillion in next 5 years driven by AI, quantum computing and other technologies: WEF
The report flagged several risks that could act as headwinds,...
U.S. cyber insurance market bounces back,raises underwriting risk:Fitch
While the market remains profitable, deteriorating incurred direct...
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,...
Rise of AI demands new approach to cyber underwriting:CyberCube
William Altman, Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence Services and report author, said, “AI is compressing the cyberattack lifecycle, reducing the time threat actors spend between initial compromise and operational disruption, and in some cases enabling impact to...
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,...
Financial Intelligence Unit-India, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre sign MoU to combat cyber fraud and financial crimes
The collaboration comes at a juncture where India's digital payment ecosystem has undergone a tremendous transformation requiring guardrails that safeguard citizens from cybercrime and fraud New Delhi: In a step towards strengthening India's fight against cyber fraud...
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...
RBI holds rates,lowers GDP growth for FY 27 to 6.9%; hikes Inflation outlook to 4.6% due to West Asia crisis, spike in crude prices
“Higher input costs associated with an increase in energy prices and international freight and insurance costs, along with supply-chain disruptions that would constrain availability of key inputs for downstream sectors, would impair growth,” RBI Governor Sanjay...
From falling U.S. wealth to Indian factory closures, oil shock raises global recession risk
Risks sharpen for the global economy if oil moves above $110 or $120 a barrel, warned Nathan Sheets, chief global economist at Citi and a former U.S. Treasury Department official. Attacks that have severely damaged refineries, ports and oil storage in the Gulf region...
Google plans to introduce new mental health support features for its Gemini chatbot
The rapid explosion of tools like Gemini and ChatGPT have led to some users forming obsessive relationships with AI bots, allegedly contributing to delusions and, in extreme cases, murder-suicides. Several families have sued leading AI developers over the issue....
Sebi wants independent directors to adopt ‘constructive approach’
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chairman,Sebi In the comments that came weeks after the resignation of Atanu Chakraborty, an independent director and part-time chairman of HDFC Bank, Pandey said the role of such directors is far more than just compliance, and also encompasses...
Private credit sector stresses could be catastrophic, but not just yet
The pace at which investors are demanding money back from some of the private credit funds, known as business development companies (BDCs), has accelerated this year on worries about competition, falling returns and fears artificial intelligence will upend software...