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Risk Management

Aon to collaborate with Nayms and Relm to launch cryptocurrency pilot

Dan Roberts, CEO at Nayms, said: “As the digital asset space soars to $1 trillion, the need for appropriate insurance protection to scale alongside that growth will be vital for the sustainability of this innovative market. By working with Aon and Relm, we are enabling the collaboration between technology, regulation and the existing insurance marketplace, bringing a robust solution for the cover of digital asset risk to the market.”

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Insurer Hiscox counts cost of virus claims, ‘brand damage’ after court case

“Hiscox has undoubtedly suffered some brand damage this year,” the company said
The company lost a high-profile court case in January over the policy wordings and has reserved $475 million for pandemic-linked claims.

Event cancellation and abandonment is expected to account for the biggest share of claims, followed by business interruption, the company said.

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Citi’s $900 million mistake prompts banks to seek new safeguards

After Citigroup inadvertently wired its own funds to Revlon lenders while serving as an agent and lost its fight to recover some of the money, it was forced to restate earnings after writing down the part of the loan it now owns. Reducing such risks for future deals makes sense, said Justin Forlenza, a senior covenant analyst at Covenant Review.
After last month’s surprise court ruling that let certain Revlon creditors keep $500 million of the mistaken transfer, banks began inserting new language into loan deals that would require investors to return the money if such an error occurred again. The provisions, which were in the works before the decision, aim to strengthen the hand of administrative agents that oversee interest distributions and repayment schedules.

After last month’s surprise court ruling that let certain Revlon creditors keep $500 million of the mistaken transfer, banks began inserting new language into loan deals that would require investors to return the money if such an error occurred again. The provisions, which were in the works before the decision, aim to strengthen the hand of administrative agents that oversee interest distributions and repayment schedules.

After last month’s surprise court ruling that let certain Revlon creditors keep $500 million of the mistaken transfer, banks began inserting new language into loan deals that would require investors to return the money if such an error occurred again. The provisions, which were in the works before the decision, aim to strengthen the hand of administrative agents that oversee interest distributions and repayment schedules.

After last month’s surprise court ruling that let certain Revlon creditors keep $500 million of the mistaken transfer, banks began inserting new language into loan deals that would require investors to return the money if such an error occurred again. The provisions, which were in the works before the decision, aim to strengthen the hand of administrative agents that oversee interest distributions and repayment schedules.

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China declares war on cryptocurrency mining, stirring wider fear

China’s Inner Mongolia, the autonomous region, a favourite among the industry because of its cheap power, also banned new digital coin projects, according to a draft plan posted on the Inner Mongolia Development and Reform Commission’s website February 25.
The aim is to constrain growth in energy consumption to about 1.9 per cent in 2021.

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Munich Re partners with Google Cloud and Allianz for Cyber Insurance

The joint offering, achieved by linking technology with insurance know-how and facilitating the sharing of in-depth data, brings a new level of maturity to the market.

Munich Re and AGCS have developed the Cloud Protection + policy exclusively for Google Cloud customers.

The policy will initially be offered to Google Cloud customers in the United States and will be available to organisations with revenues of between US$ 500m and US$ 5bn. At a later stage, the scope will be extended to include organisations in other revenue segments and countries.

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Rare Disease Day: Health advocacy groups press for govt policy, say India’s numbers unknown

Rare diseases, including genetic disorders such as Hunter syndrome, Gaucher disease and Fabry’s disease, are expensive to treat, difficult to identify and extract a huge toll, mostly on the young, the experts said ahead of Rare Disease Day on Sunday.

Rare diseases are also not covered by insurance policies. It is imperative the government steps in to help these patients so they can lead a near normal life, Health groups in India said.

They have also urged the government to make newborn screening mandatory to be able to identify genetical problems at an early stage. The monthly treatment cost of such diseases can be anywhere between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 50 lakh, they said.

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