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Trust in travel insurers drops due to Covid-19 pandemic
Meanwhile motor claims reduced by 48% in Q2 2020
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Commission cuts are too hard to absorb for UAE’s insurance brokers
This might be good for the insured person and beneficiaries, but could force most brokers to go out of business.
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Canopius Re gains Class 4 Licence
anopius Re’s status as a Class 4 company will considerably add to Canopius’s Bermuda operations
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Tech investors eye Africa's education and financial sectors
Governments on the continent should instead be offering incentives for tech start-ups, Abass said, due to their potential to drive up traditional businesses like insurance.
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Aon launches fuel price insurance product for shipping and aviation industries
Aon has announced the launch of its new fuel insurance solution, designed to help companies protect against rising fuel costs.
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Aon to invest $30 Million and create 10,000 apprenticeships nationwide by 2030 [US]
Aon launched its apprenticeship programme in 2012 in the UK and in 2017 in the United States, training more than 290 apprentices globally.
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2020 warmest year on record for Europe
The Northern Hemisphere experienced above average temperatures and an unusually active wildfire season
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Pen Underwriting extends 30 year partnership with Zurich in new specialist fleet capacity deal
Pen Underwriting and Zurich Insurance UK have announced a new long-term UK capacity deal in the highly specialist area of hazardous industries and tanker transportation.
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Nassau Financial Group announces $100 Million strategic investment from Wilton Re and Stone Point Credit
Nassau intends to use the new capital to execute on its organic growth plans across its insurance and asset management businesses as well as to support strategic acquisitions.
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Qatar insurance sector stands to gain from tourism, realty boost: S&P
’The restoration of ties between Qatar and the four Arab countries previously boycotting the country will improve political and economic co-operation within the GCC region,” the credit rating agency said.
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QBE hikes catastrophe allowance by 24% after extreme weather
Premiums could rise after insurer QBE increased its allowance for catastrophic weather claims by almost a quarter following a year of unprecedented weather events in Australia and the United States.
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Norway Landslide Insurance Bill Tops $100 Million
Insurance companies face costs of at least 900 million Norwegian kroner ($107 million) following the tragic landslide in Eastern Norway that is believed to have claimed ten lives.
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Indonesia says divers closing in on black boxes from crashed jet
The Boeing 737-500 jet was headed on a domestic flight to Pontianak on Borneo island, about 740 km (460 miles) from Jakarta, before it disappeared from radar screens four minutes after take-off and crashed into the Java sea.
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Travel insurance sector set to face more upheaval in 2021 warns IPP boss
The uncertainty that has accompanied the Covid-19 pandemic has put the travel industry into a huge amount of debt, and it could get a lot worse
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DARAG announces reinsurance agreement with US retailer
DARAG Group (“DARAG”) announces the conclusion of a transaction with a major US retailer to provide finality to its legacy workers compensation liabilities. The transaction was conducted through one of DARAG North America’s insurance entities. Tom Booth, CEO of DARAG Group, said: “This transaction demonstrates DARAG’s ambitions in the ...
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U.S. taxpayers to pay Capitol siege tab as government shuns insurance
Taxpayers will pay for damages because federal agencies rarely carry insurance, industry and policy sources said. “Taxpayers will be on the hook for repairs to the Capitol,” said Stephen Ellis, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a U.S. budget watchdog group.
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Howden Group Holdings launches Howden Capital Markets (“HCM”) - the Group’s capital markets advisory practice
HCM is a new capital markets adviser with a clear ambition to develop innovative products to service clients, markets and investors.