Global insurance trends

Marine Market: Shipoil Streamlines Online Trading & Supply Operation

The Greece-based global bunker fuel and marine lubricants trader Shipoil has appointed Inatech, a unit of Glencore, to digitalize its trading and supply operations as part of a strategy to prevent new low-sulphur emissions rules […]

Global insurance trends

Marine Insurance Costs Set to Rise as Persian Gulf Drama Plays Out

Jonathan Moss, head of transport and marine at global legal business, DWF,  comments on the seizure of the British vessel in the Persian Gulf and the subsequent impact on insurance premiums. He said: “The seizure […]

UK Insurance Trends

Brokers Can Get a Range of Risk Management Tools from CFC Underwriting

Specialist insurance provider and pioneer in emerging risk, CFC, is breaking new ground by adding a range of free risk management services to its insurance proposition for technology companies.  “When businesses place their technology insurance with […]

Global insurance trends

Global Trends: Rocky Ride Ahead for Investors, Warns Time Investments

Gold bullion has been on an upward curve for the last couple of months, which is often an indicator that the wealthy are heading for shelter when it comes to investments. But what lies ahead […]

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Aon Partners With Oxfam & Etherisc on Micro Insurance Scheme

Aon plc, the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions; Oxfam in Sri Lanka, the organization working to alleviate poverty; and Etherisc, the InsurTech startup developing a protocol for decentralized […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Corporate: Guernsey Win-Win with Hybrid Insurance/Investment Licence

Innovations including the introduction of 30-day rollover and the introduction of the ‘hybrid’ – a combined licensed insurance company and a regulated investment fund – have kept Guernsey high profile in the insurance-linked securities sector […]

Global insurance trends

Average Cargo Theft Costs Around $77K, Says TT Club Survey

TT Club and BSI have issued the second edition of their report on global cargo theft, the first to cover a full year.  Highlighted findings include: theft from road vehicles once more accounts for the […]

Global insurance trends

Global Trends: CNA Hardy Study Finds Eastern Optimism, Western Gloom

CNA Hardy’s 2019 Global Risk & Confidence Survey published recently finds that as global, interconnected risk becomes a reality, reputational risk is rising and business confidence is on the slide. Research for the latest edition of the […]