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Finaccord Reports on Bancassurance in Global Markets
Mar 14 2013 // A new report from UK based market research, publishing and consulting firm Finaccord notes that “emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America offer the most growth potential for bancassurers but the...
Iran’s March Crude Exports Fall to Lowest Since Sanctions Began
Mar 12 2013 // Iran’s crude oil exports in March may plunge by a quarter from a month earlier to the lowest since tight Western sanctions came into effect in 2012, industry sources said, squeezing income for Tehran as sanctions...
India Set to Halt Iran Oil Imports over Refinery Insurance Coverage
Mar 8 2013 // India is set to halt all crude imports from Iran because insurance companies in the country have said refineries processing the oil will no longer be covered due to Western sanctions, the head of refiner MRPL said on...
India to Ensure Refiners Running Iran Crude Oil Get Insurance: Source
Feb 13 2013 // India will ensure its refiners have insurance for plants that run crude from Iran, a government source said on Wednesday, allaying fears that imports from the sanctions-hit country may have to be halted. State-run refiner...
California AG Sues Apparel Makers in China and India over Pirated Software
Jan 24 2013 // California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed lawsuits on Thursday against two international apparel manufacturers for gaining an unfair advantage over American companies by using pirated software in the production of...
Ratings Roundup: New India Assurance, South China Insurance
Jan 18 2013 // A.M. Best Asia-Pacific Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of The New India Assurance Company Limited, both with stable outlooks....
Japanese Airlines Ground Boeing 787 Dreamliners after Emergency Landing
Jan 16 2013 // Japan’s two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s on Wednesday after one of the Dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing, the latest in a series of incidents to heighten safety concerns...
Sources Say Iran Charters Oil Tanker with Indian Insurance
Jan 15 2013 // A loophole in an Indian insurance scheme has allowed Iran’s state-run tanker company NITC to bolster oil exports by chartering a vessel insured by India’s state-run firms, industry and shipping sources said on...
India’s Battered Insurers May Need More than Foreign Investment
Oct 10 2012 // India’s proposal to allow more foreign investment in its $41 billion insurance business provides a lifeline for an industry starved of capital and squeezed by regulation – but it may not pass parliament and it...
US Renews Waivers of Iran Sanctions for Japan, EU Nations
Sep 17 2012 // The United States has renewed waivers on Iran sanctions for Japan and 10 European countries because they cut their purchases of the OPEC nation’s crude oil, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. The...
Asia’s Iran Crude Oil Imports to Regain Levels Prior to EU Insurance Ban
Aug 22 2012 // Asia’s crude imports from Iran are set to recover in September to levels reached before a July 1 insurance ban by the European Union plunged trade with the Islamic Republic into uncertainty not seen in decades. Top...
Insurance Deal Lets India Resume Shipping Iran Oil
Aug 15 2012 // India has joined Japan in offering government-backed insurance for ships carrying Iranian crude in order to bypass European sanctions that have nearly halved Iranian oil exports to key markets. The first Indian ship to...
India’s Basic Realities May Confound New Finance Minister’s Reform Agenda
Aug 10 2012 // The return of a pro-market reformer to India’s finance ministry has cheered investors and contributed to a market rally, but Palaniappan Chidambaram will need both political deftness and some luck to tackle the...
India Power Failure Hits Millions; Among World’s ‘Worst Blackouts’
Aug 1 2012 // Hundreds of millions of people across India were left without power on Tuesday in one of the world’s worst blackouts, trapping miners, stranding train travelers and plunging hospitals into darkness when grids...
AIR Unveils Cyclone Model for India
Jul 17 2012 // Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that it has released a cyclone model for India. “The new peer-reviewed model, which was developed out of AIR’s Hyderabad office, captures the...
Iran Oil Shipments Skirting Tanker Insurance Ban
Jul 12 2012 // Iran is shipping oil to China, its top buyer, despite a row over freight terms, and Japan has taken steps to resume imports in August as Tehran finds ways to get around Western sanctions on ship insurance for its...
Liberty Mutual’s Indian Joint Venture Receives Insurance License
Jun 27 2012 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Group announced that Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company Ltd, a joint venture between Liberty Mutual Insurance Group and Videocon Industries Ltd., has received the necessary license from...
Swiss Re sigma Study Finds P&C Growth in Emerging Markets
Jun 27 2012 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma study concludes that “global overall premiums declined 0.8 percent in real terms in 2011. While non-life premiums expanded 1.9 percent on solid economic growth in emerging markets and...
Business Moves – Midwest
Jun 18 2012 // Atlas Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. has started selling its core commercial automobile insurance products in Utah, becoming the 31st state where Atlas is actively underwriting. Atlas’ insurance subsidiaries, American...
Report: Japan to Pass Bill to Insure Iran Oil Imports
Jun 14 2012 // Japan’s lower house is set to pass a bill on Friday to provide government guarantees on insurance for Iranian crude cargoes, making it the first of Iran’s big Asian buyers to find a way to keep the oil flowing...
