Japan Warns Potential Megaquake Could Kill Nearly 300,000 April 1, 2025 By Alice French A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released by...
Australia Outback Lashed by Year’s Worth of Rain in Week, With Many Livestock Killed April 1, 2025 By Keira Wright Australia’s remote outback in western Queensland has been swamped by flooding after being lashed with a year’s worth of rainfall...
Thailand Says Collapsed Bangkok Tower Used Substandard Steel April 1, 2025 By Patpicha Tanakasempipat The contractors of an under-construction tower that crashed in Bangkok during last week’s earthquake apparently used substandard steel bars made...
Allianz Global Investors Scraps Nuclear, Military Exclusions to Back Europe Rearmament April 1, 2025 By Iain Withers Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its sustainable funds from investing in defense, becoming one of the...
Zurich Buys Stake in UK M&A Insurer to Fuel US, Europe Expansion April 1, 2025 By Leonard Kehnscherper Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Icen Risk, a company that specializes in insuring mergers...
UK Supreme Court Starts Motor Finance Case With Billions on the Line April 1, 2025 By Jonathan Browning and Adelaide Changole A fight over UK motor finance and whether lenders should be on the hook for billions of pounds in compensation...
EU Agencies Seek to Cut Red Tape in €1.2 Trillion ABS Market March 31, 2025 By Esteban Duarte and Nicholas Comfort European financial authorities are exploring ways to streamline oversight of the €1.2 trillion ($1.3 trillion) asset-backed securities market and simplify...
MS Amlin Opens Australia Branch, Taps Aon Re Exec as Head of Australia, New Zealand March 31, 2025 MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer, announced the opening of an Australian branch office in Sydney, subject to Lloyd’s approval....
Conduit Re CEO Carvey to Retire; Company Announces Plans to Buy More Retro Cover March 31, 2025 Conduit Re’s Chief Executive Officer Trevor Carvey has a decided to step down and retire with effect on April 11,...
War-Torn Myanmar Struggles With Quake Rescue as Toll Rises March 31, 2025 By Khine Lin Kyaw The death toll from Myanmar’s biggest earthquake in a century is set to climb from more than 1,700 following the...