Merchant Ships Desert Strait of Hormuz Amid Renewed US Strikes May 28, 2026 By Prejula Prem and Julian Lee Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appeared all but deserted on Thursday as commercial operators remain wary of renewed military...
Convex Receives Approval From Lloyd’s to Launch Long-Tail Specialty Syndicate May 28, 2026 Convex Group Ltd., the international specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced it has received in-principle approval to launch Lloyd’s Syndicate 1987,...
Panama Passes Law Imposing Stricter Requirements on Multinational Firms May 28, 2026 Panama’s National Assembly approved a law that requires multinational entities domiciled in the country to demonstrate real local operations or...
Germans Switch to EVs at Record Pace Thanks to Government Bonus May 28, 2026 By Iain Rogers More German drivers switched to an electric vehicle in the first quarter of this year than ever before after the...
Australia Sues 3M for $1.4 Billion Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination May 28, 2026 By Christine Chen The Australian government said on Thursday it had launched legal action against 3M over contamination from firefighting foam supplied by...
Iran and US Trade Air Strikes After Trump Dismisses Report of Hormuz Deal May 28, 2026 By Jana Choukeir, Enas Alashray and Phil Stewart Iran targeted a U.S. air base in Kuwait on Thursday after the United States struck what Washington described as an...
Viewpoint: The AI Boom – When Risk Stops Being Rare, Insurance Must Evolve May 28, 2026 By Roger Franklin Insurance has always depended on a simple premise. Losses must be possible but not inevitable. You’ve got to be able...
India’s Prized Alphonso Mango Crop Ruined by Weather May 27, 2026 By Ashwin Manikandan In India’s western state of Maharashtra, mango farmer Komal Walke is scrambling to meet orders from India’s online grocers after...
Markets/Coverages: Amiga Specialty Secures Lloyd’s Capacity for New Yachts Division May 27, 2026 Amiga Specialty, the London-based managing general agent, has secured £/$25 million of “A”-rated capacity with global Lloyd’s licensing for its...
People Moves: Aon Promotes Hoffman as Global CEO of Commercial Risk; HDI Global Names Schulte-Schrepping as Head of Liability Global Risk, Succeeding Maurer May 27, 2026 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon and HDI Global. A summary of these new hires follows...