Japanese Chemical Tanker Crashes Into Cargo Ship off Coast of Japan August 22, 2022 By Yuri Kageyama A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said...
Toyota’s Hino Suspends Small Truck Shipments as Data Falsification Scandal Deepens August 22, 2022 By Satoshi Sugiyama Japan’s Hino Motors will suspend shipments of small trucks after confirming that a widespread data falsification scandal included those models,...
New Zealand Weighs Damage After Floods Batter South Island August 22, 2022 New Zealand retained a state of emergency in parts of its flood-battered South Island on Sunday as authorities weighed damage...
People Moves: Moody’s, RMS Names Hare Managing Director of APAC; Catalina Hires Diaz-Matos as Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Legal Officer August 19, 2022 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at RMS and and Catalina. A summary of these new hires follows...
War-Damaged Ukraine Nuclear Plant Could Threaten Europe’s Energy Grid August 19, 2022 By Jonathan Tirone Diplomats concerned about an atomic accident at a war-damaged nuclear power plant in Ukraine should also turn their attention to...
Lloyd’s Insurers Must Exclude Catastrophic State-Backed Cyber-Attacks August 19, 2022 Lloyd’s insurers must exclude state-backed cyber-attacks in standalone (or affirmative) cyber policies if they reach a catastrophic threshold, according to...
Insured Losses From February’s European Windstorms Estimated at €3.7B: PERILS August 19, 2022 Insured losses for the European windstorm series, which affected the British Isles and continental Europe in February 2022, are estimated...
Heavy Rain Continues to Flood New Zealand, Forcing Evacuations August 19, 2022 By Nick Perry WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Heavy rain continued to pelt New Zealand on Thursday, causing further disruptions and road closures...
China Sentences Tycoon Xiao to 13 Years, Fines His Financial Services Group $8.1 Billion August 19, 2022 A Shanghai court on Friday sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, not seen in public since 2017, to 13 years in...
U.S. Businesses in Taiwan See Limited Impact From Tensions With China August 19, 2022 Most members surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan said they had not been significantly affected by recent...