Viewpoint: Research Shows Australia Is Vulnerable to Attacks on Indian Ocean Shipping July 27, 2026 By Rebecca Strating and Arzan Tarapore The closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the US-Iran war has brought home how vital maritime trading routes are...
Why El Niño’s Promise of Quieter Hurricane Season May Not Be Good News for Insurers July 27, 2026 By Niket Nishant, Ashitha Shivaprasad and Manya Saini For insurers, the periodic El Niño climate phenomenon has traditionally lowered the risk of costly Atlantic hurricanes, but decades of...
Record-Low Danube Water Levels Leave Boats Beached, Reveal Decades-Old Shipwrecks July 27, 2026 Dozens of boats in a marina in Serbia’s northern city of Novi Sad floated in a green slurry — all...
Saudi Arabia-Bound Supertanker U-Turns Before Houthi Chokepoint July 27, 2026 By Weilun Soon A Hong Kong-flagged supertanker bound for Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu has U-turned just before reaching the Bab...
Prudential Reimburses 2.85 Billion Yen After Misconduct Probe July 24, 2026 By Nil Codina Martinez Prudential Financial Inc. said it reimbursed 437 individuals about a total of 2.85 billion yen ($17.4 million) as part of...
Insurer Mapfre Estimates Venezuela Quake Losses at €25 Million July 24, 2026 By Marta Serafinko and Mireia Merino Spanish insurer Mapfre said on Thursday that losses from the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela would be up to €25...
Munich Re Reports €2.2 Billion Profit on ‘Very Low’ Major Losses July 24, 2026 By Stephan Kahl Munich Re reported second-quarter proft that exceeded analyst estimates on “very low” major-loss expenditures in its property-casualty reinsurance business. Net...
US and Allies Say Russian Hackers Stole Emails Without Social Engineering July 24, 2026 By Raphael Satter The United States and more than a dozen allied nations said on Thursday that Russian hackers stole emails from users...
US Strikes Iran From South to North After Trump Threats Over Red Sea Shipping July 24, 2026 By Eman Abouhassira, Yasmine Ghania and Ahmed Elimam U.S. missiles struck targets across Iran, reaching as far as its Caspian coast, on Friday after President Donald Trump vowed...
World Bank Estimates Quakes Cost Venezuela $20 Billion in Damage July 24, 2026 By Jorgelina do Rosario The twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last month may have caused $19.6 billion in physical damage to buildings and infrastructure,...