Sri Lanka Ship Disaster Causes ‘Significant Damage to the Planet’: UN June 21, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The UN representative in Sri Lanka said the sinking of a container ship that caught fire...
Ship Carrying Chemicals Sinks Near Sri Lanka Capital, Prompting Pollution Fears June 18, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A container ship carrying chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday nearly a month after...
Sri Lanka Seeks Interim Claim of $40M from Operator of Wrecked Cargo Ship June 14, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka is seeking an interim claim of $40 million from the operator of a fire-ravaged...
Contaminants from Sri Lanka Ship Wreck Could Cause Wide-Reaching Damage June 8, 2021 By Laura Millan Contaminants released from the wreckage of a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka could be dragged thousands of...
Data Recorder Recovered from Ship Carrying Chemicals Sinking Off Sri Lanka June 7, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking...
Fire-Gutted Container Ship Raises Oil Spill Concerns for Sri Lanka June 3, 2021 By Anusha Ondaatjie and Asantha Sirimanne Salvors and authorities are watching for any leaking of fuel after halting efforts to tow a fire-gutted container vessel away...
Sri Lanka Evacuates 75,000 from East Coast on Threat of Cyclone Burevi December 2, 2020 By Waruna Karunatilake COLOMBO – Sri Lanka evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where Tropical Cyclone Burevi, packing winds of...
Aon, Insurtech Startup Etherisc Launch Blockchain-Based Agriculture Insurance July 1, 2019 Aon plc has partnered with anti-poverty organization Oxfam and insurtech startup Etherisc to launch a blockchain-based platform that provides agriculture...
JBA Broadens Access to Sri Lanka Flood Model to Help Bridge Protection Gap February 19, 2019 JBA Risk Management has released its Sri Lanka Flood Model onto Simplitium’s ModEx platform. The initiative is specifically aimed at...
Allianz to Acquire Sri Lanka’s Janashakthi General Insurance for €85.9M February 2, 2018 Allianz announced it has entered into an agreement with Janashakthi Insurance PLC (JINS) to acquire 100 of its subsidiary Janashakthi...