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Air Traffic Communication Focus of Fatal Tokyo Runway Crash Probe
Investigators were focusing on communication between air traffic control and two aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday, a day after a large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard ...
AIG Leads Policy for Japan Airlines Plane Involved in Collision
U.S. insurer AIG was the lead insurer on a $130 million "all-risks" policy for the Japan Airlines airplane which collided with another plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport, two insurance industry sources ...
Major Japan Quake Topples Buildings, Killing at Least 30 People
At least 30 people were killed and scores injured in a powerful earthquake that hit off the Noto Peninsula on Japan's northwest coast, toppling buildings, buckling roads and triggering a blaze that ...
Japan Orders 4 Non-Life Insurers to End Anti-Competitive Business Practices
Japan ordered four major non-life insurance companies to improve business practices in connection with anti-competitive activity that aimed to keep premiums high, Finance ...
Self-Driving Cars Could Be on UK Roads by 2026
Self-driving cars could be on some British roads by 2026, the country's transport minister Mark Harper said on Wednesday. Cars with full self-driving technology are not currently permitted on ...
Lloyd’s Extends Lease on Iconic London Headquarters Until 2035
Society of Lloyd's, better known as Lloyd's of London, has reached an agreement to remain in its One Lime Street headquarters until at least 2035, the Financial Times ...
AXIS Gets In-Principle Approval to Launch Energy Resilience Syndicate at Lloyd’s
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced it has received in-principle approval from Lloyd's to launch a syndicate that will focus on providing capacity for new energy ...
US DOJ Slaps Criminal Fines on UK Brokers Tysers and H.W. Wood for Bribery
The U.S. Department of Justice has slapped criminal penalties on UK reinsurance brokers Tysers Insurance Brokers Ltd. and H.W. Wood Ltd. as a result of their participation "in a corrupt scheme to pay ...
Rising War Risks Prompt Insurers to Reassess Property Cover in Geopolitical Hot Spots
Insurers grappling with the rising risk of physical attacks on businesses due to war or civil disorder are reconsidering the breadth and scope of such cover in potential ...