Insurance

• Oct 30, 2026 India Poverty Rate Falls to 2.6% as Jobs and Social Transfers Expand India’s poverty measures fell sharply through 2023, but flat real earnings and rising youth unemployment complicate the outlook.
• Oct 30, 2026 NIIT Learning, Sagility and NBCC Lead a Mixed Set of Company Moves NIIT agreed to pay up to $17.6 million for Bluewater Learning, while a reported Sagility stake sale and NBCC property bids put other figures in focus.
• Oct 30, 2026 Brent and WTI Rise as West Asia Supply Risks Lift Oil Futures Brent rose 1.01% and WTI 1.12% as traders weighed possible supply disruptions; MCX natural gas fell while turmeric and jeera advanced.
• Oct 30, 2026 Trent Rises 7% as Q2 Profit Grows 25%, Broker Views Diverge Trent reported ₹468 crore in Q2 profit as store expansion and margins drew mixed assessments from brokerages.
• Oct 30, 2026 Shell Raises Fourth-Quarter Buyback to US$5 Billion as Refining Margins Hit Record A record US$42-a-barrel refining margin helped lift Shell’s adjusted net income to US$10.8 billion and supported a larger shareholder buyback.
• Oct 30, 2026 Blackstone Weighs US$1.9 Billion Sale of Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho Offices The proposed sale would come about two years after Blackstone’s roughly 400 billion yen purchase, with digital securities also in the mix.
• Oct 30, 2026 Trucordia Connects Agency Systems to Reduce Manual Insurance Work Trucordia says connected workflows and shared task views help staff cut routine work and spend more time with clients.
• Oct 30, 2026 BP’s US$8.46 Billion Quarter Sets a Five-Year High as Refining Margins Surge BP beat expectations with US$8.46 billion in quarterly profit as refining margins climbed and net debt reached its target a year early.
• Oct 30, 2026 Japan’s Cyberattack Surge Exposes Gaps in Business Defenses At least 81 incidents have been reported since July as AI tools widen risks for Japanese companies and test a shift toward earlier threat detection.
• Oct 30, 2026 HSBC Weighs Insurer Cover for Data Center Loans as AI Finance Expands HSBC is discussing credit insurance for project loans as AI infrastructure borrowing grows and insurers signal limited capacity.
• Oct 30, 2026 Malaysia’s 2027 Budget Clears Initial Hurdle After Anwar Secures Opposition Support Anwar won backing for Malaysia’s 2027 spending plan through a pact offering constituency funds and setting out institutional reform conditions.
• Oct 30, 2026 Japan to Reduce Fuel Subsidies as Energy Costs Strain Households Japan will raise subsidised fuel prices by 5 yen a litre monthly from December, easing public costs while adding pressure on households and businesses.
• Oct 30, 2026 AI in HR centres on hiring, but human review remains common in Singapore SNEF’s survey found recruitment led workplace AI use, while 85% of reported HR applications still involved human input.
• Oct 30, 2026 DBS Leads Asean Brand Rankings as Grab Value Jumps 53% in 2026 Asean’s top 500 brands rose 8% to US$315.6 billion. DBS stayed No. 1 as Singapore brands gained ground across finance, travel and hospitality.
• Oct 30, 2026 ADB Builds Singapore Team to Mobilise Private Capital for Asian Projects ADB has doubled its Singapore specialists to about 30 as it targets US$13 billion in private capital annually by 2030.
• Oct 30, 2026 Binance Security Probe Tests Crypto Market Confidence as Stablecoins Are Frozen Binance says customer funds are safe as Tether and Circle freeze more than $2.3 billion in tokens and bitcoin falls below $79,000.
• Oct 30, 2026 Miami Beach Building Subsidence Varies, With Construction Linked to Continued Sinking Satellite measurements found uneven sinking across 35 buildings, raising questions about construction’s role and potential exposure for property insurers.
• Oct 30, 2026 Colorado Glaciers Lost Up to 12 Feet of Ice After Record-Low Snow and Heat Colorado’s largest glaciers thinned sharply in 2026, with losses doubling their recent pace as record-low snow and summer heat left ice exposed.
• Oct 30, 2026 Pennsylvania Flood Disclosure Law Adds Five Risk Questions to Home Sales Starting in July 2028, sellers must disclose flood history, coverage and claims, giving buyers more information as only about 1% of Pennsylvania households carr...
• Oct 30, 2026 Nippon Dynawave Cited After Hot Pulp Spill Exposed Worker to Sinkhole Hazard A Washington mill faces $77,800 in fines after a worker fell into a concealed sinkhole beneath hot pulp. Inspectors cited spill and piping safety failures.