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Johnson & Co. - Allianz Transfers Legacy Life Portfolio to Resolution Re, Using Quota Share Reinsurance - Re/Insurance Cyber Rates Could Double Before 2023, as Attacks Skyrocket: S&P - Willis Re Launches Flood Model for MENA Region - UK Financial Services Sector Calls for Eased Visa Requirements to Keep Competitiveness - Australia Insurtech Startup Cover Genius Raises Funds, Boosting Valuation to A$1 Billion - Allianz in Talks to Transfer Block of Life Assets to Free Up Regulatory Capital: Sources - UN Launches Disaster Insurance Program for Developing Countries - Mexican Insurtech Startup Offers Quick Claims Payments for Earthquake Damage - Is Climate Litigation Covered by Insurance? - Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation? - Fortegra Europe Opens Branch in Czech Republic - Vantage launches Construction and Political risk business - UK Insurers Cautiously Willing to Underwrite Fire Safety Risks - Insurtech Foxquilt Raises $8M to Expand Small Business Offering in U.S. and Canada - Speciality Re/Insurer Convex Launches European Subsidiary With A- Rating From S&P - Debt surge in emerging markets may hurt insurance outlook: Swiss Re - Zurich Insurance Weighs Selling Some Australian Non-Core Assets - Reinsurers Face Major Claims Uncertainties, but Reap Benefits of Pricing Tailwinds - Corvus, SiriusPoint announce investment & underwriting capacity partnership - Munich Re backs energy storage systems provider ESS - Climate Change Could Force 200 Million People to Leave Their Homes by 2050 - Work of the scientific community and re/insurers needed to assess climate change: Lloyd’s - Gallagher Re Touts Advanced Integrated Reinsurance Analytics Platform - London Financial Employees Return to Offices Despite Rising Virus Cases - P/C Reinsurers Maintain Underwriting Discipline, Despite Rising Capacity: Guy Carpenter - Britain Looks to Revisit Data Privacy Regulations - WTW, Applied Systems target real-time pricing enhancements - Reinsurance environment “most attractive in a decade”: SCOR’s Launay - Willis Towers Watson’s New CEO Says It Has $5 Billion for Possible Acquisitions - Lloyd’s Reports H1 2021 Profit of £1.4B ($1.9B), with 92.2% Combined Ratio - Global Reinsurers Shoulder ‘Considerable Burden’ of COVID-19 Claims - “Inflation is the enemy of the re/insurance industry,” says Swiss Re CFO Léger - Global Reinsurance Rates, Demand to Continue Rising in 2022: Moody’s - Prudential’s Michael Koller joins MS Amlin as Chief Risk Officer - Rates need to and will harden further: Swiss Re CEO Mumenthaler - Russia’s Renaissance Insurance Plans $1 Billion IPO in Moscow: Reuters

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Asian Development Bank completes 1st blockchain transaction

Saturday, 09 19 2020, Category: Technology, Country: World

Philippines headquartered Asian Development Bank (ADB) has completed its foremost letter of credit (LC) transaction utilizing the Standard Chartered-supported Contour blockchain network.

The trade was one of the initiatives under the ADB’s trade and supply chain plan, with the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam and Standard Chartered bank being other participants.

The trade settlement carried out by ADB also signaled the foremost blockchain powered trans-border LC deal between Thailand and Vietnam.

As per Global Trade Review report, the trade involved $50,000 worth plastics shipped to Vietnam’s Opec Plastics Joint Stock Company by Thailand’s SCG Plastics Co Ltd.

Even though ADB did not share precise details about the effectiveness of blockchain in the trade settlement, Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain funding department of the bank, stated that the utilization of blockchain has improved trade efficiency, while minimizing risk and limitations to entry for SMEs in emerging regions of Asia.

Source: cointrust.com