Be it the Ever Given episode in the Suez Canal or the 100+ ships waiting off LA/Long Beach or fears that the supply chain crisis would perturb Christmas, shipping has seldom been so much in the public eye. Maritime tech has seen unprecedented activity over the past year, with a surge in deals. Start-ups received…
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During the financial crisis, American International Group (AIG) could only be saved by a government bailout. Since then, the prevailing sentiment has been that even without the crisis, AIG would have destroyed substantial value notwithstanding credit default swaps, largely on account of recurring material issues in its core operations. A decade after the crisis, AIG…
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The count of captive insurance companies globally is estimated to be over 7000, domiciled in 70+ jurisdictions. Captives have been established by nearly 70% of Fortune 500 companies in the USA. The high captive proliferation among large corporations in advanced markets in now spreading to Asia and Latin America. Globally, 46% of companies are reported…
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