...Oxford Analytica Significance News this month that the company’s profits are largely unchanged from 2023 at USD32.3bn, with revenues up 8%, has done little to stem the outpouring of public frustration at the escalating costs, diminishing coverage and labyrinthine bureaucracy of health insurance...

.... If collisions or pollution occur, that could also pose a considerable risk to marine insurers given the opaque ownership of shadow fleet vessels. See TAIWAN: China’s hybrid warfare will evolve - January 15, 2025 © Oxford Analytica 2025. All rights reserved. This content contains general information...

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...Oxford Analytica Headline UNITED STATES: Fire costs will have political impact politics social climate emergency government health legislation party police regional industry insurance natural disasters Insurance © Oxford Analytica 2025. All rights reserved...

... relations energy fiscal foreign trade insurance oil sanctions shipping Fossil fuels RUSSIA: According to Ministry of Finance data released yesterday, Russia's oil-related tax revenues surged by nearly one-third in 2024, reaching a record (in domestic currency terms) RUB9.2tn (USD89bn...

... relations energy foreign policy government insurance oil sanctions shipping prices Energy RUSSIA: On January 10, the White House imposed its harshest sanctions yet on Russian oil. Direct sanctions were imposed on major oil companies Surgutneftegaz and Gazprom Neft, insurer Ingosstrakh...

... health infrastructure insurance natural disasters regional Insurance UNITED STATES: Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris cancelled trips abroad yesterday (to Rome and Singapore, respectively) to remain in Washington and oversee the federal response to wildfires...

... planned the killing as a protest against the role large insurance companies play in the provision of healthcare, specifically their ability to delay or deny coverage to some of those they insure. If indeed Thompson's killer, Mangione appears to have operated alone. However, reaction on social media...

... aerospace arms defence foreign policy foreign trade insurance invasion sanctions war Aerospace & defence RUSSIA: The portfolio of foreign orders for Russian arms exports currently exceeds USD60bn, according to Dmitry Shugayev, the Director of the Federal Service for Military...

...; around 15% of customers have cancelled their coverage since December. Impacts Insurers’ ability to raise prices will largely depend on the recovery of real wages and formal employment. The overlap in coverage between different healthcare systems leaves scope to improve the efficiency of health...

...Oxford Analytica Headline RUSSIA: Oil price cap is unenforceable Fossil fuels Transport & logistics Insurance RUSSIA: A group of Western insurers today stated that the G7 oil price cap on Russian oil exports has become unenforceable. The International Group of P&I Clubs...

... overtures to join the US-led coalition formed in December to counter the Huthis, not least because it wants to avoid damaging its relations with Iran (see INTERNATIONAL: Red Sea ships depend on US-UK air power - January 22, 2024). Late last month, the Huthis gave shippers and insurers formal notice...

... insurance private sector regional OMAN: The government yesterday launched a plan comprising 74 initiatives as part of its programme for fiscal sustainability. The plan includes measures to improve public spending efficiency, strengthen non-hydrocarbon efforts and boost the banking and insurance...

... of local and presidential elections in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Impacts The poor handling of the existing National Health Insurance Fund may dissuade some private employers from backing the new scheme. Delivering affordable healthcare to low-income Tanzanians would boost Samia’s profile ahead...

... will face increased costs as they either change their routes or pay higher insurance premiums. See INDIA: Gaza war complicates planning on key projects - December 1, 2023 © Oxford Analytica 2023. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic...

... economy industry international relations politics foreign trade military oil security shipping transport war Fossil fuels Transport & logistics Insurance MIDDLE EAST: International energy firm BP today announced that it would pause its oil tanker transits through the Red Sea...

... Banks Diversified financial services Consumer finance Capital markets Insurance US: For the first time, the Financial Stability Oversight Council in its annual report, released yesterday, mentioned artificial intelligence (AI) as an "emerging vulnerability in the financial system...

...Oxford Analytica Headline UNITED KINGDOM: Economy faces persistent stagflation United Kingdom EUR economy growth industry monetary policy prices wages finance insurance manufacturing services telecommunications UNITED KINGDOM: GDP fell by 0.3% month-on-month in October...

... that the group would target only Israel, the risk of miscalculation will rise and so the threat to all commercial shipping through the Red Sea. This could have knock-on effects on insurance costs and could prompt delays as ships resort to alternative routes. The United States will mobilise support from allies...

... politics election government party policy climate energy foreign policy immigration insurance prices protest economy social legislation integration wages Elected members of the Swiss People's Party, which won the recent election (Francesca Agosta/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock...