As the 2025-26 P&I renewal…

Maria Mavroudi, Founding Partner of Searock Marine Insurance Brokers,.

As the 2025-26 P&I renewal season concludes, the industry has once again navigated complex negotiations amid evolving market conditions. Maria Mavroudi, Founding Partner of Searock Marine Insurance Brokers, provides an overview of how this year’s Protection and Indemnity (P&I) renewals unfolded, highlighting key trends, challenges, and expectations for the P&I year ahead.

Market Overview

In 2025, shipowners continued to face a...

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Monaco engages in global AI discussions at Paris summit

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Good Morning Monaco

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Monaco engages in global AI discussions at Paris summit The third edition of the Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence took place at the Grand Palais in Paris from 10th to 11th February, bringing together 1,500 participants, including heads of state, government officials, and industry leaders…

Monaco and Italy strengthen bilateral ties during high-level diplomatic visit Monaco hosted...

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Market report: FTSE loses the high ground after growth outlook is slashed

  • FTSE 100 slips around 20 points at the open
  • US non-farm payrolls today, expected addition of 169,000 jobs
  • Amazon guides for $100bn capex in AI spree
  • Legal & General pivots towards US Bulk Annuities
  • Brent crude back below $75 per barrel

Derren Nathan, head of equity research, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“The widely-expected UK rate cut hasn’t been enough to help propel the FTSE 100 beyond yesterday’s record close, as investors take on board the Bank of England’s hammer blow to its forecast for UK...

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World’s First AI Humanoid Robot CEO Unveiled : Will It Set A Precedent?

  • While many workers worry about A.I. replacing their jobs, one company announced it’s hiring the first humanoid robot CEO.  
  • Mika is a research project between Hanson Robotics and Polish rum company Dictador.
  • Mika is the ‘official face’ of Dictador.

In a Dictador company video, Mika said that “with advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, I can swiftly and accurately make data driven”, sources Fox business. 

Humanizing Artificial Intelligence

Hanson Robotics CEO David...

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Are Big Tech Companies Inflating Fears About The Risks Of AI?

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  • Big Tech is lying about some AI risks to shut down competition, a Google Brain cofounder has said.
  • Andrew Ng told The Australian Financial Review that tech leaders hoped to trigger strict regulation.
  • Some large tech companies didn’t want to compete with open source, he added.

A leading AI expert and Google Brain cofounder said Big Tech companies were stoking fears about the technology’s risks to shut down competition.

AI Threatening Humanity?

Google Brain was a...

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Is The AI Revolution Threatening White Collar Workers?

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The emergence of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT has aroused fears of these tools replacing people in a range of professions, from coders to truck drivers. Although such concerns tend to ignore technology’s potential to create jobs, new forms of AI do pose a risk to some workers, new research from Indeed suggests: white-collar workers.

Different From Other Revolutions

“Surprisingly enough, knowledge workers are facing the highest level of exposure here, which is...

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How AI Is A Gamechanger For Global Trade

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Technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse, is the ultimate tool for transforming our world for the better. Never have we been so privileged as we are now – to have software so sophisticated that we can bring ideas to life at speed on an international scale.

Transition To Digital Era

Digitalisation has elevated the manual processes of yesterday, accelerating how data is shared and applied, how we can better serve communities, and how we...

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FuelTrust AI Based Analysis Highlights Fuel Content Discrepancies

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FuelTrust’s most recent research uses AI-based technology to investigate fraudulent practices and inadequate supply chain management in the bunker fuel industry.

Sustainable Fuel Ecosystem

FuelTrust, the technology company dedicated to creating a trusted and sustainable fuel ecosystem for the maritime industry, has released a new report examining bunker discrepancies in the maritime industry, which includes examples of unethical practices and fraudulent...

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Blending AI With Nuclear Energy

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The future of the global energy sector is in the hands of Artificial Intelligence. AI is proving to be an increasingly essential component of decarbonization pathways and solving the energy trilemma: the tricky problem of producing energy that is A) sufficient for global development, B) affordable and accessible for all, and C) environmentally sustainable. 

Solving The Trilemma

Solving the trilemma and meeting climate goals will necessarily involve systems...

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Maritime Future: How AI is Revolutionizing The Maritime Industry

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  • AI can assist businesses in better decision-making, operation optimization, and task automation.
  • Ship scheduling can be made more efficient for shipping companies thanks to predictive analytics. 
  • Street transport is liable for most of the CO2 discharges in the calculated area, yet the delivery portion has been dramatically expanding somewhat recently.

The transportation of goods and materials to and from various parts of the world is the responsibility of the...

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