Boardroom Agenda
China Will Let Overseas Firms Buy Majority Stakes in Its Domestic Insurers
China took a major step toward the long-awaited opening of its financial system, saying it will remove foreign ownership limits on banks while allowing overseas firms to take majority stakes in local ...
China Taiping Insurance Group Wants to Buy $1.3B Hong Kong Tower
A unit of state-owned China Taiping Insurance Group is in advanced talks to acquire a newly built office tower in Hong Kong from Henderson Land Development Co., according to people with knowledge of ...
Britain’s Legal & General Is Expanding Into Japan
British's third-largest insurer, Legal & General, is launching an operation in Japan to offer company pension scheme insurance and investment management, Chief Executive Nigel Wilson said on ...
AmTrust Raising $950M by Selling Stake in Some Businesses to Private Equity Firm
AmTrust Financial Services will make about $950 million by selling a majority equity interest in some of its U.S.-based fee businesses to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners. Barry Zyzkind, ...
Activist Shareholders More Likely to Target Women CEOs Than Men
Women CEOs are much more likely than their male counterparts to be targeted by activist shareholders, according to research conducted by a team that included two University of Alabama business ...
Carrier Management’s Leadership, Director Education Course Directory Available
Whether they're interested in sharpening their own leadership skills or building the next generation of leaders, property/casualty insurance company executives and directors have limited time to seek ...
Fosun’s Meadowbrook Insurance Rebrands as AmeriTrust Group, With Acquisitions in Mind
Meadowbrook Insurance Group has changed its name to AmeriTrust Group, Inc., close to three years after Chinese conglomerate Fosun International bought the company. The company's management team, in ...
The Hartford Will Acquire Aetna’s U.S. Life, Disability Biz in $1.45B Cash Deal
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc said on Monday it would buy health insurer Aetna Inc's U.S. group life and disability business for $1.45 billion cash in a move that will expand its insurance ...