Strategy
China Pledges to Remove Financial Company Foreign Ownership Limits by 2020
China said it will bring forward plans to remove foreign ownership limits on financial companies, as it speeds up efforts to open the $44 trillion industry to overseas competitors. Full foreign ...
Giving a Presentation? Focus on Making the Message Clear and Relatable
Nearly every executive has experienced or will experience giving a presentation to an audience. In turn, many audiences have seen an executive presentation that drones on and on and veers into too ...
Swiss Re’s Proposed Spinoff of ReAssure Valued at Up to $4.2B
UK life assurance business ReAssure will be valued at up to 3.3 billion pounds ($4.2 billion) when it floats on the London Stock Exchange, its largest shareholder Swiss Re said on Thursday. Swiss Re, ...
Moody’s, Israel’s Team8 Link Up to Create Global Cyber Risk Assessment Standard for Businesses
Ratings agency Moody's Corp and Israeli cyber group Team8 launched on Thursday a joint venture to assess how vulnerable businesses are to cyber attacks and create what they hope will become a global ...
China’s Fosun Group Continues Corporate Shopping Spree, Debt Be Damned
About three years after China started reining in an overseas acquisition spree by some of its home-grown companies, the binge all but ended. But not for Fosun Group. The 27-year-old conglomerate, ...
Companies Promote Ethical Behavior by Helping Employees Blend Work, Personal Identities
Promoting a better integration of employees' work and personal identities can make them more likely to pursue ethical behavior, according to research highlighted in a recent online posting for ...
Root Insurance, Goodyear Ally to Boost Auto Policyholder Services
Root Insurance sealed a collaboration deal with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company that will allow its auto insurance policyholders to access tire purchase and installation services. "We are ...
InsurTech Utopia Driven by Data Sharing Impeded by Data Ownership Uncertainty
Insurers need to learn to share their data if they want to take full advantage of the mountain of information generated from connected devices, insurtech executives say. Along the way, somebody's got ...