Emerging Markets
Risk Alert: Is Water Making Us Fat?
Drinking water: a commodity so abundant in modern society that we rarely give it much thought. At least until recently with two dramatic discoveries. First, the discovery of lead-contaminated water ...
China-Owned Insurer Helps Soften Trade War Hits for Exporters and Importers
As the U.S.-China trade war intensifies, an insurance company run by the Chinese government is stepping in to support Chinese exporters, providing low cost coverage and chasing down U.S. importers ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Group Sells off Luxury Hotels, Keeps Original Waldorf Astoria
Anbang Insurance Group Co. agreed to sell a luxury hotel portfolio to South Korea's Mirae Asset Management Co., marking the end of the Chinese insurer's short-lived investment in the properties. ...
Benefits Abound With Investments in Climate Change Adaptation
Investing $1.8 trillion between 2020 and 2030 in projects to help communities adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change could yield $7.1 trillion in economic benefits, according to a report ...
China Regulators Cap How Much Insurers Can Invest in Their Shareholders
China's banking and insurance regulator on Monday capped how much insurance firms can invest in their shareholders, aiming to curb risks linked to the misuse of financial resources. China is ...
Regional Coverage Program Rushes $11 Million Payout to the Bahamas
The Bahamas will receive $11 million in post-disaster insurance from a novel 12-year-old regional coverage program. CCRIF, once short for the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, was ...
CM Risk Alerts: Semi-Autonomous Cars, Smart Ovens and VR Data Privacy
The use of semi-autonomous cars could lead to an increase in drunk driving, according to one expert. Some smart ovens have been accidentally preheated overnight by their owners. Biometric tracking ...
European Insurers Are Having a Tough Time
European insurers are having a rough time. Already carrying the burden of low yields eroding their investment income, disappointing earnings as well as some companies' exposure to Asia are making ...