Emerging Markets
5 P/C Insurer CEOs Sign Pledge Promising Meaningful Corporate Social Responsibility
CEOs of some of the largest property/casualty insurers signed onto a new document, along with some of the nation's largest and most influential companies, urging corporate leadership for the benefit ...
China’s Troubled Anbang Insurance Group Puts Japan Properties Up for Sale
China's troubled Anbang Insurance Group has put its $2.4 billion property portfolio in Japan up for sale and previous owner Blackstone Group is bidding, two people familiar with the company's plans ...
California’s New Data Privacy Law Could Be a Game-Changer
As the nation's most far-reaching data privacy law, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), is set to begin Jan. 1, 2020, businesses and their insurers are preparing for a new era in cyber liability. ...
Liberty Mutual’s Sweeney Undaunted by Emerging Market Challenges
A Liberty Mutual executive said the insurer is following closely the emerging economic and trade turmoil in Europe, Asia and other emerging markets, but that the impact of those issues is relatively ...
Companies Can Attract Millennials by Helping Repay Their Student Debt
Like millions of her peers, Nicole Read graduated with thousands of dollars of debt. Unlike most of them, she's getting direct help from her employer to pay it back. The 26-year-old's job at event ...
Mobile Sales Assistant Vymo Raises $19M; AXA, Allianz Among Customers
Vymo, a technology company whose mobile app captures and automates data for insurance sales reps and others on the go, has raised $18 million in new financing. The India-based SaaS (software as a ...
Climate Change Worsened Europe’s Record Heatwave in July
Heat scorched Western Europe this July in what will likely be confirmed as the hottest month in recorded history, according to the UN's World Meteorological Organization. "This is not your ...
AI and Bionic Eyes Poised to Be the Latest Wildfire Risk Reduction Tools
On a tower in the Brazilian rain forest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire. Only these eyes aren't human. They don't blink or take breaks, and guided by artificial intelligence ...