Emerging Markets
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 ...
Carriers Experienced Costliest Two-Year Period Ever for Cat Losses: Aon
Global insured losses stemming from major wildfires, tropical cyclones and severe thunderstorms reached $90 billion in 2018, close to 50 percent higher than the annual average between 2000 and 2017, ...
Japan Pledges Enhanced Trade Insurance to Boost Private Sector Africa Investment
Japan will offer enhanced trade insurance to boost private sector investment in Africa, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday as his country competes with rival China for influence in the ...
U.S. Cyber Agency: Reducing Chinese Tech Risks Is a Top Priority
A newly created U.S. cybersecurity agency said Thursday that China represents the greatest strategic risk to the U.S., and as a result, the agency's top operational priority is reducing the risks ...
Allianz Pays $738M For General Insurance Assets of SulAmerica in Brazil
Allianz SE agreed to pay 667 million euros ($738 million) for the general-insurance assets of SulAmerica, a deal that will make the German firm Brazil's second-largest provider of motor insurance. ...
Wildfires Run Amok in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest
There are no lights in sight but the night sky glows a dusky yellow, for the Amazon is burning. The smell is of barbecue, of wood charcoal up in flames. During the day the sun, usually so fierce in ...