Emerging Markets
Greenlight Re Invests in Hong Kong-Based Blockchain Business
A division of Greenlight Capital Re has invested in a blockchain-related business based in Hong-Kong. The Cayman Islands-headquartered property/casualty specialist reinsurer said it pursued a ...
Political Risk on the Rise: Risk Management in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
While the work of risk management has changed dramatically over the past decade, plan for the pace of change to get more and more frenetic as artificial intelligence takes hold in the operations of ...
Bosses Should Consider Nuance When Marketing Leadership Development Classes
Nuance may be key in motivating employees to join leadership programs. It's not enough to just dangle the possibility of such an incentive before their eyes. Researchers from Singapore came to that ...
Zurich Commits $414M to Acquire Majority Stake in Indonesia Insurer
Zurich Insurance is acquiring an 80 percent stake in Indonesia's Adira Insurance from PT Bank Danamon Indonesia and a minority investor for at least around $414 million, the Swiss group said on ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Group Draws Multiple Bidders for $200M in Japanese Real Estate
Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd aims to sell $200 million worth of Japanese real estate to bidders including Blackstone Group LP, about two years after buying them from the U.S. investment firm, two ...
Creating Frankenstein’s Monster: Lessons in Insurance Innovation and Risk
Of course, it was George's idea and for once not one of his famously mad, bad and dangerous ones. Stuck indoors in the "summer of darkness"—the wettest, coldest June on record, the impact on Lake ...
Geopolitical Tensions Driving Political Risk Losses Higher Around the World
Political risk losses are rising around the world, thanks largely to rising geopolitical tensions, according to a new survey from Willis Towers Watson and Oxford Analytica. Approximately 55 percent ...
Give Your Employees Compassion, and Their Best Work Will Come
Want the best results out of your employees? Then be nice to them. New research from Binghamton University, State University at New York finds that showing compassion to employees almost always pays ...