Emerging Markets
China’s Ping An Insurance Will Sell $2.1B Stake in Auto Services Portal
Financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance Group of China is seeking to offload its 44% stake in auto services portal Autohome , three people familiar with the situation told Reuters. Ping An, which is ...
Allianz Will Help Back $577M Public-Private Climate Fund
GLASGOW – The European Investment Bank and Allianz Global Investors said on Monday they plan to raise 500 million euros ($577.55 million) for a fund aimed at bolstering climate mitigation and ...
Undaunted by COVID-19, P/C Insurers and Startups Embraced Innovation Instead
As the CEO and co-founder of digital MGA Koffie Labs, Ian White was initially New York-based. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck, spurring a creative rethinking about what a corporate headquarters ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Hit With Profit Plunge Due to Investment Losses, Premium Dive
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd , the country's largest insurer by market value, posted a 31.2% fall in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday as its premium income shrank on a weak economy ...
Hack Attack Response: U.S. State Department to Create Cyber Bureau
The U.S. State Department plans to establish a bureau of cyberspace and digital policy in the face of a growing hacking problem, specifically a surge of ransomware attacks on U.S. infrastructure. ...
Russia’s Renaissance Insurance Will Reduce IPO Size
Russia's Renaissance Insurance Group will reduce the size of its IPO to $250 million from an initial $290 million, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday, selling only new shares plus an ...
China’s Evergrande Property Crisis Creates Minimal Exposure for U.S. Insurers
The U.S. insurance industry faces only minimal exposure to land development companies in China as one of that country's largest property developers, Evergrande, appears on the brink of collapse. ...
China Will Encourage Development of Insurance, Other Financial Products for Gig Economy Workers
China's top banking and insurance regulator said it would encourage insurers to accelerate the development of commercial pension products and accident insurance for gig-economy workers such as ...