Emerging Markets
RMS Debuts Agricultural Risk Models for India, China; Expanded Cover Planned
RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, has added agricultural risk models for India and China to its line of emerging risks models, with plans to expand coverage across ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Denies Investment in Kushner-Owned Manhattan Office Tower
China's Anbang Insurance Group said it is not investing in a flagship Manhattan office tower owned by the family of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser. Anbang ...
China Drives 2016 Insurance Premium Growth: Allianz
Global insurance premium reached more than $3.8 trillion in 2016 — a new record high — and China appears to be a factor behind much of the growth, according to new projections from Allianz ...
EU Pushes to Save Paris Climate Change Agreement With More Diplomacy
EU foreign ministers on Monday said the bloc would strengthen diplomacy to promote the fight against climate change in the face of a possible U.S. exit from the Paris agreement. U.S. President Donald ...
Arch Re Launches Gulf Underwriting Entity to Supplement Gulf Re’s Role
Arch Reinsurance Ltd. has created an entity to handle its underwriting in the Gulf region and eventually replace the role Gulf Re plays in its business there, a few years after it had fully acquired ...
Allianz Debuts Morocco Operations Made Possible by Zurich Sale
The Allianz Group is now officially open for business in Morocco. Its division in the North African Country, Allianz Maroc, formally debuted on Feb. 22. Based in Casablanca, it was previously known ...
Zurich Insurance in Asia Pacific Region Revamps Commercial Insurance Structure
Zurich Insurance has revamped the structure for its Commercial Insurance business in the Asia Pacific Region, following the combination of its Global Corporate and Commercial units into a single ...
AIR Worldwide’s New Colombia Earthquake Model Wins Regulatory Approval
AIR Worldwide's earthquake model for Colombia has gained insurance regulatory approval in the country. The catastrophe modeling firm said that the model can now be used by domestic insurance ...