Emerging Markets
QBE in Hong Kong: Insurer Will Distribute General Insurance Cover Through Manulife Agents
QBE will start supplying general insurance products in Hong Kong for distribution through Manulife's agents. The exclusive distribution agreement is between divisions of both companies: Manulife ...
It’s Pokémon Go Time for Insurers
Whether they're getting stuck in trees, sinking into the mud or wandering into traffic, distracted players of Pokémon Go have been getting into all kinds of trouble this summer. But what do their ...
Nanotechnology: Understanding the Benefits and the Risks
Nanotechnology is embedded in the products or processes of nearly every major industry and has become a mainstay of product innovation and enhancement. These products will likely generate value and ...
AIR Worldwide Expands Global Pandemic Model, Joins World Bank Initiative
AIR Worldwide has made two new business moves involving ways to manage and counter global pandemics. The catastrophe modeling firm said it has expanded its global pandemic model to include outbreaks ...
Disclosure Risk for Climate Change: Insurers Making Progress
Just a few years back, the corporate governance and sustainability group known as Ceres crunched some very interesting numbers. In its "Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey Report & Scorecard: ...
XL Catlin Seeks to Spur Africa Market Growth With New Reinsurance Unit
XL Catlin is hoping to spur growth of the insurance market in Africa with the establishment of a new unit focused on providing facultative and treaty reinsurance across the continent. "Traditionally ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb, BHSI, Ironshore and More
Chubb added beefed up technology company coverage in the U.K. and Ireland. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance brought its directors and officers insurance products to Asia. Ironshore has now ...
New Capital Rules Poised to Transform Kenya’s Insurance Industry
A push by Kenyan regulators to clean up the East African country's insurance industry is poised to trigger stake sales or exits by underwriters unable to meet the new capital requirements, according ...