Emerging Markets
Chinese Insurer Scored Using Drones to Analyze Tianjin Explosion
When an explosion devastated parts of China's Tianjin port in August, one insurance company turned to Chinese-made drones to help analyze the rubble and estimate the damages. Comparing satellite ...
A.M. Best’s 2016 Forecast for Global Reinsurers: Negative
As A.M. Best sees it, the global reinsurance sector will continue to have a negative outlook heading into 2016. The reason, according to its latest briefing: major market challenges "that will hinder ...
Construction-Waste Site May Have Triggered Massive China Landslide
A landslide that left at least 91 people missing in southern China may have started from a man-made pile of earth and construction debris, an initial government investigation showed, drawing new ...
Cyber Provisions in China Anti-Terror Law Concern Business Groups
China's controversial anti-terrorism law could be passed as soon as the end of this month, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, legislation that has drawn concern in Western capitals for its ...
Executives On The Move at Allied World, Argo Group and W.R. Berkley
Allied World brought in a new executive to help run its marine operations; Argo Group hired a head of professional lines in Bermuda; W.R. Berkley Company named a senior vice president charged with ...
Swiss Re: 2015 Insured Economic Losses Dropped to $32 Billion
Insured losses from natural catastrophes dropped in 2015 compared to 2014. But man-made losses spiked higher, led by China's Port of Tianjin explosions in August, Swiss Re said in its preliminary ...
AIG Will Buy Back Another $3B in Stock, as Icahn Pressure Continues
American International Group Inc., the insurer pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to boost returns, announced a plan to repurchase another $3 billion of shares. The move lifts to $4.3 billion ...
Congress Tackles Cyber Security as Part of Federal Spending Bill
Companies that share data with the U.S. government for cyber security purposes will get more protection from consumer lawsuits under a measure piggybacked onto a massive federal spending bill ...