Emerging Markets
Chinese Online Property Insurer ZhongAn Tops List of Financial Technology Innovators
Chinese online property insurer ZhongAn has topped a list of financial technology (fintech) innovation companies, leading a strong showing by Chinese firms this year amid increased funding and ...
Climate-Change Deal Includes Insurance Provision, Avoids Liability and Compensation
The world's nations took the boldest steps yet to stem climate change, adopting an historic package of measures to limit fossil-fuel pollution and establish a mechanism to step up the reductions for ...
Lloyd’s Welcomes First Mexican Reinsurer
Lloyd's of London will be welcoming its first Mexican reinsurer. News of Lloyd's expansion follows the opening of its debut representative office in Mexico City in October 2015. The move will come by ...
Billionaire Chairman of Ironshore Owner Fosun International Aids Investigation
Fosun International said on Friday its Chairman Guo Guangchang, one of China's best-known entrepreneurs, is assisting authorities with an investigation, after an earlier report said the group lost ...
AIG CEO Hancock Streamlines Executive Team; Four to Depart
AIG CEO Peter Hancock revamped a committee of senior executives he initially formed more than a year ago in a bid to further boost efficiency and growth. The move will lead to the departure of four ...
Updated: Venezuela Volatility Hurt Liberty Mutual’s Q3
Liberty Mutual Holding Company continued to deal with the volatile Venezuelan market during the 2015 third quarter, from which it is pulling back. It also faced some energy related losses during that ...
Executives On The Move at Hiscox USA, BHSI, Allied World and Novarica
Hiscox USA has a new head of claims; Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance brought on a new exec for its Asia surety expansion; Novarica has a new vice president. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty ...
‘Monster’ El Nino Could Produce More and Stronger Events Over Next Decade
In Buffalo, it hasn't snowed yet this year. A Duluth, Minnesota, newspaper reported that the temperature was 40 degrees above zero, not below. And in Miami, beachgoers are staying indoors during ...