Global Economy
Climate Change Law for Financial Firms Introduced in New Zealand, a Global First
New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business, minister for climate ...
Global Regulators Pressured to Refine Climate Change Risk Rules for Banks
Global banking rulemakers need to undertake further analysis to clarify if lenders need to build up bigger capital buffers to cover possible environmental risks, the Swiss-based Basel Committee of ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Reiterates a Call for Litigation Reform
Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg is reiterating a call for litigation reform nationally and at the state level to address what he said is a "systemic" worsening of the legal environment and its ...
Generali Reportedly in Talks to Buy AXA Malaysia Assets
Italy's biggest insurer Generali is in exclusive talks to buy assets in Malaysia belonging to French rival AXA in a deal worth around 300 million euros ($358 million), two sources said on Tuesday. ...
Dislodged Ship Kept in Suez Canal as Compensation Claims Talks Continue
A ship that blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week in March has not been given clearance to leave the waterway as discussions continue over a compensation claim made to the vessel's owner Shoei ...
Watford Holdings Closes Purchase of French P/C Insurer
Bermuda-headquartered Watford Holdings Ltd. closed its purchase of Axeria IARD, a French property/casualty insurance company. Watford has acquired 100 percent of the capital stock of Axeria IARD from ...
As La Nina Fades, U.S. Gulf Coast Still Faces Robust Hurricane Risks
La Nina, the cooling of the equatorial Pacific that shifts weather patterns the world over, is fading away. But California may still be prone to dryness, and the U.S. Gulf Coast faces the risk of ...
Chinese Online Insurance Tech Firm Facing Domestic Pushback Over Planned IPO
Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc is receiving pushback from domestic regulators on its planned U.S. initial public offering as its business model is seen as risky, four people ...