Global Economy
Zurich Insurance CFO Quinn: ‘We Don’t Exist to Do M&A’
Zurich Insurance has no plans for a big merger, it said on Wednesday, despite speculation of a pick-up in dealmaking in the industry and that the Swiss company could get involved. The insurer's ...
With Eye on Brexit, Tokio Marine Picks Luxembourg as EU HQ
Tokio Marine Group said it has received regulatory approval from Luxembourg's Commissariat aux Assurances and the Japanese Financial Services Authority to set up a new insurance company in ...
Europe’s Regulators Say They Aren’t Ready for Sweeping New Data Privacy Law
Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the birth of the web. There's one problem: many of the regulators who will police ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Reportedly Reviewing Assets for Possible Divestments
Anbang Insurance Group Co., the once-acquisitive Chinese insurer that's operating under government control, said it is in the process of reviewing all of its overseas assets amid reports of imminent ...
Report: Carl Icahn Sells Off AIG Stake
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold his stake in AIG, Forbes reported on Monday, ending a more than two-year association with one of the largest U.S. property and casualty insurers. The activist ...
Regulators Say ‘Sandbox’ Approach May Work to Accommodate Tech-Driven Insurance Innovations
How should regulators address technology-driven insurance innovations that don't fit well under existing rules? A "regulatory sandbox" might be the way forward, a panel of regulators said at the ...
Brexit Talks Avoid Sensitive Topics as Work Begins on Future Setup
Talks between the U.K. and the European Union skirted around the biggest obstacles to a Brexit deal as officials settled on a list of topics to shape negotiations about the future. Negotiators didn't ...
QBE Invests in a Third AI Startup, With Plans to Use the Tech Internally
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.'s venture capital arm is betting once again on artificial intelligence with its third investment in the space—this time with a startup focused on developing the technology ...