Global Economy
China Insurance Premiums Soared in 2016, Slowed Down Most Other Places
Global insurance premiums increased by 3.1 percent in real terms during 2016, down from growth of 4.3 percent reported in 2015, according to Swiss Re Institute's sigma study. The report described ...
NotPetya Global Cyber Attack Leaves Ukraine Scrambling to Contain New Threat
The Ukrainian software firm used as part of last week's global cyber attack warned on Wednesday that all computers sharing a network with its infected accounting software had been compromised by ...
J&J Hit With Australian Class Action Suit Over Pelvic Mesh Complications
Australian women have brought a class-action case against Johnson & Johnson over complications arising from vaginal mesh implants - a lawsuit that follows many others in the United States, Canada ...
The Hanover’s Chaucer Acquires Lloyd’s MGA Focused on Sports, Leisure, Entertainment
The Hanover Insurance Group snatched up a Lloyd's managing general underwriting agency based in Australia, in a deal that will boost its competitive status there and also expand its overall specialty ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Will Become Bank of America’s Biggest Shareholder
Warren Buffett's company will become the biggest shareholder in Bank of America Corp, after Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday invoked its right to acquire 700 million shares of the second-largest U.S. ...
Investors Begin Nudging Companies to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Investors are slowly starting to push companies to reduce their carbon footprint and help the world meet targets on limiting global warming that were agreed in the 2015 Paris climate talks. Energy ...
Icahn Appears Ready to Give AIG CEO Duperreault a Chance
Billionaire Carl Icahn, one of the largest investors in American International Group Inc., is easing off his demands for a breakup of the insurer after the company sold assets and brought on a new ...
New AIG CEO Duperreault Reiterates Desire to Focus on Acquisitions over Share Buybacks
American International Group Inc's new chief executive Brian Duperreault said on Wednesday the company would likely slow the pace of share buybacks and instead spend on acquisitions. "I'd love to ...