Global Economy
The Latest Launches From AIG and Allianz
A division of Allianz is debuting a video streaming service that lets customers send images in support of their property claims. AIG in the UK will give its customers the ability to upload accident ...
China’s Fosun International Reportedly Wants Pre-IPO Investors for Reinsurance Arm
Fosun International Ltd., the Chinese insurance-to-tourism conglomerate, is seeking investors for a minority stake in its reinsurance business ahead of a possible initial public offering, according ...
Lloyd’s 2016 Underwriting Profit Takes Hit From Higher Natural Catastrophe Losses
Lloyd's reported 2016 pretax profit of £2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion). That's level with 2015, despite a worsening of the market's combined ratio at 97.9 percent, compared with 90.0 percent in ...
Insurers Risk Triggering Government Regulation Without Responsible Big Data Usage: Fitch
For insurers, the new world of big data and analytics is one that's relatively unregulated. With that in mind, executives would do well to use these technologies responsibly so they don't stimulate ...
Fraud Probe Proceeds Concerning Exxon’s Disclosure of Climate Change Financial Risks
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s attempt to derail a multistate fraud probe into whether the company fully disclosed to investors the financial risks of climate change was dealt a major blow after a Texas judge ...
Brussels Wins as Lloyd’s Choice for Post-Brexit EU Hub
Lloyd's of London, the insurance market founded in the British capital in 1688, plans to open a European Union hub in Brussels following the U.K. vote to leave the bloc. The company expects the ...
China’s Anbang Insurance and Kushner End Manhattan Tower Deal Talks
China's Anbang Insurance Group Co. and a company co-owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have ended talks to redevelop a Manhattan office tower, a deal that had ...
Brexit Has Officially Begun
Prime Minister Theresa May filed formal Brexit divorce papers on Wednesday, pitching the United Kingdom into the unknown and triggering years of uncertain negotiations that will test the cohesion of ...

