Global Economy
Insurers Will Boost Private Equity Investments, Scale Back Hedge Fund Focus
Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year while scaling back on hedge funds, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Wednesday. Private equity was the most-favored ...
Q1 UK Car Insurance Premiums Plunge to Lowest Levels Since 2015: Survey
The cost of a comprehensive car insurance policy in Britain slumped 14% in the first quarter of 2021, to their lowest level since 2015, as different phases of lockdowns in the country kept motorists ...
Ex-Allianz CFO Wemmer Is Launching a SPAC to Target Insurance Deals
Dieter Wemmer, a veteran insurance executive who was chief financial officer at Allianz SE, is launching a blank-check company to target deals in the sector where he worked for more than three ...
Lloyd’s Lab Innovation Program Chooses 11 InsurTech Startups for Next Cohort
Lloyd's announced the next 11 InsurTech start-ups that are participating in the sixth cohort of its Lloyd's Lab innovation accelerator program. These InsurTechs will be focused on creating simpler ...
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. ...