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Ping An’s Profit Drops by Double Digits Due to China Fortune Loss
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China , China's largest insurer by market value, reported a 15.5% fall in first-half net profit after a 20.8 billion yuan ($3.2 billion) loss suffered on investments in ...
U.S. Pledges to Help Industry Hammer Out New Cybersecurity Guidelines
The U.S. government on Wednesday said it would work with industry to hammer out new guidelines to improve the security of the technology supply chain, as President Joe Biden appealed to private ...
Global InsurTech Venture Funding Hits Record Again During Q2 2021: Forrester
Global InsurTech funding reached record levels once again in the 2021 second quarter, even as financings declined from the first three months of the year, according to Forrester's new sector roundup. ...
Pie Insurance to Acquire Regional Insurer as it Evolves Into Full-Stack Carrier
Pie Insurance will acquire a regional insurer as it moves forward with a bid of becoming a full-stack insurance carrier. Pie purchased Western Select Insurance Company, a property casualty insurance ...
Insurance Industry M&A Activity Remains Resilient: Clyde & Co.
Global insurance industry M&A dipped slightly in the first half of 2021, but deals continue to be steady in key parts of the globe even in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new ...
Reinsurance Rate Hikes Will Continue (and Moderate) in 2022: Fitch Ratings
Global reinsurers' underwriting performance will continue to improve in 2022 as premium rate increases take hold, with further rate hikes expected as a result of higher catastrophe losses, continued ...
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Harder to Challenge with FDA Pfizer Approval
Formal U.S approval of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates by employers, legal experts said. The decision by the Food and ...
Executives On The Move at AXA XL and Buckle
AXA XL added an executive to its U.S. operations. Buckle hired its first-ever Chief People Officers, turning to a Farmers Insurance veteran for the job.****
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