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Planned Opening of China’s Insurance Sector to U.S. Firms Causes Confusion
A trade pact opening up China's insurance sector to U.S. firms has caused confusion among lawyers in the Asian nation. China pledged to remove the foreign-equity cap for the life, pension and ...
Property/Casualty Insurance Outlooks: What Experts Say to Expect in 2020
What does the year have in store for property/casualty insurers? There have been a lot of predictions published since late last year, with most forecasters commenting on insurance market conditions, ...
Storms, Political Unrest Drove Chubb’s $430M in Q4 Pre-Tax Cat Losses
Chubb said that severe weather events in Texas, California and Japan helped produce an estimated $430 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses for the 2019 fourth quarter. That number breaks down to ...
FEMA Pursues California Utility Giant for $4B Owed in Past Wildfires
A regional director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday said FEMA is going after California utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric for $3.9 billion owed the government due to ...
Global Warming Worries Already Changing Human Behavior
From Australia's devastating wildfires to T-shirt weather in Norway at the height of winter, the latest weather events are showing the global impact of climate change. The majority of people in a new ...
Before Seeking a Raise, Talk to Colleagues About What They’re Paid
Nearly everyone in corporate America contemplates asking for a raise at some point in their careers. Some people pull back from asking for more money, however, wary of how a supervisor or CEO might ...
Australia Bushfires Have Scorched 25.5 Million Acres; PM Proposes Inquiry
After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bushfires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday he will propose a national review into the response to the disaster, as ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Teams With Intel to Launch Joint Innovation Laboratory
A division of China's Ping An Insurance Group is teaming with American global tech giant Intel Corp. to establish a joint innovation laboratory. The arrangement is between California-based Intel and ...