International
Executives On The Move at Chubb and XL Group
Chubb promoted one of its own to become its new head of Multinational Claims for Overseas General Insurance. XL Group's investor relations director is retiring, and the insurer has hired a ...
China Insurance Regulator Tightens License Rules: Sources
China's insurance regulator is making it much tougher for insurers to get new licenses as it seeks to reduce risks resulting from the aggressive business and investment practices of some players, ...
Fairfax Seeking to Raise $1B From Africa Fund IPO
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the Canadian insurer that announced its largest acquisition last week, is selling shares in an initial public offering for a fund that will make investments in ...
2017 Predictions Part IV: Hong Kong, China Face Tech-Related Insurance Industry Disruption
The twin forces of regulation and technology will see the emergence of new distribution models in 2017. This sounds like a commonly heard disrupter scenario for the U.S. and European markets, but ...
Brexit Threatens 10 Percent of London’s Financial Jobs: London Official
Up to 10 percent of jobs in London's financial district may be lost if Britain fails to secure adequate access to European Union markets after Brexit, a City of London official said on Wednesday. ...
2017 Predictions Part III: Motor-Cyber, India Reinsurance and More
Insurers and reinsurers continue to look for organic growth where they can find it – sometimes from emerging risks and sometimes from emerging markets. As always, the keys to success are market ...
U.S. Investigation Blames Facebook’s Big Drone Crash on Autopilot
The wing on Facebook Inc.'s experimental high-altitude drone broke last summer in Arizona after the massive aircraft hit an updraft and its autopilot overcompensated seconds before touchdown on its ...2017 Predictions Part II: InsurTech, Australia D&O and India Cyber Insurance
InsurTech was an insurance buzzword in 2016, and that's likely to continue next year when it will permeate almost every aspect of U.S. industry, according to a prediction from international law firm ...