International
Keiretsu No More: What Japan’s Insurance Market Reforms Mean for U.S. Insurers
Long regarded as one of the world's most stable insurance markets, Japan's non-life sector is now experiencing major disruption. Deregulation aimed at unwinding ...
Political Risk Cover Demand Rises, Profits Are Strong, but GWP Growth Lags: Report
Demand for political risk insurance is likely to rise by 33 percent due to tariff uncertainty and the instability of the current trading environment, according to Howden's 2025 survey of ...
Japan Warns Potential Megaquake Could Kill Nearly 300,000
A long-feared megaquake off Japan's southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released by the government. In the worst-case scenario, a megaquake in the Nankai ...
15% of W.R. Berkley Shares Being Acquired by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Last Friday, W.R. Berkley Corp. said that Japanese property/casualty insurer Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. would buy a 15% stake in the company through open market purchases or private transactions ...
Firms That Issue Green Bonds Better at Tackling Emissions: Study
Companies that issue green bonds tend to be better at reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, especially in heavily polluting sectors, new analysis from the Bank for International Settlements has ...
Wildfire, Hurricane Rebuilding Efforts Impeded By Tariffs: APCIA
American Property Casualty Insurance Association issued a statement on behalf of P/C insurance company members on Tuesday, the day that 25 percent tariffs on most goods from Canada and Mexico took ...
Chubb to Buy Liberty Mutual Thailand, Vietnam Insurance Assets
Chubb Ltd. agreed to acquire Liberty Mutual Holding Co.'s businesses in Thailand and Vietnam in a deal that would help it boost its presence in Southeast Asia. Chubb plans to buy LMG Insurance Public ...
Her Parents Were Hurt in Tesla Crash, But She’s Set to Pay Damages—to Tesla
Zhang Yazhou was sitting in the passenger seat of her Tesla Model 3 when she said she heard her father's panicked voice: The brakes don't work! Approaching a red light, her father swerved around two ...