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Anbang Insurance Gets $9.7B Infusion From Chinese Govt. After Fraud Alleged
China is injecting 60.8 billion yuan ($9.7 billion) into Anbang Insurance Group Co. as it attempts to contain the fallout after the company's former chairman was accused of masterminding a ...
China’s New Insurance/Banking Head Known for ‘Regulatory Firestorm’
Chinese financial heavyweight Guo Shuqing has been appointed head of the country's newly merged regulator for the banking and insurance sectors, Financial News, the official newspaper of the central ...
China Will Merge Its Insurance, Banking Agencies in Big Regulatory Revamp
China is merging its banking and insurance regulators, giving new powers to policymaking bodies such as the central bank and creating new ministries in the biggest government shake-up in years. The ...
Zurich’s Cover-More Accelerates Latin America Travel Insurance Expansion
Zurich Insurance Group is doubling down on plans to expand throughout Latin America. Weeks after agreeing to pay $409 million for the Latin American operations of Australian insurer QBE, the Swiss ...
Zurich Will Pay $409M for QBE’s Latin American Operations
Zurich Insurance Group will pay $409 million for the Latin American operations of Australian insurer QBE, a deal that will help it become the top insurer in Argentina and build market share in other ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Backs Govt. Takeover, Pledges Commitment to Overseas Subsidiaries
Anbang Insurance Group Co Ltd said on Monday it fully supported the Chinese insurance regulator's decision to temporarily take control of the company, and remains committed to the development of its ...
Anbang Insurance Seized by Chinese Government; Founder Charged With Fraud
China's government seized temporary control of Anbang Insurance Group Co. and will prosecute founder Wu Xiaohui for alleged fraud, cementing the downfall of a politically-connected dealmaker whose ...
AIG, AXA Vets to Staff Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s New Dubai Office
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company will start doing business in Dubai and staff its office there with AIG and AXA veterans. BHSI has its insurance license from the Dubai Financial ...