emerging markets News
Cuba Presents Huge Insurance Market Opportunities (in Theory)
Cuba presents significant opportunities for insurers and others businesses in the months ahead as the U.S. restores diplomatic ties. The market is not a slam-dunk, however, as it presents significant ...
Zurich Insurance Is Reportedly Planning to Sell Morocco, South Africa Units
Zurich Insurance Group AG has started a process to sell its units in South Africa and Morocco as it works toward turning around its money-losing insurance operations, according to people familiar ...
France’s AXA Invests $85M in Africa-Based Online Insurance Seller
AXA SA plans to invest 75 million euros ($84 million) in Africa Internet Group, the Nigerian owner of online businesses including retailer Jumia, as France's biggest insurer extends its product ...
Swiss Re: Emerging Markets Still Driving Non-Life Premium Growth
Non-life insurance premium growth should improve in 2016 and 2017, with emerging markets driving the charge, Swiss Re said in its annual insurance outlook. Emerging markets will generate ...
Insurance, Big Pension and Sovereign Funds Scaling Back Emerging Market Investments
Big pension, insurance and sovereign funds may be scaling back investments in emerging markets amid disappointing returns and a darkening outlook for the sector. These deep-pocketed funds -- global ...
China Re Will Sell Half of $2B IPO to Cornerstone Investors
China Reinsurance Group Corp., the nation's biggest reinsurer, will sell about half of its as much as $2 billion Hong Kong initial public offering to cornerstone investors. U.S.-based Prudential ...
China Re Gains Hong Kong Stock Exchange Approval to Launch $2B IPO
China Reinsurance Group Corp., the nation's biggest reinsurer, received Hong Kong stock exchange approval for an initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Beijing-based ...
Where Can P/C Insurers Grow?
Property/casualty insurers on a mission to achieve strong growth over the next few years need to look beyond developed economies, a reinsurance broker advises in a new report. In the 10th edition of ...