Assets & Investments
Fosun International Leader Backs China Crackdown on Outbound M&A Deals
Billionaire Guo Guangchang, whose Fosun International Ltd. is under scrutiny by Chinese authorities over its foreign mergers and acquisitions, said the government's clampdown on outbound investments ...
Markel Tells Super Regional Insurers: ‘Specialize and Diversify’
Insurance is a very simple business. "You take in some money, you spend some money and you lose some money, and God willing, you have some left at the end of the day," according to Anthony (Tony) ...
The Fall of Anbang Insurance Caps Short, Wild Period for P/C Industry in China
The revolution in China's insurance industry that helped unleash about $80 billion of acquisitions started with a whimper and ended with a bang. With little fanfare, China's top insurance official, ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s $9B Oncor Purchase Agreement Represents Big Bet on Power
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Friday it agreed to pay $9 billion to buy the parent of Texas power transmission company Oncor Electric Delivery Co, stepping up its pursuit of steady ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Will Become Bank of America’s Biggest Shareholder
Warren Buffett's company will become the biggest shareholder in Bank of America Corp, after Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday invoked its right to acquire 700 million shares of the second-largest U.S. ...
Investors Begin Nudging Companies to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Investors are slowly starting to push companies to reduce their carbon footprint and help the world meet targets on limiting global warming that were agreed in the 2015 Paris climate talks. Energy ...
Wells Fargo Selling Commercial Insurance Business to USI Insurance
Wells Fargo is selling its commercial insurance business to national brokerage USI Insurance Services. USI said it has agreed to acquire Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, which includes commercial ...
Industry’s First-Quarter 2017 Net Income Down 42.2 Percent
The U.S. property/casualty industry saw net income after taxes plummet 42.2 percent to $7.7 billion in first-quarter 2017 from $13.4 billion for the same period in 2016—the lowest net income since ...