Latest Asia Headlines
All the headlines from our Asia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Prudential plc To Acquire Allstate Life Business in The Philippines, Indonesia
Apr 25 2001 // Britain’s Prudential plc will further expand its operations in Asia with the acquisition of Allstate’s majority holdings in two life insurance companies in The Philippines and Indonesia. Allstate said it was...
Zurich Expands Political Risk Capabilities in Asia
Apr 6 2001 // Zurich North America, the U.S. subsidiary of the Anglo-Swiss Zurich Financial Services Group, announced that it was expanding the role of “its Zurich Emerging Markets Solutions group’s political risk and credit...
HIH Hong Kong Subs Technically Insolvent
Apr 3 2001 // Three Hong Kong based subsidiaries of HIH Australia have been placed under independent administration by the local government, following a preliminary accounting which revealed that their assets included a large portion of...
Transamerica Re Opens Head Office in Hong Kong
Mar 22 2001 // Charlotte N.C-based Transamerica Reinsurance, a division of the Transamerica Group, which is a subsidiary of Holland’s AEGON Insurance Group, announced that it had officially opened its new Head Office for Asia in...
Liberty Mutual Assists in Probe of Car Theft Ring
Mar 6 2001 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. lent its cooperation in an investigation, conducted by the Westchester district attorney’s office, the Westchester County Dept. of Public Safety, the New York State Police and the New...
Citigroup Aligns with Taiwan’s Fubon Group, Plans Expansion in Asia
May 8 2000 // Financial services giant Citigroup unveiled a partnership with Taiwan’s Fubon Group on Saturday that will be essential to both entities expansion plans in Asia. Citigroup will invest $750 million to acquire 15...
