Latest China Headlines
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Vietnam Protests Over China Oil Rig Damage Taiwan-Owned Factories
May 14 2014 // Anti-China rallies sparked by the placement of an oil rig in waters near Vietnam damaged factories owned by Taiwanese companies, with some plants closing as Vietnam detained hundreds of protesters. Vietnam’s...
China Insurance Regulator Warns Insurers on Investments in Debt
May 14 2014 // Chinese insurers face increasing risks from their investments in property and local government debt as the nation’s economic growth slows, according to a senior regulatory official. The China Insurance Regulatory...
China Regulators Draft Rules for Insurer Trusts
Apr 23 2014 // Collective trusts that insurers are allowed to invest in are confined to those backed by financing assets and non-listed equity assets, according to draft rules posted on the website of China Insurance Regulatory...
A Tough Sell: Insurance Coverage for a China Financial Crisis
Apr 21 2014 // Selling insurance against a financial crisis should not be difficult five years after the last one nearly wrecked the global economy. But when it comes to China, the world’s second-largest economy, the probability of...
South Korea Says 293 Missing After Ferry Sinks En Route to Jeju Island
Apr 16 2014 // South Korea’s government said 293 people remain missing after a ferry carrying hundreds of high school students sank en route to the resort island of Jeju. At least two people, including a student, died in the...
China Relaxation of Insurance M&A Rules Could Invite More Global Firms
Apr 8 2014 // China’s decision to partially relax mergers and acquisition rules in the insurance industry could see global insurance firms expand their footprint in the $288 billion market. Beijing would allow insurers, including...
Ng Joins Miller’s Treaty Reinsurance Team in Hong Kong
Apr 7 2014 // Joe Ng has joined Miller Insurance Services in Hong Kong in a treaty reinsurance business production role. Joe NgMiller Insurance Services Before joining Miller, Joe Ng spent 43 years at China Taiping Group in various...
Alibaba’s Grand Vision for E-Commerce Empire Includes Insurance
Apr 3 2014 // Alibaba, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, changed how China shops. Now the man driving its blockbuster U.S. stock sale wants to transform the rest of the country’s services industry, adding new users to...
Ratings Roundup: Malayan Insurance, China Taiping, Energas
Apr 3 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb+” of the Philippines-based Malayan Insurance Co., Inc. (MICO), both with stable outlooks. The...
Hunt for Missing Flight MH370 ‘Bedeviled by Regional Rivalries’
Mar 31 2014 // The search for flight MH370, the Malaysian jetliner that vanished over the South China Sea on March 8, has involved more than two dozen countries and 60 aircraft and ships but been bedeviled by regional rivalries. While...
Malaysia Jet Search Shifts, as New Lead Shows It Flew Shorter Distance
Mar 28 2014 // The three-week hunt for Malaysian Air Flight 370 focused on a new area in the Indian Ocean today after radar data indicated the plane probably flew a shorter distance than earlier estimated. The new lead was based on...
China Regulators Order Insurers to End Smog Coverage
Mar 27 2014 // Chinese regulators have told the country’s two largest insurers to stop selling coverage against smog, a week after such policies were launched, the China Daily reported on Thursday. The newspaper did not say why the...
Malaysia Jet’s Mystery Disappearance Leaves Liability Riddles
Mar 25 2014 // As the final hours of Malaysian Air Flight MH370 remain wrapped in mystery, the question of who bears full liability for the jet’s disappearance is also unresolved. This much is clear: Families of the 227 passengers...
China’s Ping An Teams up with Travel Site to Sell Smog Insurance
Mar 19 2014 // Ping An Insurance Group Co., China’s second-biggest insurer, is collaborating with Ctrip.com International Ltd. to sell smog insurance to tourists traveling to Beijing and six other Chinese cities. Travelers in...
MAPFRE Details Future Plans – U.S. Expansion, Increased Operating Revenue
Mar 17 2014 // Spanish insurance group MAPFRE’s Chairman and CEO, Antonio Huertas, referred to the strategic objectives for the next three years, as he announced the highlights at its Annual General Meeting. The group forecast...
Investigators Focus on ‘Deliberate Diversion’ of Missing Plane – Sources
Mar 14 2014 // An investigation into the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner is focusing more on a suspicion the flight was deliberately diverted, as evidence suggests it was last headed out over the Andaman Islands, sources...
China’s Ping An Declines after Profit Trails Estimates
Mar 14 2014 // Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s second-biggest insurer, fell to the lowest in more than a month in Hong Kong trading after reporting profit that trailed analysts’ estimates. The shares fell 1.1 percent...
Confusion as Search for Missing Malaysian Jetliner Spreads across SE Asia
Mar 12 2014 // The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expanded on Wednesday to cover a swathe of Southeast Asia, from the South China Sea to India’s territorial waters, with authorities no closer to explaining what...
Best Finds Gulf Growth Outpacing Developed and Other Emerging Markets
Mar 11 2014 // A new report from A.M. Best concludes that “growth rates in the insurance markets of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries remain higher than those of developed markets and have kept pace with those of some key...
UN Says China, U.S. Climate Cooperation Raises Hopes for Global Deal
Mar 6 2014 // Closer cooperation between China and the United States, the top two greenhouse gas emitters, on combating global warming is boosting prospects for a U.N. deal meant to be agreed next year, the U.N.’s climate chief...
