Why Are Amazon Fires Potentially Sparking Global Climate Crisis? August 26, 2019 By Jake Spring A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rainforest’s importance to the global...
Update: Tropical Storm Dorian Strengthens as It Heads Toward Barbados August 26, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Storm Dorian is gaining strength as it approaches the Lesser Antilles and is forecast to skirt Puerto Rico as...
China Pacific Insurance Joins Industry Blockchain Initiative, B3i August 26, 2019 China Pacific Insurance Group (CPIC) has become the latest investor in B3i, the insurance and reinsurance industry’s blockchain initiative. CPIC’s...
Prospect of Brexit Deal Is ‘Touch and Go,’ Acknowledges PM Johnson August 26, 2019 By Danica Kirka U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Sunday that the prospect of a Brexit deal was “touch and go,” as other...
Hong Kong Protests Escalate as Police Fire Weapon, Use Water Cannons August 26, 2019 By Natalie Lung, Aaron Mc Nicholas, Annie Lee and Kari Lindberg Tensions flared in Hong Kong on a weekend that began with the formation of a peaceful human chain across the...
Canada Broker Westland Insurance Buys First West Insurance Services August 26, 2019 Canadian broker Westland Insurance Group Ltd. announced the acquisition of First West Insurance Services, a subsidiary of First West Credit...
Japan’s Tepco to Propose Decommissioning 5 Nuclear Reactors: Media August 23, 2019 Tokyo Electric Power will submit to a municipal official on Monday a plan regarding the decommissioning of five reactors at...
New Business Up 20% at Insurer AIA on Hong Kong, China Sales August 23, 2019 Asia-focussed insurer AIA Group Ltd on Friday posted a 20% rise in new business for the first half of the...
Following Deadly Blast, Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Reactor August 23, 2019 By Olga Tanas Russia’s Rosatom shipped its first floating nuclear-power reactor on Friday, setting the unit off on a barge journey among Arctic...
Allianz to Buy SulAmérica’s Auto, Other P/C Insurance Operations August 23, 2019 Allianz has agreed to acquire automobile and other property/casualty insurance operations from Brazil’s SulAmérica for BRL 3 billion (667 million...