French Regulator Urges Insurers, Banks to Speed Climate Change Response May 5, 2021 By Huw Jones French banks and insurers should speed up their response to climate change, France’s banking regulator said on Tuesday, after publishing...
Commercial Insurance Price Hikes Begin to Moderate: Marsh May 5, 2021 Global commercial insurance pricing continued its double-digit growth in the 2021 first quarter, but the rate of increase dipped for...
Beat Capital Launches Tegron Specialty for D&O; Names Navigators’ Shore CEO May 4, 2021 LONDON – Beat Capital Partners Ltd. and industry veteran Paul Shore have opened a new underwriting vehicle Tegron Specialty that...
Nurse Shortage Is Latest Obstacle for Tokyo Olympic Games May 4, 2021 By Stephen Wade and Yuri Kageyama TOKYO – Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them...
India’s Choice Group Launches Digital Insurance Marketplace ISMOS May 4, 2021 India’s Choice Group has launched an insurance aggregator platform called ISMOS that will offer life, health and general insurance. Suyash...
European Commission Delays Aon-Willis Decision Until August May 4, 2021 The European Commission competition panel has moved its decision date for the Aon-Willis Towers Watson merger by five business days...
Swiss Economy in Position to Bounce Back Strongly: KOF Institute May 4, 2021 By John Revill ZURICH – The Swiss economy will bounce back strongly from its pandemic slowdown, the KOF institute said on Friday, as...
S&P Forecasts Global Islamic Financial Industry Growth May 4, 2021 By Davide Barbuscia The $2.2 trillion global Islamic finance industry is expected to grow 10%-12% over 2021-2022 due to increased Islamic bond issuance...
Chinese Insurtech Waterdrop Seeks $360M in New York IPO May 3, 2021 By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG — Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc. aims to raise up to $360 million in an initial...
Fidelity Slashes Valuation of Restructured Ant Group of China May 3, 2021 By Aaron Saldanha U.S. asset manager Fidelity Investments has cut its valuation of Chinese financial technology giant Ant Group in half in its...