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...
Early Claims and Crash Tests Suggest Risks of Luxury, SUV Electric Vehicles August 23, 2019 By Michael Shields Electric luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) may be 40% more likely to cause accidents than their standard engine...
Among Bad Driving Behaviors, Speeding Is Strongest Predictor of Crashes August 22, 2019 Speeding is the riskiest kind of aggressive driving, according to an analysis of data from on-board telematics devices in vehicles....
Airbus A380s to Undergo Safety Checks After Air France Crash Probe Finds Part August 22, 2019 By Tim Hepher Investigators probing an engine explosion on an Air France A380 in 2017 are studying a possible manufacturing flaw in a...
China Expands List of Drugs Covered by Basic Medical Insurance August 22, 2019 China on Tuesday added 148 drugs to its list of medicines covered by basic medical insurance schemes, part of a...