Specialist Insurer Beazley Takes 30% Stake in Hong Kong Coverholder Pegasus October 24, 2019 Beazley, the London-based specialist insurer, is making a strategic investment in Hong Kong-based coverholder, Pegasus Underwriting Ltd. The investment will...
China’s Ping An Insurance to Spend $22B on Tech, From AI to Blockchain October 24, 2019 By Bloomberg News Ping An Insurance wants to be valued more like a technology company. Its executives have yet to convince investors their...
Swiss Re-Backed Insurer FWD Eyes China Expansion Ahead of Potential IPO July 31, 2019 By Sumeet Chatterjee Fast-growing insurer FWD is seeking to launch operations in China ahead of any public offering and plans to bolster its...
China Opens Financial Sector to Increased Foreign Investment July 22, 2019 By Bloomberg News China opened up its financial sector to more foreign investment as the government said it will take targeted measures to...
Bulgaria Fights Spread of African Swine Fever July 18, 2019 Bulgaria has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of deadly African swine fever and protect the country’s 600-million lev...
China’s Pig Farms Tighten Biosecurity to Beat African Swine Fever July 16, 2019 By Dominique Patton A devastating outbreak of African swine fever that has killed millions of pigs in China is changing attitudes in a...
China’s Swine Fever Losses May Be Twice as High as Officially Reported July 1, 2019 By Dominique Patton and Hallie Gu As many as half of China’s breeding pigs have either died from African swine fever or been slaughtered because of...
China Creates Insurance Group to Take Over Troubled Insurer Anbang June 28, 2019 By Bloomberg News China has created the new insurance group set to take over the main operations of Anbang Insurance Group Co., the...
Vietnam Culls More Than 2.5M Pigs to Contain Deadly African Swine Fever: Officials June 19, 2019 Vietnam has culled more than 2.5 million pigs to contain the spread of an African swine fever outbreak that is...
China ‘Should Focus’ on Financial Market Reforms, Rather Than Punishing U.S. Firms June 14, 2019 China should focus on market reforms and avoid restricting access for U.S. financial firms if the trade war escalates and...