All the headlines from our Asia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2006 // Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., subsidiaries of Japan’s largest insurer (by net premiums written), Millea Holdings, Inc., announced that they have reached an agreement with shareholders holding...
Apr 18 2006 // French reinsurer SCOR Group reported premium gains in its Asia-Pacific zone following treaty renewals at the beginning of April. Written premiums In Japan exceeded 7 billion yen ($59.3 million) up 6 percent compared to...
Apr 7 2006 // Liberty International Underwriters, a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has opened a North Asia Regional Office in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.“The explosive growth of specialty insurance in Asia is underscored by...
Mar 30 2006 // A global survey study conducted by Marsh Mac’s Mercer Human Resource Consulting has determined that while “evidence of the global spread of avian flu increases, there is a striking gap between companies’...
Mar 7 2006 // London Asia Capital PLC, a U.K.-based investment and merchant banking group focusing on “Greater China,” announced creation of London Asia Capital Mongolia Ltd., a 60/40 joint venture with Capitron Bank of...
Nov 18 2005 // The insurance division of the Omni Whittington Group is to demerge and will benefit from a major injection of expansion capital. A new holding company, Whittington Group Pte Limited, will be domiciled in Singapore with net...
Nov 2 2005 // BearingPoint Inc., a global management and technology consulting firm, announced the results of a global research study showing that insurance companies that implement key automation technology can reduce costs by as much...
Oct 13 2005 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) is donating $1 million to support relief efforts in the areas affected by the Oct. 8 earthquake in South Asia. In addition, AIG is encouraging its employees to help the earthquake...
Oct 9 2005 // Authorities report that the death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Northwestern Pakistan, India and parts of Afghanistan on Saturday, Oct. 8, has risen to more than 20,000, with many people unaccounted for as...
Sep 16 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced from its Hong Kong office that it has revised its outlook on Asia Insurance Co. Ltd. to stable from negative, and affirmed has its “A-” corporate credit...
Jul 26 2005 // The 22nd Pacific Insurance Conference will be held at the Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan on October 23 – 26, 2005. The 2005 conference features industry leaders making presentations, moderating panel discussions, and...
Jul 20 2005 // Now that immediate efforts to assist tsunami victims with housing and food relief are well underway, the AIG Disaster Relief Fund and CHF International are joining together to begin the next critical phase of long-term...
Jun 24 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) of Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited with a stable outlook.“The rating reflects Mitsui...
Jun 6 2005 // Early in the morning on Dec. 26, 2004, opposing subterranean tectonic plates deep beneath the Indian Ocean floor shifted in violent unison along a line about 300 miles long.The energy released was on par with a 50-kiloton...
May 27 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) of Hong Kong-based HSBC Insurance (Asia) Limited with a stable outlook.“The rating reflects HSBC...
Apr 13 2005 // France’s SCOR Group reported that treaty renewals in the Asian market, concluded on April 1, showed good gains. “Non-Life treaties in Japan and Korea (72% of the 2004 Asia-Pacific zone Property & Casualty...
Apr 13 2005 // China’s PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd., the country’s largest P/C insurer, is poised to enter the rapidly expanding Chinese life insurance market with the announcement that it is forming a joint venture...
Mar 21 2005 // Early in the morning hours on Dec. 26, 2004, opposing subterranean tectonic plates deep beneath the Indian Ocean floor shifted in violent unison along a line about 300 miles long. The energy released was on par with a...
Mar 7 2005 // Early in the morning on Dec. 26, 2004, opposing subterranean tectonic plates deep beneath the Indian Ocean floor shifted in violent unison along a line about 300 miles long.The energy released was on par with a 50-kiloton...
Feb 7 2005 // The Southeast Asia tsunami disaster has affected the lives and hearts of people throughout the world. What can only be described as one the worst natural disasters in history has led to an estimated death toll of 226,000,...