All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 1 2008 // CNinsure Inc., a leading independent insurance agency and brokerage company operating in China, is acquiring majority interests in Changsha Lianyi Insurance Agency Co., Ltd. (Lianyi) and Jiangmen Fanhua Zhicheng Insurance...
Jan 31 2008 // China’s financial capital saw fresh snowfall Wednesday as the impact of unusually wintry weather deepened, highlighting the vulnerabilities of the country’s booming economy.Heavy snows in recent days have...
Jan 28 2008 // EADS, the European consortium that designs and builds the Airbus coimmercial aircraft, has selected Willis Group Holdings as the insurance broker for a new Airbus A320 final assembly line in Tianjin, China – the...
Jan 24 2008 // Marsh’s London office reports that the insurance broker has launched a London-based division of its China Global Client Services practice.The new division, headed by Robert Wendin, will provide “comprehensive...
Jan 23 2008 // A major Chinese insurer has announced plans to raise up to $22 billion (euro15.0 billion) for acquisitions at a time when U.S. and European banks, battered by mortgage losses, want infusions of Asian capital to replenish...
Jan 23 2008 // New Zealand Trade Minister Phil Goff said this week he’s hopeful China and New Zealand have completed formal talks to finalize a free trade agreement between the two states — the first such deal by China with an...
Jan 16 2008 // Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has opened a representative office in Beijing, China following the receipt of approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). The regulator gave its go...
Jan 10 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned indicative ratings of “bbb” on senior debt, “bbb-” on subordinated debt and “bb+” on preferred stock to Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings,...
Jan 9 2008 // CNinsure Inc., an independent Chinese insurance agency and brokerage company, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire a 60 percent stake in Hubei East Century Insurance Agency Co., Ltd. The transaction...
Jan 4 2008 // CNinsure Inc., an independent Chinese insurance agency and broker, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with three entrepreneurs to jointly establish Zhejiang Fanhua Tongchuang Insurance Agency Co., Ltd. The...
Dec 31 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Dec 23 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Dec 21 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its ratings outlook on the counterparty and insurer financial strength ratings on Insurance Australia’s group of companies to negative from stable. S&P...
Dec 14 2007 // Willis Group Holdings will expand its global graduate program in 2008, following the program’s “huge success” in China. The number of places available to students has risen from 14 in 2007 to 20 in 2008,...
Dec 11 2007 // Nobel Laureate Al Gore accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Monday night Dec. 10 with a direct appeal to the U.S. and China to take action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, notably CO2.R. K. Pachauri, the Chairman...
Dec 7 2007 // Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said that U.S. worries about Chinese product safety will be a major topic at high-level economic talks with China next week.The so-called Strategic Economic Dialogue comes as the United...
Dec 6 2007 // CNinsure Inc., an independent insurance agency and brokerage company operating in China, has announced the signing of definitive agreements to acquire a 60 percent stake in Guangdong Fangzhong Insurance Surveyors &...
Dec 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” of China Insurance (NZ) Company Limited of New Zealand with a stable outlook. The ratings...
Nov 30 2007 // Fortis, the Belgian/Dutch banking and insurance group, and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. jointly announced that Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd.,a subsidiary of Ping An Group, had acquired...
Nov 13 2007 // Lloyd’s has released a research report on China’s rapidly developing insurance market, which it said “explores the key trends in the Chinese non-life insurance market and the opportunities they present...