All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 24 2006 // The Doha Round at the World Trade Organization has been a serious failure for the insurance sector, despite strong efforts by many parties. Instead of increasing the consensus for free trade, the Round has served to divide...
Jul 24 2006 // The Doha Round at the World Trade Organization has been a serious failure for the insurance sector, despite strong efforts by many parties. Instead of increasing the consensus for free trade, the Round has served to divide...
Jul 24 2006 // China’s premier has urged local officials to redouble efforts in caring for victims of Tropical Storm Bilis, state media reported Sunday, underscoring concerns about lapses in responding to the storm that killed more...
Jul 19 2006 // Willis Group Holdings will be strengthening its position in China by opening an office in Macau, dubbed the next “Las Vegas.” The new operation will cater to the region’s booming leisure and entertainment...
Jul 7 2006 // Lloyd’s new 360 Risk Project is dedicated to examining issues that affect the insurance industry, and its first conference took on today’s most far-reaching and important issue – the debate over climate...
Jul 6 2006 // Insurance Australia Group Limited announced that negotiations for the acquisition of a 24.9 percent stake in China Pacific Property Insurance Co., Ltd. (CPPI) have “progressed to the stage that draft transaction...
Jun 5 2006 // General Motors, ShanghaiGeneral Motors Corp. received approval to open an office in Shanghai as a step toward beginning insurance operations in China. Detroit-based GM said that Motors Insurance Corp., part of the...
May 29 2006 // American International Assurance Company, Limited (AIA), a subsidiary of American International Group, has received approvals from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to conduct group insurance business...
May 22 2006 // Swiss Re announced that it has officially opened the “Swiss Insurance Training Centre (HK) [SITC-HK], to mark the company’s 50th year in Asia-Pacific.” Swiss Re said the new facility will provide...
May 22 2006 // Zurich Financial Services Group announced that it has been granted a business license to establish a general insurance branch in Beijing. Both the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) and the State Administration...
May 18 2006 // Typhoon Chanchu came ashore on the Southern coast of the Chinese mainland early this morning, May 18, local time. The powerful storm, packing winds in excess of 100 mph (168 kph), has reportedly caused 11 deaths and...
May 18 2006 // General Motors Corp. announced this week that it has received Chinese approval to open an office in Shanghai as a step toward beginning insurance operations in China.Detroit-based GM said that Motors Insurance Corp., part...
May 17 2006 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide Corporation announced that China’s PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited has licensed CLASIC/2™ and CATRADER®, AIR’s catastrophe risk management systems, to manage the...
May 16 2006 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has formed a partnership with the China Earthquake Administration scientific and engineering arm, the Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM).“This partnership...
Apr 26 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva Plc announced that it has received regulatory approval for its joint-venture company, Aviva-COFCO, to open a branch office in the city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong province on China’s East...
Apr 25 2006 // Lloyd’s has announced that Ian Faragher has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of its new Chinese onshore reinsurance operation in Shanghai, Lloyd’s Reinsurance Company (China) Ltd., effective May...
Apr 17 2006 // The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) said it will begin thorough investigations into the country’s insurance companies this month to promote the healthy growth of the fledgling insurance market.The...
Apr 17 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A-” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to China-based Sompo Japan Insurance (China) Co. Ltd.,...
Apr 14 2006 // China’s central bank announced on Thursday the relaxation of controls on foreign exchange accounts, simplifying approval procedures for foreign exchange payments in the service trade, and procedures for individuals...
Mar 14 2006 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it has signed an agreement with China Development Bank (CDB), “an important economic growth engine in China,” to become its global risk management and insurance...