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Global Carbon Emissions Hit Record in 2018 on Higher Fossil Fuel Consumption

Mar 27 2019 // Carbon emissions from fossil-fuel use hit a record last year after energy demand grew at its fastest pace in a decade, reflecting higher oil consumption in the U.S. and more coal burning in China and India.Those findings...

In ‘Trump Country’ Farm Belt, Flooding Woes Add to Trade War Stress

Mar 26 2019 // Nebraska grain farmer Ryan Ueberrhein was barely breaking even after the U.S.-China trade war pushed prices for his soybean crop to a decade low. Then the nearby Elkhorn River burst its banks as flooding swept across the...

Massive Explosion at Chinese Pesticide Plant Kills at Least 64

Mar 25 2019 // Rescuers in eastern China pulled a survivor from rubble early on Saturday [March 23], two days after a massive explosion at a pesticide plant killed at least 64 people, flattening nearby buildings and shattering windows...

Emerging Economies to Take Larger Stake in Global Growth in 10 Years

Mar 18 2019 // Emerging markets will remain the growth engine of the global economy and insurance industry during the next decade, reflecting a continuing shift of economic power from west to east, according to Swiss Re Institute’s...

Ping An’s Share Buyback Can’t Recapture Its 2017 Fintech Glory Days: Opinion

Mar 14 2019 // Sometimes, boring can be a good thing.Ping An Insurance (Group) Co.’s buyback looks like an attempt to recapture its 2017 glory days, when a series of exciting fintech initiatives turned the Chinese insurer into a...

Update: Groundings of Boeing 737 MAX 8 Cascade Globally

Mar 13 2019 // Aviation regulators around the globe are grounding Boeing‘s 737 MAX aircraft following Sunday’s deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. Regulators in the United States, where Boeing is based, remained an...

China Re Launches Renewable Energy Consortium for Offshore Wind Farms in China

Mar 11 2019 // China Re Corp. announced the launch of a renewable energy consortium at Lloyd’s, focused on project specific reinsurance for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms in mainland China.China Re’s...

Shares of China’s Largest Property Insurer PICC Begin Their Expected Steep Descent

Mar 11 2019 // Shares in China’s largest property insurer have started their descent back to Earth and according to analysts, it could be a prolonged and rocky journey.People’s Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd.’s...

Update: Ethiopia Airlines Crash Prompts Some Nations to Ground Boeing 737 MAX 8s

Mar 11 2019 // China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday as witnesses recalled the terrifying spectacle of smoke and debris trailing from an Ethiopian Airlines plane before it crashed...

Emerging Markets to Drive Global Insurance Growth over Next Decade: Swiss Re’s Sigma

Mar 8 2019 // Emerging markets will remain the growth engine of the global economy and insurance industry over the next decade, reflecting a continuing shift of economic power from west to east, according to Swiss Re Institute’s...

Chubb Increases Stake in China’s Huatai Insurance Group to 26.2%

Mar 5 2019 // Chubb Ltd. announced it has received Chinese regulatory approval to increase the company’s ownership in Huatai Insurance Group Co. Ltd. to 26.2 percent from 20 percent, effective Feb. 27, 2019.Financial terms of the...

China Seeks to Reach Deal with U.S. to Open Financial Sector, Despite Difficult Talks

Mar 5 2019 // China can “absolutely” reach an agreement with the United States on opening up its financial sector, China’s top banking regulator said on Tuesday, even as the country’s commerce minister admitted...

AIG Sells Entire Stake in China’s PICC Group at a Discount

Feb 28 2019 // American International Group Inc. bought into the People’s Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd. as a cornerstone investor in its initial public offering more than six years ago.Since that time — early December...

China’s Biggest Oil & Gas Producer Halts Fracking After Series of Quakes

Feb 27 2019 // The backlash against shale drilling in earthquake-prone regions — a thorn in the side of U.S. energy companies for the past decade — reached China this week after a series of temblors killed two people and...

Ping An Insurance Readies $8 Billion IPO of Fintech OneConnect

Feb 25 2019 // Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s largest insurer by market value, is gearing up for an initial public offering of its OneConnect unit that could value the financial management portal at about $8 billion,...

China Regulator Tells Banks, Insurers to Do More for Private Firms

Feb 25 2019 // China’s banking and insurance regulator said on Monday it had told all of the country’s banks to sharply increase lending to private companies, as policymakers step up support for the slowing economy.Big...

Millions in China Penalized Under Communist’s ‘Social Credit’ System

Feb 25 2019 // Skipped paying a fine in China? Then forget about buying an airline ticket.Would-be air travelers were blocked from buying tickets 17.5 million times last year for “social credit” offenses including unpaid...

U.S. Working with Mexico, Canada to Block African Swine Fever

Feb 22 2019 // The United States, Canada and Mexico are coordinating efforts to prevent the arrival of a highly contagious swine disease that has swept through China’s hog herd and parts of Europe, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny...

China Regulator to Retain Control of Anbang Insurance Group Until Next Year

Feb 22 2019 // China’s banking and insurance regulator said on Friday it will extend its control of Anbang Insurance Group Co. Ltd. for one year to Feb. 22, 2020.The regulator will maintain the stable operation of Anbang and...

China Abandons Pledge, Returns to Very Active Hacking of U.S., Report Says

Feb 19 2019 // China largely abandoned a hacking truce negotiated by Barack Obama as President Donald Trump embarked on a trade war with Beijing last year, according to the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike Inc.A slowdown in Chinese hacking...