All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 31 2015 // The vague wording of China’s new counter-terrorism law raises concerns about how telecommunications carriers and network service providers will be expected to implement the regulations in practice, the European...
Dec 24 2015 // China’s stock market posted its biggest one-day fall in two weeks on Thursday, as investor interest in blue chips suddenly cooled after regulators tightened rules for insurers investing in listed firms.The blue-chip...
Dec 22 2015 // Almost 3,000 rescuers have been dispatched to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen to search for any survivors of the landslide on Sunday that’s left dozens missing at a local industrial park.One body was retrieved...
Dec 18 2015 // When an explosion devastated parts of China’s Tianjin port in August, one insurance company turned to Chinese-made drones to help analyze the rubble and estimate the damages.Comparing satellite photographs of the...
Dec 15 2015 // Chinese online property insurer ZhongAn has topped a list of financial technology (fintech) innovation companies, leading a strong showing by Chinese firms this year amid increased funding and interest in the sector...
Dec 14 2015 // The protracted sale process of two of Israel’s largest insurance providers faced further setbacks on Sunday as concern grew over a Chinese probe into Fosun International Holdings Ltd.Fosun’s troubles represent...
Dec 11 2015 // Fosun International said on Friday its Chairman Guo Guangchang, one of China’s best-known entrepreneurs, is assisting authorities with an investigation, after an earlier report said the group lost contact with its...
Dec 11 2015 // Fosun International Ltd. — the firm whose billionaire chairman is reportedly missing — has built an empire sprawling across insurance, real estate and entertainment, with another $2 billion of acquisitions...
Dec 7 2015 // American International Group is seeking to raise about $750 million by selling part of its stake in China’s state-run PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd., according to a term sheet of the deal seen by IFR on...
Dec 2 2015 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that AXIS Syndicate 1686 has recently received approval from Lloyd’s for the establishment of an underwriting division at Lloyd’s Insurance Company (China)...
Dec 1 2015 // Shanghai Asian Insurance Brokers Co. Ltd. (SAIB) has been registered as the first Chinese Lloyd’s registered broker.Based in Shanghai, SAIB specializes in liability insurance, special risk insurance and reinsurance,...
Nov 23 2015 // Next week, in the waning days of what is set to be the hottest year on record, world leaders meet on the outskirts of Paris for a summit that seeks nothing less than to steer the global economy away from its ever-growing...
Nov 23 2015 // ACE Ltd. announced key leaders it intends to appoint for the Asia Pacific region of the new Chubb Group’s Overseas General Insurance division, which includes Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Macao,...
Nov 23 2015 // Ironshore Inc. and Fosun International Ltd. announced that Fosun has completed the acquisition of the remaining 80 percent equity interest in Ironshore.Fosun has received approvals from all relevant regulatory authorities...
Nov 16 2015 // Odyssey, IntegroNew York private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has completed its acquisition of specialty insurance brokerage Integro Ltd. Financial details of the transaction, first announced in August, were not...
Nov 12 2015 // The year is 2026. Flooding, worsened by climate change, has devastated Bangladesh and driven millions of hungry refugees to its border with India. Worried about unrest and disease, India asks other nations for help.The...
Nov 5 2015 // Foreign business lobbies have asked China to substantially revise proposed cyber security regulations for the insurance industry, signaling a dispute that started with the publication of similar bank technology rules...
Nov 4 2015 // About 2,000 farmers, grain handlers and corn exporters have filed lawsuits against Swiss biotechnology company Syngenta now that a federal judge has ruled their cases have merit to move forward.The lawsuits allege...
Nov 4 2015 // Alper Services has formed a new alliance with Jun Zhou Insurance Agency, a Chicago-based agency specializing in risk management and financial services for high net worth Chinese American individuals and middle market...
Oct 30 2015 // Lloyd’s China, Tokio Marine Kiln and People’s Insurance Company of China Property and Casualty Company (PICC P&C) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide intellectual property infringement...