Latest China Headlines

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Beazley Introduces Fraudulent Instruction Insurance

Jun 25 2015 // Beazley has introduced fraudulent instruction insurance, a new coverage to address losses from the transfer of funds as a result of fraudulent instructions from a person purporting to be a vendor, client or authorized...

Advanced Markets Drive 3.7% Global Premium Growth in 2014: Swiss Re

Jun 24 2015 // The global insurance industry gained momentum in 2014, with total direct premiums increasing by 3.7 percent to $4.778 trillion after having stagnated the previous year, according to Swiss Re’s latest...

China’s Fosun International to Acquire Phoenix Holdings From Israel’s Delek

Jun 22 2015 // Delek Group Ltd. agreed to sell its controlling stake in Phoenix Holdings Ltd., Israel’s fourth- largest insurance provider by market value, to China’s Fosun International Ltd.The Netanya, Israel-based holding...

Alibaba-Backed Insurer Raises $934M From Investors Including Morgan Stanley

Jun 19 2015 // Zhong An Online Property & Casualty Insurance Co., a Chinese online insurer part owned by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said it raised 5.8 billion yuan ($934 million) from investors including Morgan Stanley.The...

Smith to Head Ironshore’s New Chinese Investment in U.S. Practice Group

Jun 15 2015 // Ironshore Inc. announced the formation of the Chinese Investment Practice Group, building upon its relationship with Fosun International, to identify Chinese investment opportunities in U.S.-based companies and assets....

Yangtze Ship Disaster Insurance Payout Estimated at $14.9 Million

Jun 11 2015 // China’s insurance regulator estimates the payout in the fatal Yangtze cruise ship capsizing last week, which killed more than 400 people, at around 92.5 million yuan ($14.91 million), the official Xinhua news agency...

Obama Seeks ‘Nimble, Aggressive, Well-Resourced’ Cyber Defense

Jun 9 2015 // President Barack Obama vowed on Monday that the United States would aggressively bolster its cyber defenses, as U.S. officials said the probe into a massive breach of federal government networks has yielded growing signs...

Should U.S. Retaliate for Cyber Attacks?

Jun 9 2015 // The Obama administration should retaliate for a cyber-attack on federal employee records that was the worst breach the U.S. government has ever suffered, members of Congress said on Sunday.“There has to be a price to...

G-7 Pushes for Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by End of This Century

Jun 8 2015 // Some of the world’s richest nations threw their weight behind a plan to stamp out fossil-fuel emissions by the end of the century in an unprecedented show of unity on climate change.The Group of Seven is pushing to...

UPDATE: Owner of Capsized China Ship Told to Dock Second Vessel, Inspect Fleet

Jun 4 2015 // The owner of a ship that capsized on China’s Yangtze River with 456 people aboard has been ordered to suspend operations of a second boat and carry out safety probes on its entire fleet, an official at the Yangtze...

Chinese Insurers Send Claims Teams to Site of Yangtze Ship Disaster

Jun 3 2015 // PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd., the insurer of a ship that capsized in China’s Yangtze River on Monday, and other insurers have sent teams to the site to settle claims in connection with what could be the...

Renewed Safety Concerns as Chinese River Ferry Capsizes with 400 People Aboard

Jun 2 2015 // Rescuers in central China are scrambling to find survivors from a cruise ship carrying more than 400 people that overturned in the Yangtze river Monday night, as confirmation of passenger deaths begin to emerge.Five bodies...

West Virginia Woman Suing Lumber Liquidators Over Chinese-Made Flooring

Jun 2 2015 // A West Virginia woman who purchased flooring from Lumber Liquidators is suing the company, citing reports its Chinese-made laminate flooring contains high levels of the carcinogen formaldehyde.Genevieve Baldwin filed suit...

China Broker Says Clients Can No Longer Borrow to Buy Ping An Shares

Jun 1 2015 // The brokerage unit of Chinese financial firm Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co Ltd will stop lending money to clients to buy shares in Ping An Insurance Group, the latest move in China’s drive to tighten margin financing...

Fosun’s Equity Deals to Intensify as It Seeks to Fund Acquisition Ambitions

May 29 2015 // A $1.2 billion share sale by Fosun International Ltd. this month was likely only the start of a love affair with equity deals, bankers say, as the Chinese conglomerate seeks to cut reliance on debt to fund its huge...

Update: Russell Investment Exits Joint Venture With China’s Ping An

May 19 2015 // Russell Investment Management and China’s Ping An Insurance Group said they have terminated their investment joint venture after four years, the latest sign of friction between foreign fund managers and their Chinese...

China’s Fosun Plans to Raise $1 Billion to Fund Insurance Industry Acquisitions

May 11 2015 // Fosun International Ltd., the Chinese conglomerate that’s been buying insurers and property overseas, plans to raise $1 billion partly to fund acquisitions in the insurance industry.The company will sell the shares...

Chinese Drywall Maker’s 65% Owner Wants Out of Lawsuit

May 8 2015 // The majority owner of a company that made defective Chinese drywall says it should be dropped from a lawsuit with the potential for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, because it does not manage the drywall...

Nepal Quake Biggest April Disaster: Aon Benfield/Impact Forecasting

May 8 2015 // Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting’s monthly catastrophe report for April highlights the catastrophic damage throughout Nepal, India, China, and Bangladesh, caused by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck...

China Taiping Insurance Stock Jumps After Tech Moguls Join $1.7B Share Sale

May 8 2015 // China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. jumped the most in more than six years after people with knowledge of the matter said China’s two richest technology moguls joined its $1.7 billion share sale.Taiping advanced 16...