All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 20 2013 // The world is getting further off track in limiting global warming with setbacks in Japan and Australia outweighing positive signals from the United States and China, a study showed on Wednesday.A Climate Action Tracker...
Nov 18 2013 // The typhoon that killed thousands of people in the Philippines has energized debate about whether rich nations should compensate poor ones for climate-related losses, a proposal the U.S. and European Union are...
Nov 15 2013 // China is considering a rule change that would allow the sale of some cosmetics without requiring them to be tested on animals, opening up a potential route into the Chinese market for international firms opposed to the...
Nov 15 2013 // Europe’s abdication from climate leadership would stunt growth in the region and hand a huge economic advantage to China and the United States as they carve out their share of a multi-billion low-carbon market, a...
Nov 13 2013 // Insured losses from weather-related events in Eastern Asia amount to only about 10 percent of the $700 billion in total losses accumulated over the last three decades, according to an analysis by Munich Re.According to the...
Nov 11 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, in the three days since Super Typhoon Haiyan roared through the central Philippines, the scale of the devastation revealed in its wake continues to escalate.Preliminary...
Nov 8 2013 // The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land, battered the central Philippines on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground, cutting power lines and blowing...
Nov 4 2013 // It’s time for the insurance industry to be “bold” and “sexy” in creating new insurance products and services to help the world deal with extreme risks that are becoming more common, according...
Nov 1 2013 // Total greenhouse gas emissions by China and other emerging nations since 1850 will surpass those of rich nations this decade, complicating U.N. talks about who is most to blame for global warming, a study showed on...
Oct 25 2013 // Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, said China will remain its biggest growth market in Asia as it considers countries such as India too unpredictable to step up investment.“Our biggest customers in China...
Oct 21 2013 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer asked a federal appeals court on Oct. 9 to overturn a judge’s ruling that U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that its defective product wrecked thousands of homes.A three-judge...
Oct 16 2013 // The new shipping route opened up through the Arctic by climate change will not be crowded any time soon.Cargoes of coal, diesel and gas have made the trip but high insurance costs, slow going and strict environmental rules...
Oct 11 2013 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer asked a federal appeals court on Oct. 9 to overturn a judge’s ruling that U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that its defective product wrecked thousands of homes.A three-judge...
Oct 11 2013 // China’s central bank will allow foreign businesses to invest in domestic financial firms using offshore yuan funding, it said on Thursday, as part of efforts to broaden the usage of the currency in cross-border...
Oct 11 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a” of China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation and its subsidiaries, China Property &...
Oct 9 2013 // Seven Virginia families fighting for compensation over Chinese drywall that wrecked their homes have their eyes on Louisiana this week, where a federal appeals court will hear arguments over whether the manufacturer of the...
Oct 9 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has released its latest monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report for September, which tallied the economic costs for the month at...
Oct 8 2013 // Cooper Gay Asia Pte Ltd, the Asian arm of the global reinsurance and wholesale broker Cooper Gay Swett and Crawford (CGSC), announced the appointment of Julian Yu as Deputy Head of Treaty, Hong Kong, effective October...
Oct 7 2013 // The new Shanghai free trade zone should benefit property/casualty insurers, particularly those in marine/cargo and liability insurance, according to Moody’s Credit Outlook.On Sept. 29, the date that Shanghai’s...
Oct 7 2013 // Hundreds of thousands of people in southeast China were evacuated and fishing vessels called back to shore on Sunday because of an approaching typhoon, authorities said.Typhoon Fitow was expected to make landfall early...