October 21, 2019
Hong Kong’s businesses will likely foot the bill for vandalism inflicted over the past four months during the territory’s most violent protests in living memory as few of them bought insurance coverage for riot damage, industry insiders said. Businesses big …
October 17, 2019
Some Britons living in the Europe Union are worried about losing access to free healthcare after Brexit, opening up a potentially lucrative new market for European health insurers. “I am indebted to France for my life,” said Beryl Roberts from …
October 15, 2019
French insurer AXA is considering selling its Central European business as part of a restructuring to quit markets where it lacks scale, three sources familiar with the situation said. AXA is undergoing a deep restructuring to help it cope with …
October 15, 2019
From the pinnacle of the City of London’s largest skyscraper, Stuart Lipton is wagering a $1.2 billion bet that the British capital remains a master of the international financial universe no matter what happens with Brexit. The 76-year-old property developer …
September 25, 2019
Insurers are partnering with the United Nations and other public groups to help the poorest countries bounce back from natural disasters that may become a more regular occurrence. As part of the program, as much as $5 billion in insurance …
September 20, 2019
AXA Liabilities Managers announced it has completed the acquisition of the non-life legacy portfolio of Munich Re Malaysia (a branch of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Munich). The portfolio transfer will become effective on October 1, 2019. Financial details of the …
September 6, 2019
French insurer AXA SA and Affin Bank Bhd. are exploring options including a potential sale of their life and general insurance business in Malaysia that could fetch about $650 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Kuala Lumpur-based …
August 23, 2019
Electric luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) may be 40% more likely to cause accidents than their standard engine counterparts, possibly because drivers are still getting used to their quick acceleration, French insurer AXA said. The numbers, based on …
August 8, 2019
A coalition of 32 environmental and indigenous groups on Thursday urged insurers to stop underwriting the Trans Mountain pipeline to pressure Canada to cancel its plan to expand the project, which carries crude from Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia’s …
August 2, 2019
Hundreds of French farmers who signed up for specialist policies aimed at insuring against freak weather are getting swift payouts which could help them recover from heatwaves and prolonged droughts that hit parts of the country. The payments underline how …