January 14, 2016
Ironshore International announced its subsidiary, Pembroke Managing Agency, will establish an office in Shanghai in January 2016 as part of the Lloyd’s China platform. Pembroke Managing Agency will underwrite specialty lines of business, initially focusing on the agriculture, marine and …
January 13, 2016
Few people in the world could probably offer the sort of perspective on China’s developing insurance industry as economist Qixiang Sun. Sun is the dean of the school of economics at Peking University, and director of the China Center for …
January 11, 2016
China’s cabinet is set to take on a bigger role in overseeing financial markets, as perceived missteps by existing regulators fuel concerns globally that Beijing may lose its grip on economic policy with growth at its slowest in a quarter …
January 5, 2016
More than 40 Chinese insurance companies and asset managers have jointly started an investment firm, raising 40 billion yuan ($6 billion) for a first fund to finance energy and infrastructure projects overseas, China’s insurance regulator said. The new firm, China …
December 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 Chamber of Commerce in China said on Tuesday. The law, approved …
December 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 CSI300 index fell 1.0 percent, to 3,829.40, …
December 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 Monday. AIG is …
December 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) Ltd. The underwriting division will focus on treaty reinsurance business on the …
December 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, SAIB said in a statement, noting that it was insurance …
November 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 in the United States, the United Kingdom and other …