September 27, 2021
China Evergrande Group has missed a dollar bond interest payment deadline, moving closer to a potential default and fueling worries about a collapse that could send shockwaves through China’s economy and beyond. WHAT IS EVERGRANDE? Chairman Hui Ka Yan founded …
September 27, 2021
Debt-laden China Evergrande Group may have another asset to sell in its scramble to raise cash: its fast-growing life insurance business. That’s according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Steven Lam, who says the developer’s 50% stake in Evergrande Life Assurance Co. …
September 24, 2021
SHANGHAI/BEIJING – As fears of contagion from any default by China Evergrande Group mounted this month, some Chinese banks, insurers, and shadow banks stopped offering new credit to property developers, and ran urgent checks on their exposure to the troubled …
August 13, 2021
China’s banking and insurance watchdog is stepping up scrutiny of the nation’s insurance technology platforms, widening a regulatory dragnet that has roiled global investors. The regulator ordered companies and local agencies to curb improper marketing and pricing practices, and step …
August 12, 2021
BEIJING – Devastating summer floods in the populous province of Henan in central China are a wake-up call for local authorities to seek better insurance cover against natural disasters, potentially opening up a huge market for insurers in the country. …
August 11, 2021
Few paid much attention when she first turned up at the center of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s packed cafeteria on Friday, a stack of leaflets in one hand and a megaphone in the other. It had been more than a …
July 29, 2021
BEIJING – China’s banking and insurance regulator said on Thursday that it will guide insurers to increase investment in natural disaster insurance and enrich product offerings. It also plans to raise public awareness of risks, to let natural disaster insurance …
March 12, 2021
BEIJING – China’s Ant Group flagged a set of financial self-discipline rules on Friday amid intense scrutiny on its activities by authorities and the country’s overall tightening of financial technology regulations. The rules, the first of their kind released publicly …
January 29, 2021
China’s banking and insurance regulator issued draft rules on Friday in which emphasized stronger Communist Party leadership in both state-owned and private banks and insurers to contain corporate governance risks. The draft rules urged state-owned banking and insurance institutions to …
January 14, 2021
Willis Towers Watson, the global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced the addition of Shanghai to its global property and casualty hub, aimed at enhancing the company’s global placement model for clients. The Global Markets P&C Hub further strengthens the …