July 22, 2010
Chinatrust Financial Holding Co, Taiwan’s top credit card issuer, is happy to talk to American International Group Inc (AIG) about its Taiwan life insurance unit if the U.S. firm is unable to seal an existing deal to sell the unit. …
July 21, 2010
Bowring Marsh, the Specialist International Placement Broker at Marsh, has expanded its footprint in Asia with the opening in Hong Kong of its ninth office, specializing in property, earthquake, business interruption and casualty risks. The Hong Kong office “provides greater …
July 19, 2010
Bailed-out insurer American International Group named former Prudential plc Chief Executive Mark Tucker as head of its Asia life insurance business, AIA, and said it would seek to list AIA on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The abrupt removal of …
July 19, 2010
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development center, has launched the first fully functional Asian typhoon model to span the continent. “The new model will help insurers analyze the financial implications of typhoons and develop reinsurance programs based on scientific …
July 15, 2010
American International Group named director Robert “Steve” Miller as its new chairman, replacing Harvey Golub, who resigned after clashing with Chief Executive Robert Benmosche over the botched sale of the insurer’s Asian life unit. “Bob Benmosche has informed the board …
July 13, 2010
The board of American International Group is set to meet this week to consider the future of its AIA unit, with a public float seen as the most likely outcome, sources said on Tuesday. An initial public offering of AIA, …
July 8, 2010
The International Monetary Fund upgraded its 2010 global growth forecast on Thursday, citing robust expansion in Asia and renewed U.S. private demand, but warned the euro area’s debt crisis posed a big risk to recovery. The IMF said the euro …
June 23, 2010
The Board of Directors of the International Insurance Society (IIS), at their annual meeting in Madrid, announced the election of Norman R. Sorensen, President – International Asset Management and Accumulation, Principal Financial Group, as the new Chairman. He succeeds Marsh …
June 21, 2010
Bailed out insurer American Insurance Group and China Strategic Holdings Ltd have agreed to extend the deadline for completing AIG’s planned $2.2 billion sale of its Taiwan unit. While the extension could help AIG and its buyers address concerns from …
June 18, 2010
American International Group Inc. promoted Bill Dooley to executive vice president for investments and financial services, with overall responsibility for its asset management group. Dooley will report to Peter Hancock, AIG executive vice president, and continue to have overall responsibility …