11 04, 2024

Ping An Insurance’s Delayed Trust Repayment Shows Lingering Property Woes

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Ping An Insurance (Group) Co.’s trust business delayed repayment on a property-linked investment product, showing how the financial giant’s asset-management operations are still reeling from China’s prolonged real estate downturn. Ping An Trust apologized on Wednesday to its customers for …

11 04, 2024

EU Parliament Approves Law to Slash Trucks’ Carbon Footprint

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The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to pass a law to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free. The law will enforce a 90% cut …

11 04, 2024

Global Election Super-Cycle Raises Risk of Political Violence, Large Insurance Losses

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Almost half the world’s population will go to the polls before the end of 2024, which raises the threat of political violence and possible large insurance losses, according to Allianz Commercial in a new report. An unprecedented “super-cycle” of elections …

11 04, 2024

Insurers Norfolk & Dedham of Massachusetts and Union Mutual of Vermont to Affiliate

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Massachusetts-based Norfolk & Dedham (N&D) and Union Mutual in Vermont, property/casualty insurers with a combined 350 years in the business in the Northeast, announced they intend to affiliate, subject to regulatory approval. The combined group will write personal and commercial …

11 04, 2024

US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting

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It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and firefighters becoming overwhelmed with recent blazes in Virginia. Just in the first three months of the year, more than 2,669 …

5 04, 2024

Private Credit Is Top Choice for Insurers Managing $13 Trillion

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For the first time, a fixed-income sector — private credit — topped the list of favored assets in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s annual survey of global insurance companies. Of the 359 executives polled, 53% ranked private credit among the top …

11 04, 2024

Vintage Ferrari Owners’ Favorite Mechanic Charged With Theft, Fraud

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Few mechanics post photos of themselves on Venetian canals, brag about buying $30,000 artworks or frequent the George V Hotel in Paris and Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. But this was the life Donnie Callaway portrayed via social media to …

5 04, 2024

Trump’s Bond Firm Must Show Proof of Resources, New York AG Says

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Donald Trump must prove within 10 days that the company providing his $175 million appeal bond in New York’s civil fraud case is financially capable of paying up if his legal challenges fail, the state told a judge. New York …

11 04, 2024

Markets/Coverages: AXA XL’s Bermuda Professional Lines Team Enhances D&O Policy

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AXA XL’s Bermuda Professional Lines Team has launched a new lead difference-in-conditions (DIC) directors and officers liability policy. “AXA XL is one of the largest D&O insurers in the North American market and it was time to update our form …

5 04, 2024

Women Lost C-Suite Seats in Corporate America, S&P Says

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Women’s representation in senior level positions at US companies faces an “alarming turning point,” with steady growth showing signs of fatigue for the first time in two decades, according to a new report. Women accounted for 11.8% of the approximately …