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Beijing's investment clampdown clouds outlook for Hong Kong banks and insurers
China's crackdown on cross-border investments is set to weigh on the lucrative businesses of banks, insurers and wealth managers in Hong Kong that tap into the riches of mainland clients and undermine the city's standing as an offshore…
Prove The Algorithm Isn't A Proxy For Race: Colorado's Test For Life Insurers
Colorado now makes life insurers prove their algorithms don't penalize people by race. Here's how the first-of-its-kind test works and why every carrier cares. Picture a regulator who tells an industry, in so many words: prove to me your machines…
Who pays when rockets explode? China rushes to insure SpaceX's rivals
This is part of a series on the global impact of SpaceX's historic IPO, tracing how mainland Chinese investors' strategies, the Hong Kong market and wider capital flows are being reshaped by Elon Musk's trillion-dollar rocket gamble. In 2016, a…
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Verve Media bags Shriram General Insurance's video strategy mandate
Verve Media has won the video strategy and content creation mandate for Shriram General Insurance. Under the mandate, the digital marketing agency will manage the insurer's Instagram video strategy and content creation, focusing on brand awareness…
These stocks pay attractive dividends and offer 'turmoil insurance
Investors looking for stability during volatile periods often turn to dividend stocks — including real estate investment trusts. On Wednesday, stocks moved lower after President Donald Trump said the United States will attack Iran ' very…
Global insurers call for cross-border cooperation to tackle evolving risks, widening protection gaps
Artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous technologies are rewriting the rules of risk, while more frequent climate-related disasters and geopolitical tensions are making that risk harder to predict and quantify. Those shifts have left insurers…
Global insurance leaders convene in Seoul as AI, emerging technologies reshape risk
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes industries and geopolitical tensions add new layers of uncertainty, more than 1,300 global insurance leaders and risk specialists have gathered in Seoul this week to debate how the industry should adapt and…
The Threat of Big Insurance
Earlier this month, the California-based organization Consumer Watchdog uncovered an incredible scandal involving rideshare company Uber, which we covered on the most recent episode of my podcast Organized Money. The company pleaded to the…
BMA adds three new insurers in May
59b28424-f54c-4503-94dc-8593bc5a9ac4 Created: Jun 10, 2026 06:54 PM (Updated: Jun 10, 2026 06:54 PM) Bermuda's insurance sector added three new insurers in May, including Sompo Life Re Ltd and a new Prudential-affiliated Class E reinsurer, bringing…
Insurance entrepreneur Bill Berkley dies
(Reuters) – W.R. Berkley said on Tuesday that its founder and executive chairman William R. Berkley has died at the age of 80, marking the end of a long tenure that saw him transform the commercial insurer into a Fortune 500 powerhouse. The…
Donegal Group: A Cheap Insurance Turnaround, But Q1 Shows The Recovery Is Still Fragile
Donegal Group is focused on technical profitability, shifting away from personal lines to commercial, but Q1 results reveal unstable profitability. DGICA's combined ratio worsened to 99.8% in Q1 2026, with net income dropping 54.3%, signaling…
First on Fox: Trump admin opens new front in fraud crackdown targeting health insurers, drug middlemen
FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is lifting the hood on federal health benefits programs that cover millions of Americans, ordering insurance carriers to tighten fraud controls as part of a broader crackdown on waste and abuse, Fox News…
Hyperscale data centers test insurance market capacity: S&P
Securing full insurance coverage for hyperscale data center campuses may become increasingly difficult as construction-phase insured values reach the $20 billion to $50 billion range – far above traditional market capacity for a single…
B.C. woman says ICBC's no-fault insurance robbed her of justice for her mom
A woman who lost her mother to a Surrey motor vehicle incident says ICBC's no-fault insurance has left her without justice. “My mom was a very lively person. She was the best mom. She was … full of energy,” Jenny Choi told…
Overwhelming support for Care-First auto insurance reforms
Albertans cite lower prices as most-important feature in new survey EDMONTON, AB, June 10, 2026 /CNW/ - Two-thirds of Albertans support the government's new Care-First auto insurance reforms, with the majority citing lower prices as the most…
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