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- May 21 2024
New Zealand to expand scope of fire insurance levies to aviation, forestry from 2026
Fire and Emergency New Zealand will also increase transitional levies on fire insurance by 12.8% from July 1 this year.
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- May 21 2024
ICA sets up counter fraud and scam function, appoints Andrew Gill as CEO
The function will provide an industry-wide capability focused on detecting organised fraud networks and identifying emerging fraud-related trends or criminal scams.
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- May 21 2024
Australian MGA Market Lane Insurance hires Clint Jeuring as western regional manager
Prior to this move, Jeuring was executive account director at local brokerage firm EBM Insurance & Risk.
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- May 21 2024
Munich Re Singapore expands property team with Chubb hire
Adi Salleh, who joins as senior underwriter, has over 13 years of experience and worked across Malaysia, Korea, and Singapore.
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- May 21 2024
Japanese big 3 results bolstered by overseas business, weak yen
The Japanese insurers' international subsidiaries reported strong performance in 2023 due to steady rate increases, while domestic premium growth remained muted despite fire and motor premium hikes.
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- May 21 2024
Pacific Cat Risk Insurance, WTW tie up to offer subsea cable parametric cover
The policy will cover the state-owned telecom firm’s submarine fibre optic cable network in earthquake-prone Papua New Guinea.
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- May 21 2024
Gallagher adds Dean Mahoney as senior account executive with acquisition of niche Perth broker
Mahoney-founded PSC McKenna Hampton South Perth in Western Australia has merged with the global broker effective May 2024.
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- May 20 2024
MS Reinsurance swings to US$366m profit in 2023
The firm’s combined ratio improved to 90.5% from 98% in 2022, GWP for the period topped US$3bn.
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- May 20 2024
Chinese regulator fines Ping An P&C for internal control failures, fund misuse
The fines were imposed on the company as well as 12 "responsible" employees over a range of violations including internal failures and inappropriate or illegal fund allocations, according to the regulator.
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- May 20 2024
Aon hires enterprise client leaders for Japan and Greater China
Okuyama and Li will focus on building relationships and expanding client portfolios for the global broker in the region.
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- May 20 2024
Opinion: Will Lloyd’s move really bring about the end of the cyber wordings war?
In a bid to calm frayed nerves, Lloyd's introduced phase out dates for non-compliant covers and target dates for what the market considers to be acceptable cover for policies affirming war-related coverage.
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- May 20 2024
Fairfax-backed Go Digit’s US$314m India IPO fully subscribed
The IPO was 9.6 times subscribed at the close of bookbuilding and is slated for trading on May 23.
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- May 17 2024
Axa XL elevates Robert Riha to chief client and distribution officer for APAC and Europe
Riha will relocate from Singapore to Dublin and lead the company’s broker engagement and marketing activities.
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- May 17 2024
Contentious losses: Evidence-led forensic investigations stand the test of time
Even minor cracks in evidence capture will become exposed when it comes to recovery and repudiation. Forensic investigations form part and parcel of many insurance claims in the Asia-Pac region. Whether a loss is complex, costly, or if there are expected to be questions down the line around causation and liability, insurers and their loss […]
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- May 17 2024
Gallagher Insurance New Zealand promotes Sharon Eloff to senior claims manager
Eloff joined the broker in September 2021 as a claims manager following an over six-year stint at IAG.
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- May 17 2024
New South Wales April storms insured claims at US$117m: ICA
Three extreme cat events since Christmas have caused US$1bn in insured damages across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
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- May 17 2024
Starr Insurance launches in Korea with Paul Choi in charge
Choi was formerly Aon Korea's chief broking officer and has been named CEO of the insurer's new branch in Seoul.
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- May 17 2024
Allianz Partners charts APAC expansion with India reinsurance, retail lines in focus
The embedded assistance and specialty retail insurance business is betting on expanding travel, mobility and reinsurance operations to drive growth across multiple regional markets.
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- May 17 2024
Beat Strebel to take charge as Swiss Re China CEO
Currently head of P&C reinsurance for Middle East & Africa, Strebel has takes over from Ivan Gonzalez, who has been elevated to CEO of Swiss Re CorSo.
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- May 16 2024
Swiss Re to exit unprofitable digital white-label platform iptiQ
The reinsurer's Asia premiums grew 5% to US$3.5bn year-to-date from renewals; books US$100m losses from Baltimore Bridge collapse.
