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- April 26 2024
China’s financial regulator calls on carriers to develop green insurance
The National Financial Regulatory Administration have asked (re)insurers to enhance their modelling capability, and to play a greater role in helping the society shoulder the cost of climate change.
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- April 23 2024
Rainstorms in China linger as insurers count preliminary losses at US$11m
Insurers in Zhaoqing and Shaoguan cities, both in the Guangdong province, have thus far received about 4000 claim notifications, according to local media reports.
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- April 22 2024
China’s ‘once-in-a-century’ flood warning puts Guangdong on alert
The past weekend of rainstorm that hit China coastal cities and Guangdong province has led to four deaths and economic loss of US$19.3 million, according to media reports.
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- April 22 2024
Peak Re’s outlook upgraded to ‘stable’ as growth prospects brighten: Moody’s
The upgrade from "negative" reflects its view that contagion risk from its parent Fosun International, in the form of strain on its business growth, is unlikely to increase meaningfully.
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- April 18 2024
Australia’s strata insurance sector in ‘race to bottom’ as questionable practices abound: ACIL
A survey by the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby has found a range of potentially unlawful practices in the industry that warrants regulatory intervention.
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- April 18 2024
Hong Kong’s national security law eases US$100m political violence concerns
The new law has lowered concerns of exposure to another event akin to the 2019 protest, still (re)insurers haven't relaxed underwriting considerations.
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- April 15 2024
HK Insurance Authority courts Chinese insurers, municipalities to grow cat bond hub
- Analysis
- Cat Bond
- China
- China Re
- Insurance Authority of Hong Kong
- Peak Re
- PICC Property and Casualty
- PICC Re
The regulator is reaching out to Chinese (re)insurers and local governments as it seeks to entice potential cat bond issuers to the city and build an insurance-linked securities hub for the Greater Bay Area.
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- April 12 2024
LeapFrog Investments taps Indonesia’s reform opportunities with full-stack insurtech
The insurance-focused investor believes that the winners in South-East Asia’s largest digital economy will be those that can steer away from an asset-light broking model, as it backs insurtech PasarPolis in ramping up its underwriting capability.
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- April 11 2024
MSIG Hong Kong promotes Shujiro Suzuki as deputy CEO
Suzuki succeeds Hideaki Amasaki, who has started a new role as general manager of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance’s international business department in Tokyo.
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- April 9 2024
Taiwanese regulator excludes battery risks from EV insurance terms
Electric vehicle owners will need to get insured via additional provisions for damage caused by battery combustion, according to the Financial Supervisory Commission.
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- April 8 2024
Taiwan earthquake set to be ‘notable event’ for local carriers: Aon
Relatively high take-up rate of residential earthquake insurance will impact the country's insurance industry as economic losses from the event is set to reach 'hundreds of millions dollars', the broker said.
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- April 4 2024
Australian local government association calls for doubling US$130m disaster fund
Over 300 applications seeking AU$460 million in mitigation projects were submitted in 2023, indicating the federal government's AU$200 million funding is "vastly insufficient", the association said.
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- April 2 2024
IAG appoints Robert Cutler as group general counsel
Cutler joins from Clayton Utz, where he was its chief executive partner, and replaces Karen Ingram who has been the interim GC following Peter Horton's departure in December last year.
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- April 2 2024
Peak Re returns to record profit in 2023 on higher rates, reduced US nat cat exposure
The Hong Kong reinsurer posted US$200m net income for the year and its P&C combined ratio improved notably to 87.3%, from 110.1% a year ago.
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- April 1 2024
China Pacific Insurance P&C 2023 net profit down 20% as investment income plunges
China’s third-largest P&C insurer by premiums saw its combined ratio edge up by nearly 1 percentage point to 97.7%. Its liability business was the only business line with an underwriting loss.
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- March 28 2024
China Re returns to profit on strong FY2023 primary P&C, overseas growth
China's largest P&C reinsurer said lower cat losses, and improved rate conditions at its wholly-owned Chaucer also helped it achieve a 18% growth in overseas reinsurance gross written premium.
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- March 27 2024
China expands national nat cat pool to cover perils beyond earthquakes
The nat cat insurance mechanism will now also include typhoons, floods, torrential rains, mudslide and landslide, it will double limits per household, as well as support commercial cat cover.
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- March 27 2024
Japan 1.4 renewals ‘orderly’ with risk-rated hikes
While structures and terms and conditions are expected to stabilise, shrinking capacity from major Japanese players is forcing cedents to explore new capacity from global insurers.
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- March 27 2024
PICC P&C 2023 net profit drops as nat cats, post-Covid reopening aggravate claims
China's largest P&C insurer saw net profit for the financial year drop 15.6% and its combined ratio edge up to 97.8%
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- March 26 2024
Allianz Trade elevates James Lie as regional head of e-commerce
The appointment of Singapore-based Lie, who was previously the country manager for Indonesia, underlines the insurer's effort in tapping into the region’s fast-growing e-commerce credit insurance market.
