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- December 27 2018
US$79bn of global insured disaster losses in 2018, says Swiss Re
It has been another year of costly disasters for the world's insurance market.
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- December 27 2018
Malaysian regulator signs off FWD purchase from HSBC
Life insurer's expansion into its next market in Asia is one step closer.
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- December 27 2018
China Taiping to promote Shanghai as research hub
Insurer signs agreement to promote training and data in the Chinese city.
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- December 23 2018
Crawford & Company: Singapore Health Services Cyber Attack
Lessons leaned
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- December 21 2018
Deals of the year 2018
We look back at some of the most significant mergers, acquisitions and capital raisings in Asia during 2018.
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- December 21 2018
Sun Life invests in ‘virtual’ Hong Kong startup Bowtie
New insurer has taken advantage of a special licence from the Hong Kong Insurance Authority.
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- December 21 2018
Berkley Insurance Asia recruits Hong Kong head of casualty
The specialist insurer is growing again in the Special Administrative Region.
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- December 21 2018
Catastrophe declared for Sydney hailstorm
Insurers on the hook for tens of millions of dollars after the worst hailstorm in 20 years.
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- December 21 2018
MS&AD ups stake in Swiss Re’s UK life consolidator
The deal comes ahead of an expected initial public offering in 2019.
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- December 20 2018
Crawford & Co promotes Andrew Bart to global role
Global loss adjuster has promoted its Asia Pacific president.
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- December 20 2018
Blockchain to help identify fake motor cover in Hong Kong
The technology implementation is a first for motor insurance in Asia.
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- December 20 2018
EU approves China Re acquisition
The European Commission has approved the reinsurer's bid for the the Lloyd's insurer.
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- December 19 2018
Wanda sells stake in Aeon Life for US$390m
The Chinese conglomerate Wanda is offloading its stake to property developer Greentown China.
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- December 19 2018
HSBC Insurance hires three senior execs in Singapore
The UK-headquartered bank has bolstered its Singapore insurance operations.
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- December 19 2018
Marsh to split Asia leadership roles after JLT deal
The global broker has announced its new leadership team in the region after the acquisition.
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- December 19 2018
Competition authority calls for market reform in northern Australia
The Australian Competition Consumer Commission has called for some controversial insurance proposals.
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- December 18 2018
The attraction of captives for cyber risk
Guanjun Jiang explains how captives can help mitigate companies' exposures to cyber risks.
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- December 18 2018
Insurers’ social contributions are important too
William Cox and Patrick Rozario explain how insurance firms are contributing to Social ROI.
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- December 18 2018
Lloyd’s promotes Japan president to APAC role
Iain Ferguson will take up both roles as Lloyd's restructures in the region.
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- December 18 2018
MSIG hires Asia finance head from Marsh
Richard Da Silva will oversee the insurer's regional finance, investment, financial planning and reporting.
