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- February 14 2025
Samsung Life seeks regulatory nod to incorporate group P&C arm as subsidiary: reports
Insurer approaches Financial Services Commission over a potential incorporation of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, according to the Korea JoongAng Daily.
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- February 14 2025
Commercial rates harden in Taiwan, Japan while rest of Asia declines: Marsh
Composite insurance rates in Asia continued a downward trend, declining by 3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, marginally higher than the global average.
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- February 11 2025
Howden Insurance Brokers Australia appoints head of energy transition, Pacific
Gemma Claase joins after from Marsh, having also worked for JLT Group and Aon in Germany, London and Australia.
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- February 10 2025
Australia’s upcover secures US$12m in Series A round funding
Round was led by RealVC, with investments from Antler Elevate's Global Fund, Betterlabs and Gandel Invest, and US$5m debt from Marshall Investments.
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- February 7 2025
LA wildfires unlikely to impact APAC (re)insurers due to ‘limited’ exposure: Fitch
Rating agency expects insured losses from the wildfires to significantly exceed previous records, with industry estimates ranging from US$35-50bn.
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- February 7 2025
India’s employees’ unions oppose ‘irresponsible, derogatory’ FDI hike: reports
All India Insurance Employees Association demands 'immediate' withdrawal of the proposal to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to 100%.
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- February 6 2025
Aon elevates Helen Lockwood to head of affinity and small business, Australia
Sydney-based Lockwood was previously head of strategic platforms and technical at Aon since October 2022.
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- February 5 2025
‘We are the captain of this ship’: Bajaj-Allianz edges closer to split
Chairman and managing director Sanjiv Bajaj expresses the need for 'greater control' in an interview with Bloomberg TV.
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- February 4 2025
Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions appoints Wesley Roy as head of property for Australia, New Zealand
Sydney-based Roy, who joins the broker from Hollard, previously worked with Aon for over seven years.
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- February 3 2025
Generali Malaysia promotes Lee Chee Fooi as chief distribution officer
The carrier has also promoted chief commercial lines officer Soo Wai Har as CEO of Generali Life Insurance Malaysia, as incumbent Rebecca Tan heads to Generali Indonesia as chief executive.
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- February 2 2025
Reduced exposure to cat losses could boost reinsurers’ operating profits in 2024-25: S&P Global
Better results will also be driven by favorable pricing, terms and conditions in short-tail lines, overall underwriting discipline and increasing reinsurance demand.
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- February 1 2025
IAG to release US$125m from provisions after favourable court decree
Carrier will include the released amount in the 'net corporate expense’ line in the financial results for the six months to December 31, 2024.
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- January 31 2025
Steadfast-owned brands Network Insurance Group and Insurance House merge
Andrew Broughton, current chief executive officer of Network Insurance Group, will assume the leadership of the combined entity.
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- January 29 2025
MS Amlin expands Phoenix Re capacity to US$90m in fifth renewal
Strong performance, rising investor interest in Asia cat risk drives demand for insurer’s Singapore-based sidecar.
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- January 28 2025
Australian MGA Agile hires industry veteran Richard Hardy to head property
Agile Underwriting launched a property line backed by its Lloyd's syndicate, AUS 2427, in November.
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- January 27 2025
The Hartford continues Lloyd’s Asia buildout with senior appointment
Shuohan Dai joins as senior underwriter for credit and political risk following the carrier's launch of its Syndicate 1221 earlier this month.
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- January 27 2025
China Taiping, subsidiaries to benefit from government support: Fitch
Fitch has affirmed 'A' rating with negative outlook for all non-life entities except Taiping Re, which has been given stable outlook on its credit profile and strong underwriting performance.
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- January 27 2025
Insurtech: Tech predictions for the insurance sector in 2025
2024 was the year we saw signs that the insurance industry is rapidly transitioning from experimenting with generative AI (GenAI) to deploying scaled production use cases. Fuelled by new data streams and advancements in IOT, and wearables, predictive capabilities are reaching new heights. However, prediction alone is insufficient to reduce loss ratios systemically; meaningful impact […]
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- January 23 2025
Aon launches India life and health reinsurance practice, appoints Renuka Nar as head
Broker also appoints Neha Shah as the practice’s chief actuary.
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- January 23 2025
Gard expands Japan product portfolio with marine & energy risks
The P&I club will offer hull and machinery, war risk and loss of hire covers as well as builders’ risk to shipyards and offshore wind risk.
