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- May 20 2023
IRDAI relaxes surety bond rules
The regulator has reduced the solvency requirement and removed the 30% exposure ceiling.
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- May 19 2023
Tokio Marine books US$760m FY 2022 Covid losses from Taiwan
The group also saw losses of US$570m from two typhoons and a huge hailstorm in Japan, as overall FY 2022 profit climbed 1.7% to US$2.72bn.
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- May 19 2023
Sony to spin off financial services arm housing its insurance businesses: report
Sony Financial Holdings, to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, owns the P&C business Sony Assurance and life carrier Sony Life.
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- May 19 2023
Stewart Mirah joins HDI Global as senior underwriter
Brisbane-based Stewart will establish the specialty carrier's motor fleet portfolio in Queensland.
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- May 18 2023
Argenta elevates Viji Ninan to Asia CEO
Singapore-based Ninan will oversee operations of the Singapore and Australia branches of Syndicate 2121.
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- May 17 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle losses climb to US$1.2bn: Perils
New Zealand has experienced nearly US$2.3bn of insured losses this year from two events, the loss data aggregator said.
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- May 17 2023
Tokio Marine withdraws from select Pacific markets: report
The insurer exits Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as margins deteriorated in 2022 as medical claims rebounded.
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- May 17 2023
Aon launches climate hub in Singapore
The company will increase its headcount in its Centre for Innovation and Analytics (ACIA) in Singapore from the existing 180 employees to over 350.
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- May 17 2023
Everest ropes in Matthew O’Brien as head of casualty, Pacific
O’Brien was most recently casualty manager responsible for Australia and New Zealand at Chubb.
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- May 16 2023
Chubb Australia promotes Ryan Spettigue to global client executive
Spettigue was earlier the national leader for major accounts division, casualty, Australia, responsible for the insurer’s key clients.
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- May 16 2023
Gallagher’s Australia arm acquires Mavco Insurance
The Perth-based construction specialist is Gallagher's tenth deal down under in the last 12 months.
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- May 15 2023
HDI Global beefs up Australia team with senior AIG duo
Jae Ramsbotham has been appointed senior underwriter, crisis management, Asia Pacific and Ryan Green as senior underwriter - management liability.
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- May 15 2023
Vietnam National Reinsurance to see improved pricing, underwriting growth: AM Best
Underwriting results improved in 2022, driven by favourable attritional and catastrophe loss experience, and a reduced expense ratio.
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- May 15 2023
New Zealand announces US$720m cyclone, flood recovery package
The budget will go towards rebuilding roads, rail, schools and flood protection.
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- May 12 2023
Skuld posts US$122m premium income from Asia
The P&I club, which generated 26% of premiums from Asia, improved its combined ratio to 97% in FY 2022/3 from 107% in the year before.
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- May 12 2023
Chinese insurers premium growth to accelerate in 2023: Fitch
The first quarter of FY 2023 has already seen rapid growth as non-motor grew by 14.1% and motor rose by 6.2% year-on-year.
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- May 11 2023
Indian finance ministry sets riders for fresh capital in three state-owned P&C carriers: report
National, Oriental and United India will need focus on the bottom line and improve costs, digitalisation and products.
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- May 11 2023
Generali launches unified brand for Malaysian general insurance arms
Axa Affin and MPI Generali Insurans will now operate under an integrated Generali Malaysia brand.
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- May 11 2023
Ping An P&C settled US$27bn of claims in 2022
The group, across its four insurance companies, paid for more than 200 million cases at an average of about 600,000 cases per day in 2022.
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- May 11 2023
China names former banker as head of new regulator
Li Yunze, who has worked at CCB and ICBC, has been appointed leader of National Financial Regulatory Administration, which is replacing the CBIRC.
