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- December 17 2024
Bolttech strengthens Asia leadership team
Insurtech appoints Andrew Cons as general manager for Indonesia and Mohamad Azhar Bin Jamal Mohamad as general manager for Malaysia, while also promoting Akiko Anzai as general manager for Japan.
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- December 17 2024
Chubb elevates John Latter as claims lead for overseas general insurance
Latter will oversee the insurer's claims organisation in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Far East.
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- December 16 2024
Allianz withdraws US$1.6bn offer to acquire Singapore’s Income Insurance
The pre-conditional offer was called off following the Singapore government's decision to block the deal.
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- December 16 2024
Chinese broker Huize plans Philippines, Singapore foray
The move is part of the Nasdaq-listed insurtech platform’s target to generate 30% of its total revenue from overseas markets by 2026.
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- December 14 2024
Allianz to scrap US$1.6bn deal to acquire Income Insurance: report
The companies had difficulty finding a way to assuage government concerns, so they are likely to make an announcement about calling the deal off later this week.
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- December 13 2024
Tune Protect Re to post moderate underwriting growth going forward: AM Best
The rating agency upgrades TPR’s rating to “bbb+” (good) from “bbb” (good), revises long-term outlook to stable from positive.
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- December 13 2024
Vietnam’s Bao Minh Insurance expected to maintain the strongest level of risk-adjusted capitalisation: AM Best
AM Best affirms financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (good), long-term issuer credit rating of ‘bbb’ (good) and the Vietnam national scale rating of ‘aaa.VN’ (exceptional) to BMI.
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- December 12 2024
Provident Insurance’s FY 2024 COR at 96.9%, operating performance supported by positive underwriting: AM Best
AM Best has upgraded the Kiwi niche mechanical breakdown and private motor vehicle carrier's financial strength rating to “B+” (good) and long-term issuer credit rating (LT ICR) to “bbb-” (good) with a stable outlook.
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- December 12 2024
China’s Qianhai Reinsurance to explore opportunities in capital markets on shareholder support: AM Best
The rating agency has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” (excellent) to the Shenzhen-headquartered reinsurer with a stable outlook.
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- December 10 2024
Malaysian Re to maintain stability in underwriting performance: Fitch
The rating agency has affirmed the rating at 'A' (strong) with a stable outlook for the reinsurer citing its ability to manage potential volatility and earnings dependence on local voluntary cessions.
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- December 10 2024
Korea’s Wise expands reinsurance team with two hires
The broker has hired Jae Bok Cheong as director and Yerim Park as assistant manager.
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- December 9 2024
Meritz Fire & Marine’s strong earnings to support its risk-adjusted capitalisation: AM Best
The rating agency has affirmed financial strength rating of ‘A’ (excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of “a” (excellent) of the carrier with a stable outlook.
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- December 6 2024
Vietnam’s Petrolimex Insurance could see volatility ahead over Yagi losses: AM Best
AM Best has affirmed an insurer rating of B++ (good) with a stable outlook to PJICO.
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- December 5 2024
New Zealand’s Southern Response to slash headcount as Canterbury earthquake claims grant nears end: reports
The roles would be reduced by at least 15 personnel to about eight or nine by June 2025 when the Crown package, which has already settled 9,019 claims or about 96% of the eligible applicants, is expected to be wound up.
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- December 5 2024
Nat cat insured losses to cross US$135bn in 2024: Swiss Re
For the fifth consecutive year, insured losses from natural catastrophes broke the US$100bn mark, Swiss Re Institute data shows.
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- December 5 2024
Oona names FWD’s Praveen Paladugu as group agency distribution head
Paladugu will oversee agency distribution channels for the Warburg Pincus-backed carrier across Indonesia and the Philippines.
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- December 5 2024
D&O segment could see further volatility in 2025: Allianz
The overall market size will continue to retract, driven by rate erosion, smaller limits being purchased by customers, and very limited new opportunities given slow capital market activities.
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- December 5 2024
Australia braces for above-average rainfall in December: BOM
The impact of the storms could be catastrophic, with the risk of fallen power lines, flash flooding, damaging winds and falling trees, says Bureau of Meteorology.
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- December 4 2024
Despite challenges, Asia Pacific non-life insurers to benefit from rate hikes, costs control: Fitch
The rating agency has assigned a neutral outlook for the Asia Pacific insurance sector.
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- December 3 2024
Harry Vallance joins Aon Singapore cedent fac team as associate director
Vallance will relocate from London, where he was senior broker with specialist insurance broking firm Amwins Global Risks.
