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- July 19 2024
South Korea’s MG Non-Life insurance gets no bidder third time in a row
Private equity firms JC Flowers and Dayli Partners, which participated in the preliminary bid in April and conducted due diligence on it, have dropped out of the deal.
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- July 19 2024
South Korea’s ‘heaviest-in-200-years’ rain to lead to motor, crop losses
The event is likely to see reinsurers introduce coverage limits for parking lots and trigger pay-outs from the government’s agricultural and fishery disaster reinsurance program.
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- July 18 2024
Zurich’s Maureen Ung joins Everest as head of claims, Singapore
Ung has been Zurich's chief claims officer since August 2022.
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- July 18 2024
Virtual asset insurance to become mandatory in Korea from tomorrow
Local media reports suggest carriers are charging premiums ranging from 5% to 12%.
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- July 17 2024
Malaysian Re proposes new global climate models in assessing South-East Asia climate risk
The company's most recent report suggests that newer climate models, which acknowledge global warming, may be more effective in predicting climate losses than legacy models that only rely on historical weather data.
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- July 16 2024
Australian MGA ATL appoints Allianz’s Jason Hawksworth as CEO
Sydney-based Hawksworth will succeed Allan Smith who has become executive chairman of the firm.
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- July 12 2024
PartnerRe hands Sasa Hu expanded role of APAC P&C CUO
Hu will remain in Hong Kong whilst also maintaining her current role of head of agriculture.
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- July 11 2024
Allianz Commercial names Young Jeong Lee as head of financial lines, Korea
Lee joined from Samsung Fire & Marine, where he worked 12 years as a senior professional in its finance and energy department and global strategy department.
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- July 11 2024
SBI General Insurance taps Liberty’s Udayan Joshi as chief technical & claims officer
The former president of Liberty General Insurance in Mumbai has joined the Indian insurer where he will be in charge of shaping its underwriting and reinsurance initiatives.
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- July 10 2024
Toa Re FY 2023 net income up six-fold on investment gains
The group's net written premiums dropped 12.5% to JPY280.8bn (US$1.7bn), as its US and European subsidiaries reversed their losses posted a year ago.
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- July 10 2024
Crawford hires Curtis Oakes as New South Wales business development manager
With over 15 years of industry experience, Sydney-based Oakes has spent time working at global insurers such as QBE, and Aviva
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- July 9 2024
GSA Insurance Brokers announces eight senior promotions
The NSW-based broker has appointed Tim Wight as head of Victoria, James Rossi as senior client manager for general insurance, and Freddie Evans as senior client manager for professional and financial lines.
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- July 8 2024
PSC Insurance Brokers elevates Kylie Stephens to managing principal
Darwin-based Stephens was previously a senior account manager at the Australian broking group which she joined in September 2023.
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- July 8 2024
HDI Global hires Sangeeta Chandra as Queensland marine underwriting manager
With over two decades of the industry experience, Brisbane-based Chandra joined from Steadfast Group-backed NM Insurance.
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- July 6 2024
Suncorp lifts top of cat reinsurance tower to US$4.6bn for FY 2025
The cat reinsurance program will protect from major events starting from AU$350m (US$236.2m), and renewed program changes have no material impact on target capital for the group.
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- July 4 2024
Korea to provide US$2bn trade insurance as “AI supercycle” looms: report
South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Deok-geun said that the demand for power from AI utilisation has boosted the power device market in a supercycle through which the country can bolster its exports.
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- July 4 2024
Zurich-owned Cover-More announces new group CEO
David Fike will lead the company through a significant integration phase following Zurich's acquisition of AIG's global personal travel insurance and assistance business.
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- July 3 2024
Pacific Islands captive PCRIC appoints Richard Poulter as chief risk officer
In his new role, Poulter will manage risk calculation in relation to insurance design, reinsurance and capital management and ensure PCIRC members meet each country’s objectives for financial protection against disaster risks.
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- July 3 2024
Newline Asia hires Markel Simon Moi as chief underwriting officer
Before joining Newline, Moi was head of professional and financial risks for Asia at Markel for 14 years.
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- July 2 2024
RGA, Tongyang Life ink first cross-jurisdictional coinsurance deal in Korea at US$144m
The deal, which will allow an RGA subsidiary to reinsure a US$144m block of life policies, is expected to help Tongyang Life respond to future interest rate volatility.
