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- February 11 2025
Who pays for climate change adaptation is the elephant in the room, says Tower chairman
Kiwi insurer's Q1 FY25 GWP rose by 6% to US$87.5m on strong volume growth as rating increases flattened on average.
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- February 11 2025
MS Amlin launches credit, political risk offering in Dubai with India, MENA markets in sight
New business line will be led by Osama Elshiekh, senior underwriter for credit and political risk, reporting to senior executive officer for MENA Vipul Gupta.
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- February 10 2025
Solomon Islands sue Korea P&I Club, MS Amlin Marine in oil spill lawsuit: report
The residents of the island are seeking up to US$38m in compensation for a 2019 grounding of a cargo ship.
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- February 10 2025
BOC Aviation settles Irish lawsuits against insurers over stranded Russian jets: report
SMBC Aviation Capital has, meanwhile, reached settlements with Swiss Re and Scor Europe, two of the 18 insurers it is pursuing litgation against.
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- February 10 2025
MG Non-Life owner to move court as talks with union break down: report
Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation's sale of the insurer to Meritz Fire & Marine has been stuck over the labour union's opposition.
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- February 8 2025
Full capacity: Trump comes knocking; India opens doors
In this week's Full Capacity newsletter from InsuranceAsia News, we look at the state of the market, nat cats, Donald Trump and India, as well as our weekly roundup of people moves.
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- February 7 2025
Allianz Commercial promotes Horace Gon to deputy Hong Kong CEO
New role in addition to responsibility as head of financial lines for Hong Kong and greater China.
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- February 7 2025
Hannover Re’s 1.1 APAC premium growth flat as it ‘adjusts’ appetite
Primary rate increases have not been as pronounced in the region, with executive board member for P&C Sven Althoff telling IAN that the reinsurer is 'watching carefully'.
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- February 6 2025
California fires losses to exceed Hannover Re’s Q1 large-loss budget
The reinsurer estimates a US$500-700m hit from the event and an industry loss of US$30-40bn.
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- February 6 2025
Arundo Re grows Asia business 33% at January 1 renewals
French reinsurer’s total GWP at the 1.1 renewals topped US$1bn.
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- February 6 2025
Aon appoints Terence Williams as head of commercial risk solutions for APAC
WIlliams, who was most recently the chief broking officer for the EMEA region based in London, will relocate to Singapore for the new role.
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- February 5 2025
IAG, Allianz said to be in the race for RAC Insurance: report
The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia had hired boutique advisory firm Barrenjoey to conduct a strategic review including for its insurance arm.
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- February 5 2025
Tower increases FY25 profit guidance on ‘better-than-expected’ claims performance
Guidance on COR for the financial year has improved to between 84-86%, down from 87-89%.
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- February 5 2025
Aon: Asian market continues to soften, Japan bucks the trend
While most markets in the region saw up to 10% reduction in Q4, Japan had a 10% increase in rates, the broker's report said.
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- February 4 2025
Samsung Fire & Marine may become subsidiary of group’s life arm: report
Samsung Life's shareholding may cross the 15% threshold following the P&C insurer's proposed share buyback plan, according to a report in Korean business paper Chosun.
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- February 4 2025
Generali, Descartes partner to launch parametric ILS fund
Twelve Capital-managed fund will invest in a portfolio that includes cat bonds and securitised natural-perils parametric insurance policies.
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- February 4 2025
Australian antitrust regulator to probe IAG-RACQ and Allianz-RAAI deals
ACCC, the competition watchdog, will assess whether the acquisitions will substantially lessen competition in the market.
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- February 3 2025
Lockton Asia appoints Lesley Jamieson as regional senior vice president for operations
Jamieson, who will be based in Hong Kong, will report to the broker's regional COO Philip Corrigan.
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- January 28 2025
MS Amlin creates new partnerships team to support syndicate expansion
New team will sit alongside MS Amlin’s existing insurance and reinsurance divisions and will operate as an arm of the CUO’s office.
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- January 27 2025
AIG taps Allianz Commercial’s Ciarán O’Shaughnessy as APAC head of casualty
O'Shaughnessy, who was most recently APAC head of liability for Allianz Commercial, is returning to AIG having left the company in 2016 for BHSI.
