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- August 6 2024
Hyogo hail losses dampen Tokio Marine Japan P&C Q1 underwriting performance
The Japanese P&C insurer’s combined ratio deteriorated 5.9 percentage points year-on-year to 99.5% for the quarter ended June.
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- August 5 2024
Miller expands Asia offering with new credit and political risk head
The specialist broker has hired Edward Cheak in Singapore from Texel to broaden its products in the region.
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- August 3 2024
Maritime energy transition: Data dialogue key to achieving decarbonisation goals
Collaboration and shared learning amongst stakeholders will be vital to getting full value from the data captured as well as in achieving regulatory goals. The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy is to reach net-zero emissions from international shipping by or around 2050, and there are various checkpoints to meet along the way. […]
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- August 2 2024
Talcott secures first Japan flow reinsurance deal with Dai-ichi Frontier Life
The global life reinsurer Talcott announced the appointment of Yasuhisa Watanabe as chief representative, Asia Pacific.
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- July 31 2024
Samsung Re appoints Nitin Talwalkar as chief executive to steer regional expansion
With his appointment, the Singapore reinsurance arm of Korean insurer Samsung Fire & Marine is targeting expansion of its offerings across Asia Pacific.
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- July 31 2024
Suncorp to ‘sharpen focus on delivering insurance’ as bank sale closes
The Queensland-based insurer has completed the sale of its banking arm to ANZ first announced in 2022 and expects to net US$2.7bn from the transaction.
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- July 30 2024
Up to US$40bn additional property cat limit purchased in H1: Guy Carpenter
Greater market stability, and moderating pricing in a number of segments, provided cedents with better ability to budget for additional levels of coverage, the reinsurance broker said in it mid-year report.
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- July 29 2024
Axa XL reshuffles Asia leadership new specialty and P&C heads
The specialty (re)insurer has appointed Todd Wilhelm as head of specialty, Asia, and Guillaume Parard as head of P&C for the region.
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- July 29 2024
Space insurance struggles amid billion-dollar+ claims, scarce premium pool
While the market has seen a doubling of rates recently, shrinking underwriting capacity and technology changes add further challenges to the industry reeling from recent large losses.
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- July 26 2024
Nova Insurance set to fully acquire China arm by year-end
While it will be business as usual for the Hong Kong broker's China unit, it has also received regulatory approval to open a branch in the city of Suzhou, its third in the country.
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- July 25 2024
Exclusive: Hannover Re names Blake Dimitrijevic Australia MD as Michael Eberhardt heads to Bermuda
Dimitrijevic, who joins from Guy Carpenter, will succeed Eberhardt who is set to take charge as managing director and chief underwriting officer for Hannover Re Bermuda.
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- July 24 2024
Swiss Re CorSo Australia & New Zealand appoints Kevin Bates as country head
Sydney-based Bates, who was head of risk and insurance at Australian construction company Lendlease, will take over from Christine Bell, who is retiring.
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- July 23 2024
Lloyd’s promotes Mark Dyson to chief financial officer for international
Singapore-based Dyson will lead financial teams for all markets outside the UK – including Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
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- July 19 2024
Gallagher Re reshuffles APAC leadership as Mark Morley elevated to deputy chairman international
Mark O'Brien will take over as managing director of Asia Pacific, while Morley will continue to oversee the region as chairman for APAC.
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- July 18 2024
LM Re sets up in Australia with Aon’s Mark De La Mare in charge
The Liberty Mutual reinsurer will replace ARUS MGA that previously managed its Australasia portfolio written through Lloyd’s.
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- July 17 2024
Allianz makes US$1.6bn offer for 51% of Singapore’s Income Insurance
The offer is subject to the approval of the shareholders of Income Insurance for the amendments to the constitution and the proposed name change.
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- July 15 2024
Peak Re promotes David Menezes as chief risk officer
Hong Kong-based Menezes has been serving as the deputy chief risk officer at the global reinsurer since September 2022.
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- July 3 2024
Beazley promotes APAC head Lucien Mounier as Europe cyber risks leader
Mounier, who headed the Lloyd's insurer in the region for six years, has relocated to Barcelona in his new role.
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- June 28 2024
IAG secures US$2.8bn 5-year nat cat cover and US$450m long-tail reserve protection
The Australian insurer has bought the additional reinsurance protection from Berkshire Hathaway and Canada Life Re, while the long-tail adverse development cover is provided by Enstar.
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- June 26 2024
Mitsui Sumitomo plans to merge continental European subsidiaries
The Japanese insurance group has announced that it will integrate MS Amlin Insurance and MSIG Insurance Europe by summer next year.
