Chinese state-owned insurers extend US$427bn in Belt & Road cover: report
June 14 2024 by Georgina Lee-
Gallagher Re beefs up India agriculture team with two new hires
- May 27
New Delhi-based Naveen Sharma and Mumbai-based Cherukumalli Kiroj Kumar have joined the global broker's agriculture specialty team in India.
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Aon elevates Wen Chen to APAC reinsurance agriculture leader
- May 23
Singapore-based Chen, who was most recently Aon's head of agriculture for Greater China, will explore new regional reinsurance and retrocession opportunities in the sector.
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Philippines budgets US$80m for crop insurance funding in FY 2024
- April 8
The allocation is under the 2024 General Appropriations Act and is expected to cover the full cost of crop insurance premiums of more than 2.3m of the country's targeted farmers and fishermen.
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MIC Global partners WRMS to offer parametric flood cover for India’s gig workers
- February 15
The Lloyd’s player’s micro-insurance product will cover against financial impacts from extreme weather events.
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Guy Carpenter | Private equity’s reshaping of the Asian life sector has further to run
PE-backed reinsurers provide access to asset classes and investment expertise that often don’t exist within the traditional carriers themselves.
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CCi | LEG3/06: A delay analyst’s perspective on defect exclusions
Tackling contentious issues by applying the learning from the industry’s collective experience is key to improving the claims experience, writes CCi’s Steven Horne.
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AXA XL | Energy transition in Asia: How AXA XL helps enable the region’s ambitious plans
Transitioning to low-carbon sources is about more than just substituting one type of energy for another, it requires restructuring the entire energy ecosystem and developing new ways to store energy from intermittent sources like solar and wind.