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- January 14 2025
BOC Insurance, Taiping Re China get NFRA approval to set up Shanghai reinsurance centre branches
The two companies will operate from the Shanghai International Reinsurance Trading Centre, the international reinsurance trading platform in the Lingang pilot free trade zone.
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- January 2 2025
Taiping Re debuts US$35m cat bond in Hong Kong
Asia's first dual-perils, dual-triggers ILS offers the reinsurer protection against US hurricanes and China earthquake for three years.
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- September 26 2024
Reinsurers pivotal to supporting China’s cat insurance system: Taiping Re’s Sheldon Yu
The Chinese government has stated its intention to promote a catastrophe insurance system that will run along market principles, as regulators seek to improve the country’s response to natural catastrophes, which have caused direct economic losses of US$12.8bn in H1 2024.
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- September 20 2024
Taiping Re’s capitalisation to remain at strongest level: AM Best
The rating agency has affirmed its “A” (excellent) financial strength rating on Taiping Re (Hong Kong) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Taiping Reinsurance (China) with a "stable" outlook.
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- May 6 2024
Local expertise and investors key to Hong Kong’s cat bond hub ambitions
Rising climate risks in the greater China region highlight Hong Kong's potential as an ILS hub, but an informed pool of investors and professional services ecosystems are important to grow the market further.
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- March 26 2024
China Taiping posts strong 2023 overseas P&C profit growth as domestic business sags
The (re)insurer saw its China P&C insurance's operating profit plunge 71%, contrasting the 87% growth for its overseas business including Hong Kong.
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- March 5 2024
Taiping Re counting on parametrics to rise to Hong Kong’s secondary peril challenges
CEO Sheldon Yu tells IAN that he believes index-based products will help address growing losses from non-peak perils in the city and the reinsurer is targeting to launch a pilot programme by 2025.
