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- October 14 2021
Singapore insurtech Surer closes seed funding round
Global specialist insurer Markel has participated in the US$1m seed round.
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- October 13 2021
SiriusPoint taps Heerasing for international role
The Singapore-based exec becomes head of strategic business development and will focus first on the Asia Pacific region.
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- October 13 2021
Singapore pandemic boost continues
Industry earns bigger underwriting profits in Q2 than in 2018 and 2019 combined.
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- October 12 2021
Cigna APAC deal gives Chubb Korean A&H boost: AM Best
Asia-Pacific to account for 20% of global operations once the acquisition closes.
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- October 8 2021
Axis reshuffles capital risk solutions team
Shuohan Dai joins from Euler Hermes to oversea capital risk underwriting in Asia Pacific.
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- October 7 2021
SIRC 2021 confirmed as virtual event
Singapore's finance minister, Lloyd's chairman and Swiss Re's reinsurance CEO are set to speak.
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- October 7 2021
Vietnam’s BIDV Insurance saw 13% GWP growth in 2020: AM Best
The insurer's combined ratio has averaged around 98% over the past five years.
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- October 6 2021
Mega Insurance posts ‘satisfactory’ underwriting performance: Fitch
The insurer has slashed its credit insurance portfolio -- which has resulted in outsized losses for Indonesia's P&C players.
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- October 4 2021
Malaysia insurers resilient despite economic uncertainty
Central bank report adds that the financial services industry needs to embrace digitalisation.
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- September 29 2021
HDI Global appoints Asean claims head
Singapore-based Raymond Ong joins the industrial lines insurer from Willis Towers Watson.
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- September 24 2021
Indonesia’s non-life market downgraded to ‘negative’
AM Best sees a rocky road ahead for P&C players amid a "weaker-than-expected" recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- September 23 2021
Beazley appoints APAC art and specie underwriter
Alex Tiah will be based in Singapore and most recently worked at Howden.
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- September 23 2021
BHSI’s Breuil: ‘Data and analytics indissociable from underwriting’
The specialty player's regional head sees increased consolidation among both brokers and carriers.
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- September 21 2021
Wefox reinforces executive team with Zurich hire
New chief insurance officer Peter Hubert previously held senior roles in Singapore and Indonesia.
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- September 17 2021
Samsung Re gets group captive boost: AM Best
The reinsurer is mainly focused on South-East Asia and India as GWP neared US$80m in 2020.
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- September 14 2021
Markel adds senior fine art and specie underwriter in Singapore
Janita Leu will report to the specialty player's Asia director Colin Fordham.
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- September 13 2021
MSIG Singapore taps Mack Eng as new CEO
The current chief executive Craig Ellis is retiring and returning to Australia.
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- September 13 2021
Malaysian regulator seeks feedback on bancassurance
The central bank has given stakeholders until September 30 to submit feedback.
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- September 10 2021
Vietnam rebound crashes into delta variant
Non-life premiums grew 11% in the first half but surging Covid cases threaten recovery.
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- September 9 2021
HSBC Life appoints new Singapore head
Ho Lee Yen joins as chief executive officer from AIA Singapore, where she held the role of chief distribution officer.
