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- May 12 2023
Skuld posts US$122m premium income from Asia
The P&I club, which generated 26% of premiums from Asia, improved its combined ratio to 97% in FY 2022/3 from 107% in the year before.
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- May 12 2023
QBE hits 90% of H1 cat allowance, adjusts COR target
The global carrier has also strengthened reserves by US$130m for weather events in FY 2022.
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- May 12 2023
Fortitude Re opens representative office in Tokyo
The global reinsurer has appointed Hajime Kawafuji, who joins from the company's private equity owner Carlyle, as Japan chief representative.
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- May 12 2023
Hannover Re sees up to 20% nat cat rate hike in Japan 1.4 renewals
APAC benefits from the discontinuation of proportional business; books US$100m of New Zealand cat losses.
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- May 12 2023
Sedgwick | The digital revolution: how technology is transforming claims
Asia’s insurance market needs to embrace digital and data capabilities to improve client satisfaction.
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- May 11 2023
Indian finance ministry sets riders for fresh capital in three state-owned P&C carriers: report
National, Oriental and United India will need focus on the bottom line and improve costs, digitalisation and products.
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- May 11 2023
Generali launches unified brand for Malaysian general insurance arms
Axa Affin and MPI Generali Insurans will now operate under an integrated Generali Malaysia brand.
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- May 11 2023
Ping An P&C settled US$27bn of claims in 2022
The group, across its four insurance companies, paid for more than 200 million cases at an average of about 600,000 cases per day in 2022.
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- May 11 2023
Berkley Insurance Asia promotes Owen Yin and Jack Zhao in China
Yin has been named Asia technical lead, casualty lines, and Zhao as Asia technical lead, life sciences.
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- May 11 2023
China names former banker as head of new regulator
Li Yunze, who has worked at CCB and ICBC, has been appointed leader of National Financial Regulatory Administration, which is replacing the CBIRC.
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- May 11 2023
PI specialist ITIC targets Hong Kong and Singapore for regional expansion
The carrier is moving away from marine to aviation and offshore energy, Robert Hodge, head of South-East Asia, tells IAN.
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- May 10 2023
Axis Capital appoints Mark Gregory as head of global markets, including APAC
Gregory will oversee underwriting and business growth strategies for APAC, emerging markets and Latin America.
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- May 10 2023
Starr Insurance expands Malaysia operations with Labuan branch
Starr Labuan, to be overseen by Rawi Letchumanan, will take over all new and renewal business previously produced by Starr Underwriting Agents (Labuan).
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- May 10 2023
Coverage gaps leave Asia vulnerable to supply chain risks
Companies in the region remain uninsured or underinsured as products for purely financial supply chain losses provide a wafer-thin patchwork of protection.
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- May 10 2023
Kyobo Life Insurance eyes general insurance re-entry via acquisition: report
The life insurer denied reports that it was in talks to acquire a 51% stake in digital carrier Kakao Pay Insurance.
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- May 9 2023
Travel company EaseMyTrip plans to enter Indian non-life business
The board met on May 8 to approve plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary to start a GI arm and consider overseas acquisitions.
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- May 9 2023
Allianz Re | Securing India’s energy transition
Innovation and expertise are key to (re)insuring the country’s ambitious transition-to-renewables story.
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- May 9 2023
Berkley promotes Jasmine Lo to head of casualty, South-East Asia
Lo will continue to report to Aaron Yip, chief executive of the insurer's Singapore branch.
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- May 9 2023
IAG’s chief strategy officer and CFO to exit
Tim Plant leaves at the end of June as the carrier consolidates group functions, while CFO Michelle McPherson will retire by the end of 2023.
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- May 9 2023
JB Boda eyeing parametrics, ILS to strengthen India’s nat cat capabilities
The broker, which has an international footprint, sees opportunities in helping domestic carriers, who are poor at managing climate risk.
