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- June 29 2023
OneDegree raises US$27m in additional Series B fundraise
The virtual insurer, which claims it is on track to achieving profitability by end-2024, will use the proceeds to grow its digital assets business and insurtech offerings globally.
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- June 29 2023
Axa XL appoints Boney He as senior underwriter in Shanghai
She was previously an underwriting assistant at Brit Insurance, division of Lloyd’s China, for 10 years.
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- June 29 2023
Japanese carriers’ domestic underwriting to recover to pre-pandemic levels in FY 2024: Fitch
The average combined ratio of the major Japanese non-life insurers, Tokio Marine, MS&AD, and Sompo, increased by six percentage points year-on-year to 100% in FYE23.
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- June 29 2023
Lack of cross-border clarity slows (re)insurers entry into India’s Gift City
Despite the regulatory push, only four carriers have so far set up in the financial hub, with most non-life players awaiting clearer regulations.
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- June 29 2023
RACQ withdraws from Queensland CTP scheme
This decision follows a long-standing demand from the insurer to fix the scheme's lack of ‘equitable distribution of risk’.
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- June 28 2023
Everest Insurance hires Marsh veteran to head APAC
Sydney-based Scott Leney will oversee business strategy and portfolios both in Asia and the Pacific and report to Everest Insurance International co-heads Adam Clifford and Jason Keen.
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- June 28 2023
Long-term products, auto to drive growth for Korean insurers: AM Best
Stable outlook ahead for Korean non-life insurance business as IFRS 17 is expected to bring in more stability.
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- June 28 2023
Opinion: When algorithms fail – the Australian pricing debacle
The ASIC review, which blames overreliance on technology, offers a cautionary tale for the wider (re)insurance markets.
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- June 28 2023
Beazley builds out Singapore cyber business with two new hires
Cyber underwriters Razif Abdullah and Sharmayne Koh will start in the new roles from first week of July.
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- June 28 2023
IRDAI to kick off new risk-based supervision in July
IRDAI had tied up with Toronto Centre (TC), a not-for-profit organisation, to develop RBS framework guidelines.
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- June 27 2023
APAC nat cat economic losses at US$80bn in 2022: Aon
Floods were the costliest peril accounting for about 61% of the total economic loss for the region.
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- June 27 2023
Arch Australia hires Katrina Palmer as senior underwriter
Brisbane-based Palmer is a financial lines specialist and will report to Steven Gaitanis.
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- June 27 2023
Retro capacity on slow path to recovery
While capacity providers are re-entering and the ILS sector is buoyant, the impact on 1.7 renewals will be limited as it takes time for the capital to feed into the markets.
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- June 27 2023
Scor appoints Fabrice Bregier as chairman
Bregier succeeds Denis Kessler, who died earlier this month.
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- June 26 2023
Tropical storms in western north Pacific to be above average in 2023: Moody’s RMS
Sea surface temperatures across the region comprising Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines are expected to be near or above average between July and November.
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- June 26 2023
Korean construction insurer KSCFC eyeing overseas expansion to reduce risk: Fitch
The rating agency has assigned the cooperative an insurer rating of 'A' (strong) with a stable outlook, a notch above its standalone credit quality.
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- June 26 2023
360 Underwriting hires IAG senior executive
Sydney-based Natalie Kaczanowski joins the AUB-owned MGA as national underwriting manager.
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- June 26 2023
Asta sounds out syndicates to join Lloyd’s Asia
With Mosaic and Volante launching on the platform in Singapore, international and regional players may follow the lead.
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- June 23 2023
RiskPoint bolsters APAC M&A team with ex-AIG hire
Sydney-based Diana Hu joins as underwriting director and will work with Maria Steeples, the MGA’s regional managing director and head of M&A.
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- June 23 2023
Australian carriers to return US$550m to customers after regulatory crackdown on pricing misconduct
IAG will pay US$300m and RACQ return US$150m after the ASIC intervention found 'systemic failure by insurers to deliver on their pricing promises'.
