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- September 26 2022
Hong Kong High Court orders wind-up of Target Insurance
All the in-force policies issued by the taxi insurer are unaffected by the winding-up order, the HKIA said.
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- September 26 2022
Aon signs up Karl Hamann as Indonesia CEO
The former QBE veteran was most recently the chief executive of Papua New Guinea's state-owned insurer.
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- September 26 2022
Typhoon Noru threatens World Bank cat bond default: Plenum
Hundreds of hectares of rice fields and banana crops were destroyed in the Philippines, with the cyclone threatening Vietnam's coffee crop.
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- September 26 2022
WTW eyes Australia trade credit market with senior hire
Sydney-based Alistair Hewson, who will lead the team, has previously worked at Allianz Trade and Atradius.
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- September 26 2022
Zurich joins hands with Piramal for Reliance General Insurance bid: report
The Swiss carrier's JV will compete with PE firm Advent for the general insurance arm of debt-ridden Reliance Capital.
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- September 26 2022
Generali picks new Hong Kong CEO: sources
IAN understands the replacement for Davide Glavina, who left the company after a few months into the role, is awaiting regulatory approval.
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- September 26 2022
Exclusive: Korean carriers DB, Samsung and Hyundai on the hook for Posco’s huge typhoon claims
DB Insurance provided the largest coverage to the steelmaker with around 17% exposure of the risk pool.
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- September 26 2022
‘Deutsche Rück to focus on small and medium-sized insurers in Asia’
The carrier will rely on its own network of brokers but will certainly work with local ones too, Asia MD Tarik Aouad told IAN.
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- September 26 2022
Malaysia’s Pacific & Orient suffers from lack of diversification: Fitch
The firm's COR was 96% in FY 2021 compared with 107% in FY 2020, with a three-year average of 100%.
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- September 23 2022
CTX Special Risks, Cosco Shipping captive join global marine climate group PPMI
The Poseidon Principles of Marine Insurance is a framework to incentivise shipping decarbonisation by disclosing the 'climate alignment' of hull and machinery portfolios.
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- September 23 2022
‘Hardening continuing into the coming renewal’: Swiss Re’s Paul Murray
The reinsurer is withdrawing capacity from frequency-driven nat cat events and doubling down on ‘sweet spot’ high layers in Asia.
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- September 23 2022
Market braces for Nanmadol loss creep
Secondary perils could play a major role after mid-single digit billion loss estimates.
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- September 22 2022
Well Link’s Thomas Lee doubles up as GI CEO
Well Link Life's chief executive aims to bring synergies across the HK firm's general and life units.
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- September 22 2022
Tokio Marine’s Kosuke Hashimoto starts new IUMI vice president role
TM&NF's marine underwriting manager joins new IUMI president Frédéric Denèfle, Garex managing director, on the committee.
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- September 22 2022
Berkley names Aaron Yip as Singapore CEO
Yip will report to Asia chief executive Shasi Nair and will continue in his role as chief underwriting officer for Asia.
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- September 22 2022
Australia’s H1 GI intermediated GWP grew 18% to US$11bn: APRA
US$1.2bn was placed with Lloyd's underwriters, up 10% over the same period last year.
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- September 22 2022
Analytics: Asia marine premium growth offset by higher claims
Vessel activity returns to pre-Covid levels, rates flatten and inflation pushes up cost of repairs.
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- September 21 2022
Zenobia Huang to steer WTW Taiwan marine team
Taipei-based Huang has been at the broker since 2015 specialising in hull, P&I and other liability lines.
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- September 21 2022
Chubb in advanced talks for Hang Seng bancassurance deal: report
The Hong Kong bank is seeking a new partner after its 10-year exclusive deal with QBE expired earlier this year.
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- September 21 2022
South and South-East Asian reinsurers face inflation, poor returns double whammy: AM Best
Pricing increases may not be sufficient for carriers to increase technical profitability despite a five-percentage-point COR improvement since 2019.
