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- April 14 2022
Tropical Storm Megi causes property losses
The weather event has triggered extensive damage and left 80 dead in the Philippines.
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- April 13 2022
Xenia takes majority stake in HK’s Capstone Insurance Brokers
The deal for the financial lines and digital assets broker is the UK specialty broker's first overseas.
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- April 13 2022
Asia’s agri market sees parametric growth
The sector is faced with a significant protection gap that needs more innovative underwriting.
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- April 13 2022
KKR acquires 9.99% stake in India’s Shriram
The deal for the stake in the P&C player was worth around US$237m.
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- April 13 2022
Zurich’s Malaysia takaful arm promotes head of sales to CEO
Malaysia's takaful market has been growing at a breakneck speed over the past decade.
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- April 13 2022
Tokio Marine’s GCube opens Sydney office
The specialist insurer underwrites renewable energy products -- a fast-growing sector in APAC.
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- April 12 2022
Vivek Nath to lead WTW India as acquisition completes
The broker now directly employs over 4,000 people in the country.
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- April 12 2022
China: Lure of cross-border reinsurance grows on nat cat spike
Players - including Allianz Re, Swiss Re and Peak Re - set to benefit.
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- April 11 2022
Munich Re and OneDegree launch digital asset insurance in Asia
This is the first time an Asian insurer has teamed up with a global reinsurer to offer the cover.
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- April 11 2022
Marsh appoints CEO for Thailand
Current CEO Simon Cooling is relocating to Australia for a new client role with the broker.
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- April 11 2022
Net-zero affecting capacity in Asia
Brokers say that net-zero commitments are starting to affect pricing.
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- April 11 2022
Sompo International opens Tokyo office
Former AIG veteran will head the new unit.
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- April 11 2022
Agriculture exposes China United Property to cat losses: Fitch
Agriculture insurance generated nearly 22% of the insurer’s total premiums in 2021.
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- April 8 2022
China’s Sunshine Insurance makes overseas IPO filing
It's reported the Beijing-headquartered group could raise as much as US$2bn in Hong Kong.
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- April 8 2022
Frontier teams up with Relm for blockchain Asia cover
The partnership follows a similar arrangement with Berkley Insurance Australia.
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- April 8 2022
TigerRisk on the hunt in Asia Pacific
The broker's delegated authority arm has hired in Australia and is exploring regional opportunities.
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- April 7 2022
Lloyd’s Asia CEO to join Tokio Marine Kiln as Asia MD
Pavlos Spyropoulos is replacing Alex Dugand who is returning to London for an international role.
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- April 7 2022
Australia government in u-turn over Queensland’s disaster funding
The federal arm has now agreed to fund half of an extreme weather resilience package.
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- April 7 2022
ICA urges government ‘not to wash hands’ of resilience responsibility
Criticism comes over participation in Queensland's US$562m extreme weather package.
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- April 7 2022
HKIA asks for co-operation over city-wide Covid testing
Companies asked to encourage employees to test and to put in place business continuity measures.
