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- September 9 2022
APAC renewables to generate US$59bn of premium by 2035: Swiss Re report
Property and casualty sector global real premiums will grow by around 2.7% in 2023.
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- September 9 2022
Korean digital insurer Carrot plans to go public by 2025
The Hanwha-owned carrier was valued at US$850m after a US$217m third-round fundraising.
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- September 9 2022
Lloyd’s Asia posts 25% H1 growth but COR deteriorates
Marine and cargo premiums grew for the first time in three years, but the region took a hit from Australian floods.
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- September 8 2022
Tencent exec replaces Samsung P&C China head after capital injection
Ren Huichuan becomes interim GM with Ji Qingxie set to depart.
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- September 8 2022
AUB acquires IAG-owned strata unit in Austagencies build out
Underwriting agency SUU will still get capacity from Insurance Australia Group under a long-term binder agreement.
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- September 8 2022
FWD postpones Hong Kong IPO until 2023: report
It is understood that the long-awaited fundraising has been suspended yet again.
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- September 8 2022
Aspen Re looks to casualty for Asia growth
Reinsurers are diverting capacity as they get selective with property, says Beatrice Morley.
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- September 7 2022
MS Amlin boosts APAC underwriting and claims with five Singapore hires
Alex Wang, Jason Tan, Srinath Iyer, Kris Gwee and Joash Tan have all joined the team.
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- September 7 2022
FM Global’s James Thompson becomes APAC leader as trio promoted
Tan Hian Hong and Andrew Stafford also handed senior operational roles.
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- September 7 2022
LK Re eyes South-East Asia expansion with Singapore launch
The South Korean broker has eight employees in its new office in the Lion City.
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- September 7 2022
China Re names He Chunlei as new chairman: report
He was recently appointed as party committee secretary of the company.
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- September 7 2022
Atele Toma to lead Allied World’s APAC A&H underwriting
Former Arch underwriter will oversee the business across Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
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- September 7 2022
Supply squeeze pushing up Asia nat cat treaty pricing
After TMK and Axis Re exits, hardening market drives cedants to alternatives such as ILS, parametric or structured solutions.
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- September 7 2022
Milliman appoints Ouling Lu as regional head for product propositions
The former Allianz exec will be in charge of South-East Asia, India and Hong Kong for life products.
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- September 6 2022
Revenues at Hong Kong’s Nova grew 16% in FY 2022
The broker reached a HK$100m revenue milestone due to a number of 'sizeable' construction projects.
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- September 6 2022
McLarens New Zealand rejigs senior roles
Danie Keyser has been promoted as head of specialist services and Tim Head has been named northern regional manager.
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- September 6 2022
Rising litigation funding drives higher claims costs in Australia
Social inflation remains far harder to predict than economic inflation.
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- September 6 2022
Sri Lanka Insurance’s underwriting profits to suffer from inflation: Fitch
The P&C insurer has limited ability to reprice policies due to the economic crisis in the country.
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- September 5 2022
Canopius snaps up Zurich’s Megan Shao to head APAC claims
Shao is based in Singapore and joins following the specialty (re)insurer's strategic restructure.
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- September 5 2022
Macau Insurance’s top-line to be hit by slowdown and dim gaming prospects
The carrier's GWP was down 10% in 2021 but overall combined ratio remained at a healthy 89%.
