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- August 1 2022
 
BHSI boosts Australasia transactional liability team with hire from Liberty
Nicholas Ferrari takes up a senior position and will continue to be based in Sydney.
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- August 1 2022
 
Malayan Insurance COR hampered by fire and cat losses: AM Best
The company reported a five-year average combined ratio of 101.4%.
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- August 1 2022
 
MGA Rokstone eyes Asia cat market opportunity
The specialty player has regional capacity and wants to expand as pricing hardens and terms improve.
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- July 29 2022
 
Swiss Re returns to profit as Australia floods add to US$270m H1 nat cat miss
The group saw a Q2 net profit of US$405m, while P&C reinsurance H1 nat cat claims were US$938m.
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- July 29 2022
 
Aviso Broking acquires Sydney’s Macquarie Insurance Brokers
Macquarie's clients are from sectors including construction, financial services and marine.
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- July 29 2022
 
Analysts raise silicosis market concerns as IAG strengthens reserves
As claims related to the lung disease rise, the years ahead could prove tricky for Australia's casualty sector.
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- July 29 2022
 
Asia firms face ‘lack of skills’ to deal with cybersecurity threat: survey
Only 48% of respondents in Asia believe that their company has effective cyber policies, according to Marsh Mercer Benefits.
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- July 29 2022
 
APAC insured losses were US$8bn in H1 2022: Munich Re
Parts of eastern Australia saw their wettest week in February since 1900.
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- July 28 2022
 
Markel International hires two underwriters in Hong Kong and Singapore
Zita Fok becomes a marine underwriter while Dawn Soh joins as a fine art and specie underwriter.
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- July 28 2022
 
Capacity tight due to complex risks in Asia’s tech market
BI risks, data security concerns and past losses are contributing to more conservative underwriting.
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- July 28 2022
 
Liberty Specialty Markets promotes Marian Parzakonis to senior manager role
Parzakonis continues to be based in Sydney.
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- July 28 2022
 
Australia floods and Japan earthquake lead H1 2022 APAC insured losses: Aon
The total costs of the two disasters totaled US$6.2bn in insured losses.
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- July 27 2022
 
Berkley Insurance Asia hires Singapore casualty underwriting manager
Jasmine Lo will work closely with Sally Cheung, head of casualty for Asia.
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- July 27 2022
 
Fire and liability losses drive APAC claims burden
Inflation is set to add to a costly claims' environment of rising property values and extreme weather.
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- July 27 2022
 
McLarens taps Crawford exec as operations manager in Australia
Darren McKinnon will continue to be based in Brisbane.
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- July 27 2022
 
Insurtech Cover Genius acquires Booking Protect for event expansion
The deal provides the capability to offer embedded ticketing cover for entertainment including in Japan and Australia.
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- July 27 2022
 
J.B. Boda makes two leadership appointments in agriculture push
Neelam Kumar Gupta and B R Sharath have joined the broker in India.
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- July 26 2022
 
Digital channels and regulation key to unlocking Greater Bay Area potential: survey
Eight cities in the GBA have less than 10% insurance penetration.
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- July 26 2022
 
Infrastructure projects to spur Thailand’s GI market: GlobalData
Around US$37bn has been allocated by the government towards a smart city.
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- July 26 2022
 
Cambodia’s GWP grew 20% on average annually for five years: report
The market maintained positive growth of around 10% in 2021.