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- February 3 2021
WTW makes two senior Asia financial lines appointments
Sagar Mehta and Ernest Heng join Singapore team as broker's merger with Aon faces regulatory scrutiny.
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- February 3 2021
Queensland body calls for national reinsurance pool
Local government cites rising unaffordability of insurance in the north of Australia.
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- February 3 2021
Generali seems keen as India opens up
Despite the change, foreign insurers are expected to remain sceptical as more details emerge.
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- February 2 2021
Ken Lai to leave Hong Leong Insurance (Asia)
The outgoing general manager has been at the Hong Kong P&C player since August 2019.
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- February 2 2021
QBE appoints Sue Houghton as Australia Pacific CEO
The experienced Australian executive is set to join from Westpac in August.
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- February 2 2021
AIA, China Strategic submit binding bids for BEA Life: report
The sale is expected to raise US$500-600m for the Hong Kong-listed lender.
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- February 2 2021
Bohai Life among six insurers failing China’s tougher solvency rules
Moody's also flags Chang An P&C, Aeon Life, Qianhai Life, JK Life and Sino-French Life.
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- February 2 2021
Aon/WTW: FMG warns of ‘severely constrained’ market
Reinsurance flagged to NZCC as potential antitrust concern amid Willis Re divestiture speculation.
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- February 1 2021
Raymond Tang to leave BOCG Insurance
IAN understands the GM of Bank of China (Hong Kong)'s general insurance arm will depart mid-February.
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- February 1 2021
APRA’s 2021 spotlight falls on BI and reinsurance
Access to capacity from "critical" overseas reinsurers a priority, says latest policy guidance.
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- February 1 2021
Hong Kong’s marine sector looks to escape doldrums
Experts tell IAN that a long-awaited tax break and other reforms can transform the city into a maritime insurance hub.
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- January 29 2021
Philip Chan joins The Hartford in Hong Kong
The former Axa XL Greater China head left the specialty player in 2019.
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- January 29 2021
Chinese broker Tian Ruixiang storms on to Nasdaq
The Beijing-based firm jumped more than 1,000% on its debut amid GameStop surge.
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- January 29 2021
Crawford appoints new Singapore country manager
Arne Eisfeld joins from AGCS where he served as APAC head of marine hull.
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- January 29 2021
Australia cyber premiums to continue upward trajectory: Marsh
Rates recorded increases of 15-20% throughout 2020 with 'silent cyber' a key concern.
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- January 28 2021
China, India insurtechs raise over US$270m in Q4 2020: WTW
Global fundraising hit an all-time annual high of US$7.1bn.
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- January 28 2021
Zurich appoints Jim Qin as new HK GI chief
Incumbent Penny Seach to become EMEA chief underwriting officer.
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- January 27 2021
United India, National and Oriental to get capital boost: report
The state-run P&C players need help meeting solvency requirements.
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- January 27 2021
Peak Re’s Lawrence Cheng to leave: sources
The departing managing director has been with the reinsurer since it was founded in 2012.
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- January 27 2021
Asia political risk capacity to rise
Experts tell IAN that Hong Kong and Thailand are likely to see further rate increases.
