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- July 26 2024
Nova Insurance set to fully acquire China arm by year-end
While it will be business as usual for the Hong Kong broker's China unit, it has also received regulatory approval to open a branch in the city of Suzhou, its third in the country.
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- July 26 2024
Typhoon Gaemi to make landfall in mainland China after hitting Taiwan and the Philippines
The storm, which landed near the city of Hualien that faced losses from an earthquake earlier this year, is believed to be the most powerful storm to hit Taiwan in eight years.
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- July 25 2024
Howden appoints Ngoensin Sutipitawkong as major accounts senior director in Thailand
Based in Bangkok, he joins Howden from Lockton where he was a director for three years from June 2021.
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- July 25 2024
Seadrif adds Benedikt Signer to board as executive director
Signer has worked for The World Bank for over a decade, where he supported over 20 countries in actively managing potential losses from climate and disaster shocks.
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- July 25 2024
Allianz Commercial taps AIG’s Karlis Trops to head Asia cyber and tech PI
Trops has over 14 years of industry experience specialising in cyber and technology errors and omissions (E&O) insurance underwriting and risk assessments.
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- July 25 2024
BHSI elevates Sharkey, Veanes to D&O managers for Northern and Southern Australia
Before their promotions, Sydney-based Michael Sharkey was underwriting manager for commercial lines while Hayden Veanes was underwriting manager for executive and professional lines.
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- July 25 2024
PSC Insurance acquires specialist broking group Sherpa Insurance
With US$3.9bn in sales, Sherpa Insurance has joined PSC as part of its Sydney branch following the acquisition.
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- July 25 2024
Price Forbes expands Singapore financial lines team with Gallagher hire
Antonio Calder-Smith will relocate to Singapore from London and work to develop the broker's financial lines presence throughout the Asia Pacific region.
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- July 25 2024
Chubb delivers on Asia promise with impressive Q2 top-line growth
Greenberg highlights accident & health and travel insurance as strong perfomers in the region, which was the fastest growing globally with 33% net premium increase in the second quarter.
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- July 25 2024
Exclusive: Hannover Re names Blake Dimitrijevic Australia MD as Michael Eberhardt heads to Bermuda
Dimitrijevic, who joins from Guy Carpenter, will succeed Eberhardt who is set to take charge as managing director and chief underwriting officer for Hannover Re Bermuda.
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- July 25 2024
Nepal air crash: 99.7% of estimated US$3m loss ceded out to foreign reinsurers
The hull and liability cover were provided by a Nepalese carrier Prabhu Insurance and reinsured with a London-based carrier through facultative cover, IAN understands.
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- July 24 2024
Asia insurance rates decline 3% in Q2 led by finpro and cyber lines: Marsh
Rates drop for the second-straight quarter and widened from the 2% drop recorded in the first quarter. Led by D&O, finpro lines had the highest decline at 9%, while cyber rates declined by 6%.
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- July 24 2024
Haier-backed insurance broker Zhongmiao gets greenlight for Hong Kong listing
The Shandong-based company will be the first insurance intermediary to trade in Hong Kong if it completes an IPO.
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- July 24 2024
Swiss Re CorSo Australia & New Zealand appoints Kevin Bates as country head
Sydney-based Bates, who was head of risk and insurance at Australian construction company Lendlease, will take over from Christine Bell, who is retiring.
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- July 24 2024
Pacific insurance rates decline 5% led by finpro, cyber and property lines: Marsh
Casualty was the only line that saw a slight increase with the rates going 1% up, however, the lowest in many years, as capacity and competition increased from new and existing markets.
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- July 24 2024
Great American Insurance taps Chubb’s Julie Leng as marine underwriter
Leng, who was an assistant manager based in Kuala Lumpur, joins the Great American's Singapore branch.
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- July 24 2024
HDI Global hires Stuart Routledge as New South Wales marine underwriting manager
Sydney-based Routledge joins from RedSky Insurance where he was senior marine underwriter specialising in cargo insurance for over three years.
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- July 24 2024
London seeks to offer specialist capacity for ‘high-risk exposed’ Asia renewables
(Re)insurers are ready to step in to provide expertise for renewables in emerging regional economies as some of the capacity currently on offer is "naive".
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- July 24 2024
Criterion secures capacity from Bridgehaven Specialty to target waste management and recycling
The "A" rated capacity enables the MGA to offer "significant line sizes" to the underserved demand for sustainable recycling covers across UK, Australia and New Zealand.
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- July 23 2024
Korean insurers brace for more investment return volatility: Fitch
The carriers have sufficient capitalisation and their stable underwriting performance will likely support their overall profitability and offset the choppier returns caused by the IFRS 9 accounting change.
