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- July 16 2024
Australian MGA ATL appoints Allianz’s Jason Hawksworth as CEO
Sydney-based Hawksworth will succeed Allan Smith who has become executive chairman of the firm.
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- July 16 2024
Munich Re promotes Chris Baker to APAC cyber practice lead
Singapore-based Baker takes over the role from Serene Chan, who will head the carrier's P&C reinsurance business in Greater China.
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- July 16 2024
AUB targets New Zealand expansion through equity partnership with Northco
Northco’s management will retain a significant shareholding "to continue to adopt an entrepreneurial focus for the business".
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- July 16 2024
Munich Re’s Serene Chan takes charge as head of P&C reinsurance for Greater China
Chan, who was previously regional head of cyber for Asia Pacific with the reinsurer, was appointed in the new role following a wider regional leadership reshuffle earlier this year.
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- July 16 2024
Guy Carpenter expands APAC MGA practice with new Australia, New Zealand leader
The broker has appointed regional fac leader Krystina Wallis as head of GC Access for the region.
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- July 16 2024
Korea’s lithium fire sparks calls for global safety standards
Underwriting guidelines must consider various factors to price battery risks, including the quality of manufacture, testing and certification, and the separation and containment of units, especially in light of the Aricell factory fire.
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- July 16 2024
PICC P&C posts 3.7% premium income growth in H1 2024
The premium income for the first half stood at US$42.9bn with motor vehicle insurance accounting for about 45% of the premiums.
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- July 16 2024
ARPC appoints Karin Rathbone as new chief risk officer
Sydney-based Rathbone was most recently chief risk officer with Colonial First State.
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- July 16 2024
Bangkok Insurance COR projected at 85%-90% over the next two years: S&P Global
The rating agency has affirmed the carrier's 'A-' local currency long-term issuer credit and financial strength rating to the insurer, with a stable outlook, and expects its capital adequacy to remain above its 99.95% confidence level over the next two years.
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- July 15 2024
Ping An Insurance eyes US$3.5bn fundraise: report
The insurer will raise the funds through a convertible bond offering, according to a Bloomberg report.
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- July 15 2024
Peak Re promotes David Menezes as chief risk officer
Hong Kong-based Menezes has been serving as the deputy chief risk officer at the global reinsurer since September 2022.
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- July 15 2024
Trade credit insurers expect ‘harder’ market as insolvencies return to pre-Covid highs
A 'buyer’s market' prevails as claims have yet to exceed pre-pandemic levels. But rising geopolitical and trade tensions have boosted intra-Asia trade and insurance demand, with some carriers expanding investments in the region.
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- July 15 2024
China’s nat cat economic losses hit US$13bn in H1 2024 as flood claims rise
95,000 claims from the intense rain across eight southern China provinces have reached CNY3.21bn, according to NFRA's latest data.
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- July 13 2024
Great Eastern privatisation deal falls short of compulsory acquisition threshold
Trading in Great Eastern shares will be suspended after OCBC failed to garner enough shares from minority shareholders, putting the take-private bid and the insurer's listing status in a stalemate.
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- July 12 2024
PartnerRe hands Sasa Hu expanded role of APAC P&C CUO
Hu will remain in Hong Kong whilst also maintaining her current role of head of agriculture.
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- July 12 2024
Axa XL expands Australian team with two senior hires
Based in Sydney, Sugra Kaur has been appointed senior casualty underwriter while Melbourne-based Rhys Anthony has joined as senior claims specialist for property.
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- July 12 2024
China Taiping former deputy manager pleads guilty to accepting US$11m in bribes
The former insurance industry top boss, who had served China Taiping Insurance Group and China Life Insurance, now awaits a verdict from the Intermediate People's Court of Xinxiang in Henan province.
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- July 12 2024
Berkley Insurance Asia promotes Hank Yeo to financial lines senior underwriter
Singapore-based Yeo has been with the insurer since 2020, focusing on directors and officers liability, professional liability, and investment management insurance.
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- July 12 2024
Asia Pacific reinsurance market finds a new equilibrium
While the market is ‘finely balanced’ for now, its sustainability will depend on the loss activity in the remaining six months of 2024, according to reinsurance experts and analysts.
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- July 11 2024
Allianz Commercial names Young Jeong Lee as head of financial lines, Korea
Lee joined from Samsung Fire & Marine, where he worked 12 years as a senior professional in its finance and energy department and global strategy department.
