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- July 11 2024
Chinese carrier Zhonglu’s underwriting risk selection tested by business expansion: Fitch
The rating agency has affirmed its 'BBB' rating with a stable outlook, adding that its growth expectation through 2026 may expose it to larger cat losses.
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- July 11 2024
SBI General Insurance taps Liberty’s Udayan Joshi as chief technical & claims officer
The former president of Liberty General Insurance in Mumbai has joined the Indian insurer where he will be in charge of shaping its underwriting and reinsurance initiatives.
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- July 11 2024
Sompo ropes in AIG’s Bill Zhang as consumer lines president for APAC
Zhang will be responsible for leading the consumer lines strategy and operating model across Asia Pacific, reporting to Kenneth Reilly, APAC CEO of insurance.
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- July 11 2024
Asia carriers looking to extend renewables capacity as projects soar
Large and complex regional projects exposed to nat cat risks could still find it hard to secure insurance as they require specialist underwriting expertise from London markets.
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- July 10 2024
Toa Re FY 2023 net income up six-fold on investment gains
The group's net written premiums dropped 12.5% to JPY280.8bn (US$1.7bn), as its US and European subsidiaries reversed their losses posted a year ago.
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- July 10 2024
ASIC outlines US$14.4m estimated levies for Australian insurance industry
For Australian insurers, the estimated funding levy is US$8.9m. The regulator's focus in FY2023-24 for the general insurance sector was on enforcement action against claims handling and misconduct related with home insurance.
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- July 10 2024
Axa elevates Torsten Blake Bohm as CIO for Hong Kong, Macau
Bohm, who has held a number of senior roles with Axa in Hong Kong, replaces Fanda Ho, who is understood to have left the carrier.
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- July 10 2024
Aon promotes Marguerita Silitonga to Indonesia president director of reinsurance solutions
Jakarta-based Silitonga will be responsible for driving growth and managing all operations in the country. She reports to Musa Adlan, executive director and head of Aon's Reinsurance Solutions in South-East Asia.
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- July 10 2024
India’s ACC approves appointments of executive directors at eight public sector insurance firms: report
These include appointments of top executives with tenures ranging from less than a year to four years.
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- July 10 2024
Crawford hires Curtis Oakes as New South Wales business development manager
With over 15 years of industry experience, Sydney-based Oakes has spent time working at global insurers such as QBE, and Aviva
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- July 10 2024
Chubb promotes Marcos Gunn as head of APAC, Paul McNamee as president of overseas GI
McNamee will be in charge of Chubb's general insurance business in 51 countries outside of North America, as Marcos Gunn will succeed his previous role as head of Asia Pacific, both effective immediately.
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- July 10 2024
Zurich turbocharges Hong Kong EV insurance business by courting used car owners
As a key growth area for the city, Zurich has dialled up its effort to attract EV policyholders to switch from competitors and is exploring more product opportunities for the Greater Bay Area, says Clement Hau, chief underwriting officer for general insurance, Hong Kong.
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- July 9 2024
Liberty Mutual’s casualty veteran Noel MacCarthy steps down after 25 years
As one of the first employees in Asia Pacific for Liberty Mutual, MacCarthy has been influential in shaping the region's casualty business for the carrier.
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- July 9 2024
Mapfre Re promotes Alberto Estévez Allegue to Tokyo chief representative officer
Estévez Allegue, who has been with the reinsurer for over 12 years, was most recently project development expert director at the carrier's APAC regional management based in Madrid.
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- July 9 2024
GSA Insurance Brokers announces eight senior promotions
The NSW-based broker has appointed Tim Wight as head of Victoria, James Rossi as senior client manager for general insurance, and Freddie Evans as senior client manager for professional and financial lines.
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- July 9 2024
+8 Partners ropes in Eric Fady as strategic advisor
With over 20 years of experience, Fady will advise the (re)insurance intermediary on financial strategy, acquisitions and major financial transactions.
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- July 9 2024
Easing hard market cycle shifts carriers’ focus to APAC M&A, tech megatrends
More (re)insurers are riding on new tech trends to profit from over US$200bn premium potential, as there is also a growing interest in M&A opportunities in the region, according to Aon’s strategy and technology group.
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- July 8 2024
Tokio Marine Kiln taps Zurich’s Yang Yixiang as head of Asia Pacific A&H
The appointment is aligned with the specialty insurer's strategy of doubling its premiums written in the region through its Lloyd’s Asia platform by 2027.
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- July 8 2024
Insurance claims from southern China heavy rain and floods hit US$344m: report
Insurers have settled about a third of the total claims filed. The heavy rain and floodwaters in Hunan breached a stretch of the dyke of China's second-largest freshwater lake.
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- July 8 2024
India’s general insurers pull back from state flagship crop insurance scheme in FY 2024: report
Gross premium fell 4.2% to US$3.7bn for the 12 months ended March 2024, at a time when farmers were grappling with heavy crop losses due to floods, unseasonal rains and heatwaves.
