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- May 30 2024
Dual expands New Zealand operations with Wellington office
The new office will be the company’s first office outside Auckland and reflects the company’s growing presence in New Zealand.
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- May 29 2024
Cyclone Remal floods villages, cuts power, shuts airports in Bangladesh, India
The cyclone has affected 3.7 million people along the coast and killing at least 16 people as of May 28.
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- May 29 2024
GIC Re’s FY 2024 underwriting losses near US$500m
The India state-owned reinsurer’s COR deteriorated to 111.82% for FY 2024, while GWP for the period grew marginally to US$4.5bn.
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- May 29 2024
Geographic diversification will support Japan P&C insurers’ profitability: Moody’s
- P&C
- Japan
- Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
- MS&AD
- Sompo
- Tokio Marine
- Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire
While the sector's outlook is stable, the insurers' overseas premium growth would slow in the next 12-18 months, the rating agency said.
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- May 29 2024
APRA proposes US$22m in levies funding for Australia’s general insurance sector
The total operational costs of the regulators to be recovered from the general insurance sector in FY 2024 is 10.8% higher than the previous financial year, the Treasury said in a discussion paper.
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- May 29 2024
Axa XL ropes in Zurich’s Julie Morgan as Australia head of claims
Sydney-based Morgan will have oversight of all claims activity across all lines of business for Australia.
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- May 29 2024
IAG slapped with class action suit over ‘loyalty tax’ on home insurance renewals
IAG says it intends to defend the proceedings commenced by class action specialist law firm Slater and Gordon against its subsidiaries IAL and IMA.
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- May 29 2024
Great Eastern’s minority shareholders demand better offer from OCBC: report
The take-private offer is priced at a 30% discount to the Singaporean insurer's embedded value, a metric often used to value insurance firms elsewhere, shareholders say.
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- May 29 2024
AM Best upgrades Philippine non-life market outlook to stable
The market experienced double-digit increases in the casualty, health and accident lines of business in 2023 with GWP growing 13% year-on-year.
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- May 29 2024
Tower swings back to profit in H1 2024 on absence of large nat cat
The Kiwi insurer's reported net profit after-tax totalled US$22.2m, reversing the US$3.1m net loss a year ago.
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- May 28 2024
Equal chance of neutral ENSO conditions and La Niña: BOM
The Australian weather agency has maintained La Niña watch as there are some early signs that an event might occur in the Pacific Ocean later this year.
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- May 28 2024
Cédric Boureau returns to CCR Re as senior actuary underwriter for Asia, Africa
Boureau, who had left the French reinsurer for Swiss Re in 2020, will report to John Conan, director of P&C for Asia and Africa.
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- May 28 2024
Japan hail fall insurance payout reaches US$214m: GIAJ
Insurers see 98% claims settled out of total 92,424 accepted claims as of April 26, according to GIAJ.
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- May 28 2024
Singapore Airlines turbulence puts new risks on the radar
Allianz-led liability program for the airline was placed by Gallagher and Sedgwick has been retained as the loss adjuster, IAN can reveal.
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- May 28 2024
NM Insurance hires Andrew McFetridge as head of New Zealand operations
McFetridge will focus on growing the company’s local team and expanding distribution networks focusing on marine and motorcycle insurance.
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- May 27 2024
Paytm General Insurance withdraws application for general insurance licence
The decision allows the group to focus on the insurance distribution portfolio built by its wholly-owned subsidiary Paytm Insurance Broking, it said.
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- May 27 2024
Zurich Singapore names Matthew Graves as chief claims officer
Graves will report to Singapore CEO Liam Burrell and have oversight over commercial and retail segments.
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- May 27 2024
Tropical cyclone landfalls in East Asia set to be above-normal: Guy Carpenter
The western North Pacific region will likely see 19 to 21 tropical cyclone formations this year, which is near-normal activity, according to the reinsurance broker.
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- May 27 2024
Kay International AMEA appoints Grace Yeo as senior reinsurance broking manager for South-East Asia
Singapore-based Yeo was previously a reinsurance senior broker with UIB Asia Reinsurance Brokers from May 2023.
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- May 27 2024
WTW strengthens regional cyber team with Marsh hire
Singapore-based Conor Keating, who joins as the regional cyber growth leader, will report to the Asia cyber practice head Jennifer Tiang,
