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- September 26 2022
‘Deutsche Rück to focus on small and medium-sized insurers in Asia’
The carrier will rely on its own network of brokers but will certainly work with local ones too, Asia MD Tarik Aouad told IAN.
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- September 23 2022
‘Hardening continuing into the coming renewal’: Swiss Re’s Paul Murray
The reinsurer is withdrawing capacity from frequency-driven nat cat events and doubling down on ‘sweet spot’ high layers in Asia.
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- September 22 2022
Berkley names Aaron Yip as Singapore CEO
Yip will report to Asia chief executive Shasi Nair and will continue in his role as chief underwriting officer for Asia.
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- September 22 2022
Analytics: Asia marine premium growth offset by higher claims
Vessel activity returns to pre-Covid levels, rates flatten and inflation pushes up cost of repairs.
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- September 21 2022
South and South-East Asian reinsurers face inflation, poor returns double whammy: AM Best
Pricing increases may not be sufficient for carriers to increase technical profitability despite a five-percentage-point COR improvement since 2019.
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- September 21 2022
Asia may ‘finally pull its weight’ on terrorism cover
The market is on the cusp of change with rates set to harden as global firms pay more attention to the risk.
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- September 20 2022
Aon goes in-house for APAC cyber head and bolsters M&A team
Adam Peckman takes on cyber role covering five territories, while Adrian Chai becomes director, transaction solutions, Asia.
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- September 20 2022
RVS Monte Carlo: Five key APAC take-aways from the Rendez-Vous
Climate change, macro risks and hardening markets dominate discussions at the biggest reinsurer meet-up.
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- September 15 2022
Deutsche Rück expands into Asia
Tarik Aouad will head the joint department for the Middle East and Asia for the German reinsurer.
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- September 15 2022
Asia reinsurance growth to ease as capital tightens
Premiums will grow at 3-4% a year over the next three years with underwriting becoming more selective.
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- September 14 2022
FWD refiles for Hong Kong IPO
Stock exchange filing revealed that H1 new business reached US$405m, up 25% year-on-year.
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- September 14 2022
Insurers’ ESG reluctance holding back Asia greening agenda
Market players need to find better ways of underwriting new projects that they don't fully understand.
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- September 14 2022
Rising cat claims force APAC governments to partner reinsurers: S&P
Government-backed cat pools and widening agri cover are seen as ways to maintain affordability.
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- September 13 2022
Aon snags Marsh M&A specialist as Asia head of transaction solutions
Xianwei Lee started the role in Singapore this month.
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- September 12 2022
Asia P&C claims continue to outpace price rises
Competition and lack of affordability mean insurers may pass just 80% of claims' inflation to clients, says Fitch.
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- September 9 2022
APAC renewables to generate US$59bn of premium by 2035: Swiss Re report
Property and casualty sector global real premiums will grow by around 2.7% in 2023.
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- September 9 2022
Lloyd’s Asia posts 25% H1 growth but COR deteriorates
Marine and cargo premiums grew for the first time in three years, but the region took a hit from Australian floods.
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- September 8 2022
Aspen Re looks to casualty for Asia growth
Reinsurers are diverting capacity as they get selective with property, says Beatrice Morley.
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- September 7 2022
MS Amlin boosts APAC underwriting and claims with five Singapore hires
Alex Wang, Jason Tan, Srinath Iyer, Kris Gwee and Joash Tan have all joined the team.
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- September 7 2022
FM Global’s James Thompson becomes APAC leader as trio promoted
Tan Hian Hong and Andrew Stafford also handed senior operational roles.
