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- July 18 2024
Virtual asset insurance to become mandatory in Korea from tomorrow
Local media reports suggest carriers are charging premiums ranging from 5% to 12%.
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- July 18 2024
Texel names Angela Chang Asia MD as William Shaw assumes global role
Shaw will relocate to London as deputy CEO of the political risk and credit specialist broker.
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- July 17 2024
Allianz makes US$1.6bn offer for 51% of Singapore’s Income Insurance
The offer is subject to the approval of the shareholders of Income Insurance for the amendments to the constitution and the proposed name change.
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- July 17 2024
Malaysian Re proposes new global climate models in assessing South-East Asia climate risk
The company's most recent report suggests that newer climate models, which acknowledge global warming, may be more effective in predicting climate losses than legacy models that only rely on historical weather data.
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- July 17 2024
Munich Re elevates Thibault Imbert as principal for digital solutions P&C
He will support Munich Re's clients on their primary insurance challenges and ambition and report to Weihao Choo, head of consulting.
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- July 16 2024
GIAJ calls for revision of reserve rates for fire insurance policies
A review of catastrophe contingency reserve system is critical in light of rising nat cats losses, the industry body says.
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- July 16 2024
AUB-owned Tysers Singapore ropes in Surabhi Mehrotra as associate director, reinsurance
Mehrotra joins from JB Boda, where she spent almost a decade as assistant general manager of treaty and facultative reinsurance broking.
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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
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
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
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
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 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.
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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.
