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- June 5 2023
Axa XL ropes in Evelyn Pang as global program and captive manager for Asia
Hong Kong-based Pang, who joins from Berkley Insurance Asia, will report to the (re)insurer's HK CEO Jamie Chambers.
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- June 2 2023
Stephen Warwick joins Guy Carpenter to lead GC Access APAC
GC Access offers advice and placement services to MGAs with more than US$3bn in annual GWP and is seeking to grow in the region.
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- June 2 2023
Miller taps Lockton’s Craig McCoig-Lees for APAC reinsurance build-out
Singapore-based McCoig-Lees will support the broker's facultative and treaty offerings in the region.
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- June 2 2023
Zurich | Aligning your climate resilience strategy with evolving disclosure requirements
Climate reporting as a mere checkbox exercise may not yield meaningful information if companies fail to manage their risks.
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- June 1 2023
Pop Holdings hires Sergei Korol as chief operations and finance officer
Singapore-based Korol will be in charge of building up the specialty insurance group, including MGA Fusion and tech arm io.insure.
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- May 31 2023
Asia workers’ comp remains soft as economies readjust
As companies try to bounce back to pre-Covid times, the market is dealing with challenges such as hybrid working and an ageing workforce.
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- May 31 2023
Guy Carpenter | Dedicated reinsurance capital for Asia life business
Reforms and accounting changes in the region are forcing life insurers to optimise their capital position and improve shareholder returns.
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- May 30 2023
Asian carriers join net-zero exodus
With Japan’s big three calling it time, IAG, Samsung F&M and KB are the only APAC carriers left in the alliance.
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- May 29 2023
Swiss Re CorSo sees growth in APAC through ‘bespoke offerings’
While the carrier is looking to grow its Japan, South-East Asia footprint, it has a 'big focus' on its parametric and global programmes offerings.
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- May 26 2023
Scor latest to exit net zero alliance
This is the fifth exit from the NZIA after Swiss Re, Hannover Re, Zurich and Munich Re.
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- May 25 2023
Going to war on cyber wordings
As Lloyd’s war exclusions cause disquiet among insureds and reinsurers, the market is set to see a battle royale with APAC in the thick of it.
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- May 24 2023
Adva launches US$150m per cover marine war risk facility in Asia
The facility aims to ‘plug the gap’ in coverage for voyages to and from designated war risks exclusion zones.
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- May 24 2023
US broking giant Brown & Brown enters Asia with Kentro buy
The sixth largest global broker eyes expansion in the region through MGA Nexus and specialty broker Capstone.
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- May 23 2023
RenaissanceRe to buy Validus Re from AIG for US$3bn
The transaction includes AlphaCat Managers and Talbot Treaty reinsurance business, but AIG will retain Talbot Underwriting and Western World.
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- May 23 2023
Uplift in consumer sentiment helps APAC carriers combat reinsurance costs, inflation: Fitch
Primary insurers have been able to pass on higher premium rates to customers, even double-digit hikes in places like Australia, without affecting business retention.
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- May 23 2023
Why are take-up rates for environmental impairment liability insurance low in Asia?
Lack of awareness regarding coverage gaps in general liability and property policies and a limited ESG focus haven't helped.
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- May 23 2023
Brown & Brown acquires Nexus and Xenia owner Kentro Capital
The acquisition gives the US broker a foothold in Asia through MGAs Nexus and Spectrum, and broker Capstone.
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- May 23 2023
Axa XL looks to tap into Asia corporate mindset shift
The French (re)insurer sees huge potential in the region with eight Asian markets expected to grow 11% per year from 2021 to 2025.
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- May 19 2023
Guy Carpenter swoops for Howden Tiger Hong Kong leadership team: sources
IAN understands that the move includes Stephen Warwick, Howden Tiger’s head of treaty for Asia Pacific.
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- May 18 2023
Travel cover in the fast lane with higher premiums and attachment points
The average rate increase in the past 18 months reached 15% in the Pacific, high single digits in South-East Asia and India, with similar trends expected in China and Japan.