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- October 28 2021
Parima 2021: Institutional capital an alternative to traditional capacity
Aon's new Asia CEO cites ability of pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to provide the market with different options.
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- October 28 2021
Financial lines led Asia Q3 price hikes: Marsh
Heightened cyber risk generated pressure on pricing, a reduction in capacity and a narrowing of cover.
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- October 27 2021
WTW appoints Indonesia head as Asia corporate and risk leader
Luke Ware starts with immediate effect in Singapore and replaces Scott Burnett who has taken on an international role.
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- October 27 2021
Parima 2021: PPPs make green energy projects viable
Insurers say renewable business lines have struggled with profitability for many years.
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- October 27 2021
Taiwan enjoys record P&C premium growth
The non-life market is growing at its fastest pace in more than a decade.
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- October 26 2021
Weak motor profits to impact China’s P&C players beyond 2021
Pricing pressure from regulatory reforms could prompt some smaller insurers to exit the business line completely.
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- October 26 2021
Only 12% of Asia’s cat losses insured: AIR Worldwide
The region saw US$30bn of economic losses associated with natural catastrophes in September alone.
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- October 26 2021
Sun Life appoints former Old Mutual director as Asia president
Hong Kong-based Ingrid Johnson has succeeded Léo Grépin who left the insurer earlier this month.
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- October 26 2021
Hong Kong’s brokers urged to plan renewals early amid hard market
CIB event told that property risk models can fail to estimate the true scale of losses.
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- October 26 2021
China Life P&C sees 4.5% premium growth in H1 2021: Moody’s
The insurer continued to record underwriting losses partly due to the performance of its motor business.
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- October 25 2021
HKIA panel flags ‘long’ timeline for some complaints
Independent review panel says Insurance Authority review timelines can be lengthy on occasion.
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- October 25 2021
ESG primed for Asia’s insurance mainstream
Sun Life Malaysia has just launched the country’s first investment-linked ESG fund.
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- October 22 2021
Dah Sing Insurance maintains Hong Kong market share
AM Best says the P&C player plans to scale down its reinsurance inward treaty business to better control risk accumulation.
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- October 22 2021
P&I clubs facing pressure to increase fixed limits
Mutual protection and indemnity clubs such as London, Japan, UK, Standard and North are all facing rising costs.
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- October 21 2021
BMS expands into Korea with broker buy
The specialist broker has bought M&A and financial lines firm VIB as part of its Asia expansion plans.
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- October 20 2021
Thai Life files IPO registration
The company said it recorded revenue of US$1.5bn in H1 2021 while profits were up 42% compared to the previous year.
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- October 20 2021
HK’s Bowtie raises US$22.6m from Mitsui, Sun Life
The life and health digital insurer is looking to expand in the Greater Bay Area.
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- October 20 2021
SE Asia personal lines set for digital transformation
Online premiums for travel, accident and home insurance in southern Asia could reach US$7.5bn by 2025.
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- October 19 2021
Policybazaar parent gets IPO nod from India regulator: report
Parent PB Fintech has been labeled a “foreign-owned and controlled” entity and counts Softbank and Tencent as investors.
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- October 19 2021
Hong Kong digital insurer Avo raises HK$260m
The digital insurer recorded gross written premiums of HK$1m in 2020.
