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- October 11 2024
Strong growth in Nat Re’s non-property lines: AM Best
The rating agency has affirmed Nat Re’s rating at B++ (good) with a stable outlook, primarily driven by its strong balance sheet.
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- October 10 2024
MSIG Asia hires senior execs for Asia expansion
Rajnish Pal has joined the firm as senior vice president and head of transformation while Christian Kolmberger has been appointed as senior vice president, underwriting, reinsurance and claims.
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- October 10 2024
Brown & Brown completes acquisition of Singaporean broker Acorn
First announced in January, the deal by the US group's European arm Bridge Specialty is the brokerage group's second in the region after it entered Hong Kong last year through the acquisition of Capstone Brokers.
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- October 10 2024
Data breach driving cyber claims upwards: Allianz Commercial
The insurer's 2024 annual cyber risk outlook evolving regulatory and legal environment has brought an uptick in so-called 'non-attack' data privacy-related class action litigation.
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- October 9 2024
Markel expands India team with three underwriters in Mumbai
Srabasti Dhali has joined from Tata AIG as senior underwriter, specie; Aniket Mehta has been named marine cargo senior underwriter, while Ankur Saxena started as casualty underwriter.
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- October 9 2024
Crawford Thailand promotes Sompong Suriwong to country manager & director
The promotion came as current country manager Patipan Soodarram steps up into his new role of chairman of the loss adjuster.
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- October 8 2024
Compulsory motor third-party liability, high interest rates to benefit Indonesian P&C carriers: AM Best
The rating agency has revised its outlook for the country's non-life insurance segment from negative to stable, noting carriers' robust top-line results in Q1 2024.
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- October 8 2024
Asian power insurance sector sees a return to ‘buyers’ market’: WTW
Renewal rates outside China are seeing a reduction of up to 10% for well-managed assets and rates are expected to further soften over the next 12 months.
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- October 8 2024
Seoul Guarantee Insurance’s H1 loss ratios worsen as claims surge: report
Total claims paid out in the first six months reached nearly US$400m, an all-time high, and is expected to nearly double by the end of 2024.
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- October 7 2024
India’s Tata AIG General Insurance MD & CEO Neelesh Garg quits: report
Garg, who has been heading the joint venture between Tata Group and AIG for over nine years, will likely start his own venture, according to a local media report.
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- October 7 2024
Indian regulator urges insurers to go public: report
In its meetings with senior insurance officials, IRDAI is nudging companies that have been in operation for more than a decade to list in a bid to align with global corporate governance standards.
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- October 7 2024
QBE Singapore elevates Joyce Cheong to head of claims, people & asset risk
Cheong is responsible for all people-related risk claims such as accident, health, workers compensation and injuries, and asset-related losses including property, motor and engineering damages.
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- October 7 2024
MNK Group launches reinsurer in Labuan, appoints CEO
The London-based insurance group's new Asia-focused carrier, to be called Mekong Re, will see Rajguru K taking the helm as chief executive.
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- October 7 2024
Carriers hop back on crypto bandwagon as local regulations, attractive rates beckon
While more (re)insurance providers have entered the market, the industry needs to guard against loose underwriting and opportunistic capacity.
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- October 7 2024
Hartford Asia powers up financial lines underwriting with Melanie Ho hire
Based in Hong Kong, Ho joined from Chubb where she began her insurance career in 2021 as an assistant underwriter.
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- October 7 2024
Typhoon Krathon’s economic losses likely reach ‘tens of million’ in Taiwan, Philippines
The local government in Taiwan's Keelung city estimated that restoration and rebuilding work related to typhoon Krathon will cause US$14.8m according to local media citing city mayor George Hsieh.
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- October 7 2024
SBI General Insurance names Vivek Mane as head of distribution, agency & broking
With two decades of experience, Mumbai-based Mane was most recently vice president & national manager for agency and retail broking at Liberty General Insurance.
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- October 4 2024
Mahindra Insurance Brokers opens Dubai office to tap MENA reinsurance growth
The expansion allows the reinsurance broker to tap into the Middle East and North Africa market, expand client base and explore new opportunities in the region.
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- October 4 2024
Jerris Fong returns to QBE as head of pricing for Asia
Fong was previously quantitative insights manager based in Sydney before he left the carrier in 2022. In his new role he will relocate to Singapore and report to Jeremy Lau, chief underwriting officer for Asia.
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- October 4 2024
Gallagher India taps ex-Aon veteran Ajit Singh Horra as MD, names four division heads
Horra joined from Aon Global Insurance Brokers where he was senior executive vice president. It also named Puneet Gehani as chief business officer, Dev Bhutani as head-strategy & client management, Saurabh Gupta as head-North region and promoted Hari Kamath to CFO.
