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- January 18 2022
Market raises concerns over Asia secondary perils pricing
Inadequate models are putting pressure on underwriting results, say market participants.
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- January 14 2022
Singapore insurers ‘pushing’ for renewable energy rate rises
Small solar plants are hard to insure due to minimum premium requirements, says a new report.
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- January 13 2022
Insurtech Profile: bolttech
The firm's insurance exchange now spans 30 markets and it has ambitious plans for Asia expansion.
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- January 12 2022
The pandemic accelerated a digital ‘structural shift’: AFF
There is more work to do to utilise data for product design and claims, according to experts at the Asian Financial Forum.
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- January 11 2022
Hong Kong is a ‘great place’ for ILS: Asian Financial Forum
Execs from Zurich, Scor, HSBC and WTW highlighted appetite for nat cat bonds to manage climate risks.
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- January 10 2022
McGill and Partners eyes Asia Pacific in 2022
With ‘massive amounts of dry powder’ the broker is looking at global expansion, says head of strategy Stephen Cross.
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- January 7 2022
Demand for Asia M&A cover builds momentum
The W&I insurance market has bright prospects after a whirlwind end to the last quarter of 2021.
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- January 7 2022
MS Amlin launches Phoenix 2 Re ILS vehicle
The vehicle is the firm's second Asia-focused reinsurance ILS offering and secured US$37.5m.
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- January 6 2022
Asia 1.1 renewals disappoint
Capacity held firm but the market showed some resistance in China and in retro.
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- January 6 2022
Q&A: Peak Re’s Clarence Wong on claims’ inflation and cyber risk
The chief economist says the insurability of new risks such as cryptocurrencies will improve.
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- January 4 2022
Allianz’s Anusha Thavarajah on growth and risks in Asia
The insurer has aggressive targets for the entire region, says APAC CEO.
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- January 3 2022
Tokio Marine appoints Asia CEO
Masahito Hirai has switched from the firm's Malaysia operations to be based in Singapore.
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- January 3 2022
What to expect in 2022
Inflation, climate, cyber, supply chains and digital disruption will remain atop of insurers' to-do lists in the year ahead.
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- December 31 2021
Japan’s ‘Big Three’ primed for SE Asia growth
Sompo, Tokio Marine and MS&AD have all launched a number of initiatives in Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore this year.
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- December 30 2021
Asia M&A 2021 Review
While overall activity was down on pandemic concerns, insurers still closed several noteworthy deals last year.
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- December 28 2021
APAC Broker M&A 2021 review
The last year saw a host of regional deals both large and small across insurance and reinsurance.
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- December 24 2021
Lloyd’s Asia launches renewable energy consortium
Chaucer, Markel and Munich Re Syndicate developed the new offering that will have a maximum capacity of US$100m per project.
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- December 23 2021
Asia ILS posts record year
2021 saw more deals, more capital raised and more domiciles than ever before.
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- December 22 2021
Munich Re, WTW’s sovereign debt ‘cat wrapper’ a model for SE Asia
The demand for similar style debt protection in the region is likely to grow.
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- December 20 2021
Omicron threatens reinsurance outlook
Sudden and virulent emergence of the new variant is weighing on sector forecasts.