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- March 28 2025
With floods high on the list of perils in Asia, modeller gets its feet wet into China and Australia
JBA has announced a partnership with China’s Ping An Insurance and has also launched a new comprehensive Australian inland flood model.
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- March 27 2025
‘Damages snowballing’ as Korea’s worst-ever wildfire rages on
The fire in the country's southeastern Gyeongsang province has burned through more than 36,000 hectares as death toll rose to 27, destroyed hundreds of structures and affected multiple cities and towns.
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- March 27 2025
Zurich names Dominic Tarquini as head of commercial insurance in Hong Kong
Tarquini joined Zurich in 2022 from Aspen Insurance, having previously worked for QBE Europe.
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- March 27 2025
China Pacific Insurance’s P&C underwriting profit falls 35.5% to US$372m in FY24
Underwriting COR deteriorated by 0.9 percentage points to 98.6% due to a loss ratio that worsened to 70.8%.
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- March 27 2025
Howden Re to launch in Taiwan, led by Gallagher Re’s Jimmy Tsai
Tsai will join the broker as managing director from June as part of Howden Re's Asia expansion.
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- March 27 2025
India infrastructure boom builds reinsurance demand at 1.4
Property, engineering and liability lines see growth, but rates remain flat to down, says Howden’s Prateek Singhal.
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- March 27 2025
Amid abundant capacity, 1.4 renewals could see double-digit rate drop: Aon’s George Attard
APAC reinsurance solutions CEO tells IAN ahead of key renewals that a continuation of 1.1 dynamics has resulted in a favourable environment for buyers.
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- March 26 2025
Swiss Re CorSo promotes Nupur Sharma to senior property underwriter
Singapore-based Sharma has been with the company for eight and a half years, having previously worked for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty.
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- March 26 2025
Japan P&I Club overall tonnage falls 3% during 2025 renewal
The club had announced a 7% premium hike in 2025 for owners’ and charterers’ entries.
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- March 26 2025
Any port in a storm: Trump’s US port fee threat rocks the boat, but what does it mean for insurers?
Proposed US$1.5m levy per port call for ships with Chinese ties adds a layer of complexity for shipowners, charterers, and cargo interests.
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- March 25 2025
Generali completes acquisition of China P&C business
The Italian insurer has received all regulatory approvals to take full ownership of the mainland P&C business
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- March 25 2025
South Korea’s P&C insurers’ net income up 3.1% to US$5.8bn in 2024
Insurance income marginally down by 1% to US$5.6bn due to higher loss ratios for motor insurance, according to preliminary statistics from the Financial Supervisory Service.
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- March 25 2025
Specialist Risk Group formally launches in APAC with Singapore hub
Business says it will focus on delivering solutions for difficult and hard-to-place risks, with an emphasis on specialty lines and complex P&C.
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- March 25 2025
Taiping Re’s FY24 service results double to US$75m, COR improves to 92.7%
Hong Kong-based reinsurer’s total premium for the last financial year decreased by 5.1% to US$2bn.
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- March 25 2025
FSA issues business improvement orders to Japanese non-life insurers over information leaks
- Regulatory
- Japan
- Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
- MS&AD
- Sompo
- Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire
Regulator says 2.7m sets of information on rivals' clients were leaked by employees on loan to multi-client insurance agencies.
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- March 25 2025
Everest hands Henry Ang dual PVT, property role
Singapore-based Ang assumes role of head of political violence and terrorism for Asia, as well as property underwriting.
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- March 25 2025
Howden names Rajesh Singh as head of property in India
He has been with Howden since October 2023, having previously worked for the likes of Hero Insurance Broking, Alliance Insurance Brokers and Marsh.
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- March 25 2025
Wongi Kim to succeed Andy Ryoo as Allianz Trade’s South Korea country manager
Ryoo, who has worked at the trade insurer for 22 years, is retiring.
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- March 25 2025
Ready for kick off: insurers eye their time in the spotlight as Hong Kong’s Kai Tak opens its doors
As city gears up for rugby Sevens and Coldplay at its new venue, event insurance in Asia Pacific could finally be on the cusp of reaching pre-Covid levels.
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- March 25 2025
Chinese insurers could benefit from DeepSeek, albeit with risks: AM Best
Several smaller insurers might be able to bring down their operating costs due to DeepSeek’s lower cost and operational features.
