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- May 19 2023
Sony to spin off financial services arm housing its insurance businesses: report
Sony Financial Holdings, to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, owns the P&C business Sony Assurance and life carrier Sony Life.
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- May 19 2023
Peak Re director Andrew Souter departs
Souter was hired in 2020 as head of global markets and ILS, and was named director, ANZ and Japan, after CUO Piotr Nowakowski took charge of the P&C business team in August 2022.
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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 19 2023
Philippines’ state Oriental Mindoro pushes for climate risk agri cover
Only one-third of over 10 million farm owners are covered by the country's state agricultural insurer PCIC.
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- May 18 2023
Argenta elevates Viji Ninan to Asia CEO
Singapore-based Ninan will oversee operations of the Singapore and Australia branches of Syndicate 2121.
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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.
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- May 17 2023
bolttech closes Tokio Marine-led US$196m Series B round with US$1.6bn valuation
MetLife and Khazanah among investors in the latest round by the insurtech, which will use the proceeds for organic and inorganic expansion.
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- May 17 2023
Tokio Marine withdraws from select Pacific markets: report
The insurer exits Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as margins deteriorated in 2022 as medical claims rebounded.
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- May 17 2023
Aon launches climate hub in Singapore
The company will increase its headcount in its Centre for Innovation and Analytics (ACIA) in Singapore from the existing 180 employees to over 350.
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- May 17 2023
Opinion: Will the APAC trade credit market rise to the looming insolvency challenge?
With corporate risks expected to rise across Asia, carriers need to up their game and evolve more sophisticated methods of risk assessment.
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- May 17 2023
Howden appoints APAC chair amid global management restructure
Mark Wood takes on the insurance broking role with Goh Chye Huat and Matt Bacon to lead Asia and Pacific, respectively, as the broker brings retail, specialty, reinsurance and underwriting under group CEO David Howden.
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- May 16 2023
Chubb Australia promotes Ryan Spettigue to global client executive
Spettigue was earlier the national leader for major accounts division, casualty, Australia, responsible for the insurer’s key clients.
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- May 16 2023
Hannover Re questions Taiwanese cedents’ hefty Covid bill
The reinsurer says it is collecting underwriting information to assess the validity of many pandemic claims over the last few years.
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- May 15 2023
Vietnam National Reinsurance to see improved pricing, underwriting growth: AM Best
Underwriting results improved in 2022, driven by favourable attritional and catastrophe loss experience, and a reduced expense ratio.
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- May 15 2023
Allianz Asia Pacific COR improves to 95.1% in Q1
Operating profit in the region improved 52% to US$45m, while the insurer's Australian arm returned to profit.
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- May 12 2023
Skuld posts US$122m premium income from Asia
The P&I club, which generated 26% of premiums from Asia, improved its combined ratio to 97% in FY 2022/3 from 107% in the year before.
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- May 12 2023
Fortitude Re opens representative office in Tokyo
The global reinsurer has appointed Hajime Kawafuji, who joins from the company's private equity owner Carlyle, as Japan chief representative.
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- May 12 2023
Hannover Re sees up to 20% nat cat rate hike in Japan 1.4 renewals
APAC benefits from the discontinuation of proportional business; books US$100m of New Zealand cat losses.
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- May 12 2023
Sedgwick | The digital revolution: how technology is transforming claims
Asia’s insurance market needs to embrace digital and data capabilities to improve client satisfaction.
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- May 11 2023
Indian finance ministry sets riders for fresh capital in three state-owned P&C carriers: report
National, Oriental and United India will need focus on the bottom line and improve costs, digitalisation and products.
