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- February 17 2023
Allianz’s Asia P&C net earned premium grows 30%, COR up at 98.1%
Group COR increased to 94.2% primarily due to higher attritional losses related to normalisation of claims frequency and claims inflation.
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- February 17 2023
QBE 2022 COR improves to 93.7%; reinsurance expenses climb 34%
The global carrier's underwriting profit was up 34% to US$933m, while its GWP grew to US$20bn.
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- February 17 2023
AUB upgrades profit guidance as Tysers performs ‘ahead of expectations’
The broker expects US$32.3m of profit for H1 2023, which is 8.5% above the mid-point of the guidance.
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- February 16 2023
Allianz sees claims from cyclone pool after Gabrielle hit Norfolk Island
The storm caused minor damage to the external territory before it slammed New Zealand.
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- February 14 2023
Asia flood losses to worsen amid data deficit
(Re)insurers are feeling the heat from record rainfall events and fast-evolving climate risk scenarios.
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- February 13 2023
IAG’s H1 2023 combined ratio increases to 93.7%
Group GWP grew 7.5% on rate increases but underwriting profit was down 10% year-on-year.
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- February 13 2023
Auckland floods and Turkey earthquake add pressure on upcoming renewals
Recent disasters are likely to trigger reinsurance payouts and add to the capacity woes and rate increases that's been vexing renewals.
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- February 10 2023
Australia’s Open in exclusive talks to acquire Saga underwriting unit
Gibraltar-based Acromas is a personal lines underwriter for Saga and AA Insurance.
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- February 10 2023
Axa XL promotes Shiwei Jin to APAC & Europe head of global programmes
Based in Hong Kong, Jin will oversee global programme strategy for the (re)insurer's multinational clients in Asia, Australia and Europe.
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- February 10 2023
Lockton appoints ex-JLT Australasian CEO as Pacific president
Leo Demer will work closely with Paul Marsden, Lockton’s CEO (Australia and Pacific) and starts on February 13 in Sydney.
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- February 9 2023
Hannover Re cuts APAC premium volume by 21.6% in 1.1 renewals
The German reinsurer cut back on proportional treaty in Malaysia and China, but XOL premiums filled some of the void.
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- February 8 2023
Suncorp misses H1 cat allowance by US$69m, books 94.5% Australia COR
Australian insurance profits rose 142%, helped by a US$104m Covid BI provision release.
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- February 8 2023
Medibank faces class action suit over data hack: report
The lawsuit against the insurer was filed by Baker McKenzie and funded by litigation funding company Omni Bridgeway.
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- February 3 2023
Australia disaster funding under an independent review
Led by Andrew Colvin of Deloitte, the review evaluates government investment in disaster risk reduction and resilience.
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- February 3 2023
IAG hit by 15,000 claims from NZ floods, ups FY 2023 nat cat forecast by US$167m
Reinsurance likely to be triggered as the Australian carrier says gross costs for the Auckland event are set to exceed US$248m, above a maximum event retention of US$167m.
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- February 2 2023
Honan snaps up Ardrossan Insurance Brokers
Melbourne-based Ardrossan was established by Nick Harvey in 2013 and works with sectors including manufacturing, retail, hospitality, finance, property, logistics, construction and sport.
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- January 31 2023
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions appoints distribution manager for Australia and NZ
Sydney-based Gavin White was most recently a global client executive in Chubb Australia & New Zealand's major accounts division.
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- January 30 2023
Christian Colembera named Everest Insurance Australia MD, head of Pacific
Colembera has most recently been Everest's head of international financial lines and UK branch manager.
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- January 27 2023
Australia’s October 2022 flood losses rise 6.4% to US$598m: Perils
The estimate includes property and motor hull losses for the majority of the market for floods in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.
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- January 26 2023
Opinion: Australia’s (re)insurers are testing the limits of climate change
As the outlook worsens, the sustainability of the market picking up most of the risks might be called into question.
