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- May 20 2025
MS&AD nearly doubles group profits to US$5bn, driven by record domestic results
Overseas subsidiaries achieved 35% profit growth despite a decline in profits for Lloyd's and reinsurance.
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- May 19 2025
FWD Group revives Hong Kong IPO, files listing application
Hong Kong insurer could seek several hundred million dollars from the IPO this year, according to a media report.
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- May 19 2025
Ping An P&C’s underwriting profitability better than domestic peer average: AM Best
AM Best affirms an insurer rating of A (excellent) with a stable outlook.
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- May 19 2025
Apollo-backed Athene Japan hires Munich Re’s Hugo Choi to lead corporate development
Choi will relocate to Tokyo from Hong Kong, and be responsible for growing the reinsurer's flow and block reinsurance businesses across Asia Pacific.
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- May 19 2025
Crypto specialist MGA Qubit formally launches in Australia
Underwriter will offer Lloyd's capacity to the digital asset space, according to CEO Helen Ye.
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- May 16 2025
Beijing hail leads to US$44m insured loss from widespread motor, property damage
Local insurers have received at least 45,600 claims, with the majority related to motor, as of May 14, according to the Beijing Financial Regulatory Bureau.
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- May 16 2025
HDI builds out North Asia liability team with TaeHan Kim as underwriting manager
Joining from Scor Australia, Kim will be based in the specialty (re)insurer's Hong Kong office.
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- May 15 2025
South Korean insurers see steep solvency decline amid rising liabilities: reports
Insurance Financial Solvency Ratio for non-life insurers dropped by 16% percentage points quarter on quarter to 211%.
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- May 15 2025
Vietnam’s PVI partners South Korea’s EGI for engineering guarantee insurance foray
Cooperation aims to create favourable conditions for South Korean construction enterprises to participate in infrastructure projects in Vietnam.
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- May 14 2025
HDI Global appoints Casey Sandler as interim MD for Japan branch
Sandler will replace Uwe Jürgen Sievers, who will step down after 30 years of service due to personal reasons.
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- May 14 2025
Japan’s major non-life insurers’ profitability to improve in short term: AM Best
Tokio Marine, MS&AD and Sompo Holdings are committed to reducing their equity holdings to zero over the next 5-6 years to improve capital efficiency and financial transparency.
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- May 13 2025
Korea’s FSC to establish bridge insurer for MG Non-Life reorganisation: report
Temporary insurer will be funded by Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation to manage the troubled carrier's insurance contracts and transfer to other non-life carriers.
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- May 13 2025
Lotte Insurance plans capital raise as it postpones US$64m bond redemption: reports
Carrier's plans to exercise a call option ran into opposition from regulator FSS due to low capital ratio.
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- May 13 2025
Gallagher Re taps Swiss Re’s Satoshi Yamazaki as senior manager in Tokyo
Yamazaki has held senior treaty and facultative underwriting positions at Swiss Re and XL Catlin.
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- May 12 2025
Allianz Commercial appoints Roy Kang as property underwriter in Tokyo
Kang previously worked at Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance for almost nine years, focusing on reinsurance underwriting.
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- May 12 2025
Korea P&I club gets rating outlook downgrade as 2024 COR climbs to 204%: AM Best
Rating agency has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and the long-term ICR of bbb+ (Good) of the club.
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- May 12 2025
Lotte Insurance faces regulatory block on US$64.2m bond redemption amid capital concerns
Under the current supervisory regulations, early redemption is only allowed if the solvency ratio K-ICS remains above 150% after redemption but South Korea's financial regulator estimates the ratio would drop to 127.4% following the redemption.
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- May 9 2025
‘No barriers’ to ILS activity in Asia, says Peak Re’s Iain Reynolds
With the current soft market, investors are being offered 'quite a lot of deals', requiring issuers to fight for attention, the director of third-party capital at the Hong Kong-based reinsurance specialist tells InsuranceAsia News' Between The Lines podcast.
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- May 8 2025
Taiwan’s FSC revises digital insurer regulation to boost innovation, reduces capital requirement to US$16.5m
Key changes include allowing physical service locations and permitting foreign digital carriers to apply for a licence.
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- May 8 2025
Analytics: Hong Kong’s P&C reinsurance market narrows gap with Singapore
Hong Kong benefitted from RBC implementation in 2024, however, Singapore retained top spot in terms of GWP and underwriting results.
