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- August 29 2023
ZhongAn P&C reports 46% underwriting profit jump as COR improves to 95.8%
The insurer, which returned to profit after a loss in H1 2022, saw total GWP for H1 2023 reach US$2bn, an increase of 37.5%.
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- August 28 2023
Typhoon Saola causes flooding in the Philippines, threatens Taiwan, China and Hong Kong
The storm, also known as Goring, will exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday and cross the Taiwan Strait before nearing southern China with a landfall area currently uncertain.
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- August 28 2023
China Pacific’s P&C H1 COR climbs to 97.9% as underwriting profit falls 12% to US$252m
The general insurer's liability line of business grew 35% and agricultural premiums saw a 34% year-on-year increase.
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- August 28 2023
Sunshine P&C’s H1 COR improves to 98.2%; boosts liability and cargo GWP
The HK-listed and Beijing-headquartered insurer reduced guarantee insurance premiums by 45%, while liability premiums increased 41% and cargo by 215%.
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- August 25 2023
Tokio Marine China’s premium growth could be under pressure from tightening reinsurance rules: Moody’s
The rating agency has affirmed A2 rating with a stable outlook for the subsidiary of the Japanese insurer.
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- August 25 2023
China Taiping’s P&C H1 domestic profit falls 68%; Taiping Re’s COR increases to 105.8%
The group's overseas P&C insurance business, which has units in Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia and Singapore, saw net profit climb 10%.
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- August 25 2023
War risk premiums for Russian oil shipments on the rise: report
Rates have gone up from around 1% of the cargo's cost to some 1.20-1.25% hurting Asian importers who are the biggest importers of Russian crude.
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- August 24 2023
Seoul Guarantee Insurance passes Korea Stock Exchange IPO screening
The initial public offering, the first by a Korean state-owned company in 13 years, is expected to be completed by the end of October this year.
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- August 24 2023
Claims’ payouts from Japan’s July floods hit US$164m: GIAJ
Record rain hit several prefectures including on Kyushu, Japan's third largest island, resulting in over 25,000 claims for damage to vehicles and property.
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- August 24 2023
PSC Insurance founder Paul Dwyer to become chairman as Brian Austin takes on Asia role
Austin will remain on the board as deputy chairman and become chair of the broker’s Asian businesses as profits start to flow in Hong Kong.
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- August 23 2023
Chinese insurers paid US$625m in claims from Typhoon Doksuri, floods: report
The 16 rain-hit provinces reported 269,300 insurance claims from the three days of rains that hit parts of the country including Beijing and Hebei.
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- August 23 2023
PSC Insurance’s 2023 net profits up 23% to US$50m
The ASX-listed broker's Australia and New Zealand distribution business placed US$740m in GWP.
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- August 23 2023
Political violence market on guard over Taiwan tensions
While some carriers are excluding Taiwan completely, most have been sub-limiting exposure to US$10–25m in the aggregate.
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- August 22 2023
Aon confirms Qin Lu to lead mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
Lu is overseeing risk and human capital and reinsurance, and will work with the broker's Greater China team which Aon describes as a 'sub-region' in APAC.
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- August 22 2023
BMS names Tim Hewitt as head of Japan
Hewitt, who has two decades of legal experience, will focus on inbound-outbound M&A activity as growth in the Japanese market accelerates.
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- August 22 2023
Mitsui Sumitomo pays out US$26m to ispace in lunar insurance claims
The Japanese space startup received the insurance payment on August 18 following the failure of its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander mission in April this year.
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- August 22 2023
China adds US$69m to flood recovery fund as claims surpass 266,000
The funding will go towards compensation for property losses, damage to crops, animal and poultry farms, commercial forests, houses and agricultural machinery.
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- August 21 2023
Hyundai Insurance’s H1 underwriting income drops 30%
The Korean carrier's total direct premiums grew 4.21% year-on-year to US$6.25bn in the first six months of the year.
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- August 18 2023
US insurers have US$1.3bn exposure to China Construction Bank letters of credit: AM Best
The Chinese lender has seen a 1,560% year-on-year increase in reinsurance collateral LOCs issued.
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- August 18 2023
Court upholds MG Non-Life insolvent status, sale process to continue
With the majority shareholder JC Partners losing the case, state-owned KDIC is likely to resume the sale by the end of this month.
