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- September 11 2025
Asia’s power sector attracts insurer appetite amid transition to clean energy, soft market: Willis
Insurers are offering more long-term agreements for buyers, with infrastructure hotspots such as Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines attracting capacity.
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- September 11 2025
Cargo market urged to focus with entire landscape under threat as US tariffs ‘make everybody nervous’
Cargo committee chair Mike Brews delivered the warning on the final day of the International Union of Marine Insurance’s (IUMI) annual conference in Singapore.
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- September 9 2025
Ariel Re to launch new Lloyd’s syndicate 2006
Ariel Re, which underwrites business in Hong Kong, Bermuda, and London, has been given provisional approval from the UK exchange.
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- September 9 2025
Marine insurers warned of never-before-seen challenge, geopolitics changing landscape overnight as IUMI opens in Singapore
International Union of Marine Insurance’s (IUMI) annual conference kicked off on Monday in Singapore, with president Frédéric Denèfle and Singapore's minister of state for transport Baey Yam Keng addressing delegates.
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- September 8 2025
Global P&C tops US$2.4 trillion, set to near double by 2040: Swiss Re
The sector's premiums are increasing at or above the rate of global economic growth, with high-risk property and liability insurance seeing the fastest rise, according to latest Sigma report.
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- September 4 2025
Cat bond issuance boom will roll into 2026: Moody’s
Global cat bond issuance to top US$20bn in 2025 and is 'expected to persist' into next year.
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- September 4 2025
Reinsurers feel the force of nat cat threat as pricing ‘passes its peak’ ahead of RVS
Fitch and Moody’s downgrade their outlooks ahead of the start of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.
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- September 3 2025
Tokio Marine launches green transition underwriting platform
Tokio Marine GX is a fully operational underwriting business offering up to US$500m of capacity on any single risk.
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- September 2 2025
Policybazaar for Business expands to UAE, Qatar, Oman, Sri Lanka
Indian reinsurance broker, which offer fac and treaty placements spanning property, marine, liability, cyber and climate-linked risks, seeks to build a pan-Asian and Middle Eastern reinsurance presence, as first reported by IAN.
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- September 2 2025
Asean trio top IUMI’s emerging ‘wish list’ ahead of Singapore conference
International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) secretary general Lars Lange also discusses addressing emerging risks from geopolitics, technology, and sustainability as the industry gathers for the annual conference.
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- September 1 2025
Product recall cover in the spotlight as US bans Indonesian shrimp over ‘disturbing’ Fukushima radiation link
US Food and Drug Administration has cracked down on imports from BMS Foods, but the link with Japan’s nuclear power plant has been questioned.
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- August 29 2025
Cat bond market enjoys record-breaking boom as ILS capacity hits US$121bn: Aon
The 12 months to the end of June was the 'most active' period ever for the ILS market, according to Aon Securities’ annual ILS report.
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- August 27 2025
Sompo to acquire Aspen for US$3.5bn
Japanese insurer will pay a 35.6% premium for NYSE-listed Aspen shares in the all-cash deal.
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- August 26 2025
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: as enhanced EV risks rise, insurers urged to find ‘viable solutions’ with demand set to grow
Marine insurers are growing increasingly concerned over the risk posed by the transportation of electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries.
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- August 20 2025
Aspen shares rally in premarket trading on reports of Sompo merger talks
New York-listed Bermudian (re)insurer is reportedly seeing interest from the Japanese insurance group.
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- August 7 2025
K-Sure provides US$350m guarantee for purchase of 6 Korean tankers by US shipping firm: report
Support includes US$300m buyer credit guarantee for International Seaways and a US$50m refund guarantee for K Shipbuilding.
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- August 6 2025
Howden Re secures Dubai licence for Middle East, South Asia push
Dubai International Financial Centre operation will focus on its treaty, facultative and MGA reinsurance offerings across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia regions.
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- August 6 2025
Red Sea ‘hot topic’ creates opportunities for insurers, with capacity not a major problem despite Houthi escalation
Hannah Chua, legal director in Clyde & Co’s energy, marine, and natural resources team in Singapore, says the market has learned lessons from the past.
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- August 1 2025
Markel to divest US$1.2bn global reinsurance renewal rights to US carrier Nationwide
Markel's global reinsurance division will enter run-off with a large number of underwriters moving to Ryan Re, which will be delegated by Nationwide to manage all renewal policies.
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- July 31 2025
‘It’s a trust game’: with cyber claims spikes front and centre, alternative solutions offer cover for growing threat
Comments follow placement of innovative ‘surge’ reinsurance with Arch Capital Group.