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- October 29 2021
Covéa and Exor agree PartnerRe sale for US$9bn
A proposed deal collapsed last year amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- October 25 2021
ESG primed for Asia’s insurance mainstream
Sun Life Malaysia has just launched the country’s first investment-linked ESG fund.
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- October 25 2021
Risk transfer needs reinventing to address climate crisis
Current pricing relies on models that have consistently come up short.
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- October 21 2021
Asia’s cyber market needs to learn its limitations
Systemic attacks on critical infrastructure have been described as "beyond the industry's capacity to insure".
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- October 19 2021
Beazley readies Lloyd’s ESG syndicate-in-a-box
It is designed to offer additional capacity to businesses that perform well against ESG metrics.
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- October 18 2021
Shinhan Life joins net-zero climate push
Commitment to limit emissions of underwriting portfolio is first for an Asian insurer and comes ahead of COP26.
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- October 14 2021
Fusion appoints Gallagher exec as a managing partner
Katherine Simmonds joins the specialist MGA in Sydney.
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- October 13 2021
Munich Re Ventures raises US$500m, seeks insurtech opportunities
The reinsurer's VC arm has already invested millions of dollars into Indian insurtech Acko.
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- October 13 2021
SiriusPoint taps Heerasing for international role
The Singapore-based exec becomes head of strategic business development and will focus first on the Asia Pacific region.
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- October 12 2021
Cigna APAC deal gives Chubb Korean A&H boost: AM Best
Asia-Pacific to account for 20% of global operations once the acquisition closes.
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- October 8 2021
Axis reshuffles capital risk solutions team
Shuohan Dai joins from Euler Hermes to oversea capital risk underwriting in Asia Pacific.
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- October 6 2021
Gallagher/Willis Re: UK antitrust watchdog launches phase 1 review
The Competition and Markets Authority's initial decision on the proposed deal is due November 29.
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- October 4 2021
Covéa strikes out for third time with XL Re bid
The ambitious reinsurance deal would have given the French mutual a significant Asia presence.
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- October 1 2021
Reinsurers not misreading climate risk threat, says GIC Re
Report says the reinsurance industry may have underestimated its exposure to severe weather events.
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- September 30 2021
Cyber (re)insurance premiums could double by 2023: S&P
Rating agency says the development of a comprehensive retrocession market would improve capacity.
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- September 29 2021
HDI Global appoints Asean claims head
Singapore-based Raymond Ong joins the industrial lines insurer from Willis Towers Watson.
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- September 28 2021
UNDP launches insurance and risk finance facility
The initiative aims to protect vulnerable communities from socio-economic, climate and health-related disasters.
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- September 28 2021
MS Amlin acquisitions doubles MS&AD’s overseas business
The (re)insurer posted a US$380m underwriting loss due to Covid-related BI and event cancellation claims.
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- September 24 2021
FWD posts NYSE IPO filing
The Hong Kong-headquartered pan-Asia life player is eyeing a potential US$13bn valuation.
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- September 23 2021
Flood insurtech Previsico raises US$2.5m
The insurtech tells IAN it is currently targeting China and Hong Kong in the Asia Pacific region.
