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- April 6 2023
AIG confirms Sally Cheung as Hong Kong head of casualty
IAN first revealed the appointment of the former Berkley Insurance Asia head of casualty in January.
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- April 4 2023
Oneglobal promotes David Lum to Asia chairman, Sirikit Oh to Asia CEO
Lum was most recently the specialty broker's Singapore chairman, with Oh as Singapore chief executive. The appointments come amid a wider leadership shake-up.
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- April 4 2023
Target Insurance withdraws review plea against Insurance Authority
The Hong Kong insurer, which has been ordered by the High Court to be wound up, has agreed to pay the regulator's costs of the tribunal proceedings.
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- April 3 2023
QBE Asia names regional manager for claims operational governance
Kuala Lumpur-based Kamiseah Earnewati Wasli has been promoted to the role while Ken Siu to claims technical head for Asia.
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- March 31 2023
Swedish Club hires Thorbjorn Emanuelsson as director underwriting for Hong Kong
The appointment of Emanuelsson, who joins the P&I club from Gard, follows the recent promotion of Lars A Malm to managing director of the SAR office.
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- March 30 2023
Peak Re fell to a US$79.8m loss in FY 2022
The Hong Kong-headquartered reinsurer reported GWP of US$2.295bn up from US$2.145bn in FY 2021.
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- March 30 2023
IA imposes penalty on Hong Kong broker over lapses
Convoy Financial Services failed to keep separate client accounts and maintain proper books and records.
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- March 29 2023
World Bank cat bond listing boosts Hong Kong’s ILS ambitions
As a risk management hub, the city is looking to attract talent, diversify business and develop an ecosystem, says HKIA's Clement Cheung.
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- March 28 2023
Chubb signs 15-year GI bancassurance deal with Hang Seng Bank
The new partnership, which replaces an agreement with QBE, will launch in July.
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- March 27 2023
World Bank’s largest cat bond to list on Hong Kong bourse
The US$630m bonds-swaps combo, which provides earthquake coverage to the government of Chile, will start trading on the city exchange on March 28.
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- March 22 2023
Sun Hung Kai Properties Insurance underwriting results to outperform peers: AM Best
The rating agency has affirmed the Hong Kong insurer's rating at A (excellent) with a stable outlook.
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- March 20 2023
UBS takeover of Credit Suisse to have ‘minimal’ impact on Hong Kong market: HKIA
As share prices fall, the regulator said that insurers in the SAR seldom place deposits with Credit Suisse, or hold bonds and derivatives issued by the bank.
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- March 16 2023
Ping An P&C combined ratio rises to 100.3% in 2022
The Chinese carrier saw premium income grow 10.4% year on year to US$43bn.
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- March 15 2023
QBE elevates Andex Fung to head of Asia SME
Fung was most recently QBE's head of retail and SME underwriting for Hong Kong.
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- March 14 2023
FWD refiles for Hong Kong IPO again
The Hong Kong-headquartered insurer had previously delayed the listing twice due to 'a weak market'.
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- March 10 2023
Hong Kong 2022 P&C underwriting profit doubles to US$535m
While gross premiums grew 4.5% year-on-year, claims fell by the same percentage during the year, according to the Hong Kong Insurance Authority.
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- March 10 2023
Coherent cuts around 20 roles in Hong Kong
IAN understands that Leong Chew, the insurtech's managing director, actuarial and advisory, was one of those made redundant.
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- March 9 2023
Helen Ye appointed CEO of Dual Alpha Underwriting
Hong Kong-based Ye joins the MGA from crypto specialist OneInfinity by OneDegree.
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- March 9 2023
Gallagher hires North Asia head of construction and energy
Hong Kong-based Mark Chan was most recently doing a similar role at broker Oneglobal.
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- March 6 2023
Ping An on the line for Hong Kong skyscraper fire set to cost over US$50m: sources
A blaze at an under-construction luxury hotel, which IAN understands is brokered by WTW, could be the highest property-related insurance payout in the city.
