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- April 23 2024
Asia warming faster than global average, hit by 79 weather-related disasters in 2023: WMO
Floods and storms are causing the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst the impact of heatwaves became more severe, according to a report from the UN climate agency.
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- April 22 2024
CCR Re’s Africa and Asia FY 2023 GWP increases by 27%
The reinsurer saw moderate claims in Asia throughout the year, not affected by big cat events such as typhoons Doksuri in Beijing and Saola in Hong Kong and saw few individual claims in Korea.
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- April 18 2024
ICICI Lombard’s FY 2024 underwriting losses up 10% at US$1.2bn, COR dips to 102.2%
The Indian general insurer's GWP grew by 17.5% US$3bn and net profit was up 11% year-on-year.
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- April 17 2024
SBI General Insurance appoints Nainoor Desai to head corporate business
Mumbai-based Desai will focus on leading and driving business for the carrier and succeed Meena Subramanian, who will be retiring this year.
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- April 17 2024
India mulls GST exemption for reinsurance: report
The GST Council is likely to issue a clarification that reinsurance is not a supply of service, which will ease the tax burden.
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- April 16 2024
Markel appoints Priyanka Gautama as chief underwriting officer for India
Mumbai-based Gautama will focus on developing a new casualty portfolio for the Lloyd's carrier in India.
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- April 16 2024
IRDAI’s onshoring push may squeeze out cross-border reinsurers
The Indian regulator’s plan to introduce collateral will raise costs, increase compliance and administrative burdens.
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- April 15 2024
Aon appoints Shailendra Sapra as CEO of India reinsurance solutions
Sapra, who has been with the broker since 2010, will be based in Mumbai and report to APAC reinsurance CEO George Attard.
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- April 15 2024
India’s GIC Re to revive stake sale post-elections: report
Chairman of the state-owned reinsurer dismissed the possibility of a privatisation in the "immediate future". The priority is to improve its credit ratings to grow its international business.
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- April 15 2024
IRDAI allows carriers to customise commercial policy wordings: reports
Non-life insurers were previously restricted to offering standard base policy wordings for motor, property, and engineering insurance cover based on which they could provide add-on covers/riders.
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- April 10 2024
India’s FY2024 non-life sector GWP up 13% as motor, health buoy growth
Gross direct premiums for all Indian non-life insurers in 2023-24 increased to US$34.8bn, according to the latest data released by the General Insurance Council of India.
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- April 8 2024
South Africa’s Sanlam raises stake in Indian insurance JVs to over 50%
Following the deal, Sanlam's areholding in Shriram General Insurance will increast to 50.99% and in Shriram Life Insurance to 54.40%.
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- April 5 2024
Allianz Partners becomes first foreign reinsurer to set up in India’s GIFT City
The reinsurance branch in the special economic zone will focus on the non-life sector catering to B2B, reinsurance, travel, mobile devices and digital risk sectors.
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- April 4 2024
India freezes state-owned insurers’ senior executive hires till election ends: report
India elections, slated to on April 26, will stall several appointments including those by the regulator IRDAI, and state-owned GIC Re, according to a local news report.
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- April 3 2024
Aon completes acquisition of Global Insurance Brokers in India
GIB is now wholly owned by the global broker and will formally rebrand and intergrate with the group following the finalisation of the deal later this year.
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- April 3 2024
APAC markets see stable renewals on ample capacity, reinsurer appetite: brokers
The supply-demand dynamics have shifted in favour of reinsurance buyers in the April renewals, leading to better pricing and easing of market conditions across Japan, India, Korea, the Philippines and China.
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- March 27 2024
WTW taps Marsh for India credit insurance leader
Mumbai-based Rishabh Karnik will help develop the broker's financial solutions offerings.
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- March 25 2024
IRDAI regulatory revamp ushers in new insurance e-commerce platform
Indian insurance regulator consolidates 34 regulations into six as it introduces two new rules to enhance “clarity and coherence”. One notable addition is a digital public infrastructure to connect all industry stakeholders.
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- March 25 2024
Lockton India continues raid on Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers with three key hires
The appointments follow six other senior hires since Lockton entered the Indian market in January this year.
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- March 19 2024
Foreign investment in India’s insurance sector tops US$6.5bn since liberalisation in 2015
The number of insurance players in the country rose to 70 from 53 nine years ago, when the government relaxed the cap on international investment for insurers and intermediaries.
