Country: Malaysia Page 6 / 22
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- December 9 2021
Labuan Re faces GWP decline amid Lloyd’s rollback: AM Best
The rating agency also upgraded its outlook for the Malaysian reinsurer from negative to stable.
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- December 6 2021
Malaysia’s takaful players on ‘value-based’ journey: regulator
Regulator notes how policyholders were offered deferments during the pandemic.
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- December 3 2021
Labuan’s captive market shows strong growth
Buoyed by the hard market, Labuan recorded US$71m in premiums and approved 18 new captives by the end of Q3 2021.
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- December 3 2021
Malaysia’s Lonpac gets lockdown boost: AM Best
Movement restrictions during the pandemic led to lower loss ratios for some business lines.
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- November 30 2021
Malaysia takaful premiums show strong H1 growth: MTA
Despite Covid-19 challenges, the family takaful market — which includes life — saw 46.7% annual premium growth to US$1.1bn.
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- November 4 2021
Malaysian Re CEO Zainudin Ishak talks talent, ESG and flood risk
The reinsurer's recently published 2021 Asean Pulse report throws a spotlight on various industry trends across the region.
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- November 1 2021
Zurich Takaful Malaysia appoints new life CEO
Nazrul Hisham Abd Hamid replaces Mukesh Dhawan as the leader of firm's family takaful operations in the country.
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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 4 2021
Malaysia insurers resilient despite economic uncertainty
Central bank report adds that the financial services industry needs to embrace digitalisation.
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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 13 2021
Malaysian regulator seeks feedback on bancassurance
The central bank has given stakeholders until September 30 to submit feedback.
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- September 8 2021
IGI appoints APAC financial lines underwriter in Labuan
Manpreet Kaur Gill has previously worked at QBE, AIG and Zurich and will be based in Kuala Lumpur.
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- September 7 2021
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions appoints new Malaysia head
Jack See will relocate to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore and succeeds Juerg Stoll.
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- September 1 2021
South-East Asia’s reinsurers face underwriting challenge
Certain claims are down but pricing remains insufficient to improve profitability.
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- August 24 2021
Nexus appoints Asia head of treaty reinsurance
Tan Chai Foo has joined from Malaysia's Progressive Insurance.
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- August 6 2021
HDI Global’s Silton handed additional role as Malaysia head
The Singapore-based executive takes over from Danh Duong, who will now focus on operations in Vietnam.
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- August 2 2021
Malaysia P&C outlook stable despite Covid headwinds: AM Best
The rating agency expects health insurance to be an important driver of growth.
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- July 29 2021
Swiss Re appoints new Malaysia head
Balasubramanian Nagarajan will lead the reinsurer's operations in the country effective September 1.
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- July 26 2021
Generali’s Leonardi on Malaysia M&A and the evolution of distribution
The Hong Kong-based Asia head says there is a greater demand for digitalisation and innovation.
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- July 21 2021
Malaysia’s P&C market heats up as Liberty bags AmGeneral
The US$540m deal comes on the heels of Generali buying Axa Affin General Insurance.
