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- October 31 2022
Australian insurance regulator names new chair
APRA has elevated John Lonsdale to chair and appointed Margaret Cole as deputy.
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- October 27 2022
Policy wording failure key reason for Covid BI exposure: APRA
Insurers dithered because of a perceived “first-mover'' disadvantage of losing business if policies were adjusted to reflect Quarantine Act changes.
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- October 26 2022
Tower trials parametric cyclone cover in Fiji
While the island country is heavily exposed to cyclones, fewer than 10% of Fijian households have insurance.
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- October 26 2022
Chubb promotes Jennifer Vanek to senior Australia global broker role
She has been at the insurer for five years working across product, distribution and key accounts.
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- October 26 2022
Canopius’ Newman: APAC demand and economic fundamentals ‘still very strong’
The APAC CEO tells IAN about the carrier’s regional expansion as it embarks on its next five-year plan.
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- October 26 2022
Australia formalises US$630m special disaster fund
The Labor government’s first budget announced additional measures to strengthen insurance framework.
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- October 25 2022
Analytics: APAC nat cat damage 43% below average for H1
Flooding in Australia/China and an earthquake in Japan accounted for nearly half of these losses.
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- October 25 2022
ICA estimates 9,251 insurance claims from ongoing floods
Record property damage, road, public infrastructure and sheer volume of water, likely says Victoria’s premier as rains continue.
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- October 24 2022
WTW recruits senior Marsh exec for head of P&C Australasia role
Robert Lasovski had been at Marsh for over 20 years and was most recently Australia national corporate & commercial leader.
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- October 21 2022
Governments hold back APAC carriers’ green transition
Many regional (re)insurers are hesitating to ditch fossil fuels faster than their national policies dictate.
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- October 21 2022
Australian general insurers well capitalised despite monster flood: APRA
The industry maintained a coverage ratio of 1.7x the minimum requirement, the regulator’s annual report showed.
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- October 20 2022
HDI Global Specialty makes Mark Fleiser Australia MD
Fleiser was most recently general manager and is based in Sydney.
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- October 19 2022
ICA escalates Australia floods to ‘insurance catastrophe’
Insurers have received 6,350 claims from across Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.
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- October 19 2022
Ongoing Australian floods unlikely to trigger reinsurance cover: S&P
Insurers will be largely able to finance the claims themselves, though there are more flood warnings as rain and thunderstorms spread to other states.
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- October 18 2022
Guy Carpenter reinforces Australia treaty broking with Hannover Re hire
Bo Jiang, who was a senior underwriter at the reinsurer, joins the broker in Sydney as senior vice president.
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- October 18 2022
APAC ‘tip of the spear’ for Howden Tiger
The reinsurance broker will place about US$500m GWP from the region this year.
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- October 17 2022
Latest Australian floods declared ‘significant event’ by ICA
Suncorp said it received about 1,000 claims in total, mostly from Victoria, and that it expects the numbers to increase in the coming days.
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- October 17 2022
Covid BI decision: IAG readies US$218m buy-back, Suncorp to release around US$112m
The two insurers are communicating with customers and brokers about outstanding claims after the High Court dismissed appeals on second test cases.
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- October 17 2022
Volante charts ambitious APAC play
The London-based specialty carrier is set for Lloyd's foray in Singapore, Australia, Japan and India as well as in the Middle East and Africa, IAN can reveal.
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- October 14 2022
Australian High Court dismisses Covid BI test case appeals
IAG's shares halted trading after the insurer sought time to consider the impact of the dismissal of its appeal.
