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- December 5 2022
Meritz Fire & Marine’s loss ratio outperformed domestic peers: AM Best
The rating agency upgraded Korea’s fifth largest non-life carrier's rating to A on its strong profitability.
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- November 29 2022
Korea’s Construction Guarantee Insurer’s outlook stable over strong capital: Fitch
The carrier's A rating with stable outlook was affirmed due to its ‘very strong’ capitalisation backed by state support.
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- November 22 2022
Hanwha General’s performance helps outlook improve to ‘stable’: Moody’s
Lower claims on motor and long-term medical insurance have helped the Korean firm.
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- November 22 2022
Korea set to relax insurance industry regulations
The regulator proposes to allow insurers to set up single-product subsidiaries, relax online marketing rules and raise the derivatives trading ceiling.
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- November 22 2022
Korean P&C market ripe for broker expansion
Global and local firms are set to take advantage of insurers' focus on bottom lines and a more sophisticated value chain.
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- November 16 2022
Korean property insurers raided over price rigging: report
The seven property insurers, including Samsung Fire & Marine and KB Insurance, were fined by the Fair Trade Commission in April.
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- November 16 2022
Axa commits to South Korea: report
Korea CEO Guillaume Mirabaud said Korea is geographically important as a technical support provider for Axa South-East Asia.
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- November 1 2022
Lockton Korea buys financial lines broker, appoints Ben Son as CEO
Son established ESOP in 2019 and will join with his 20-strong team.
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- October 12 2022
Kakao Pay kick-starts insurance arm with cyber launch: report
The product is expected to shorten the time it takes to pay claims for online financial fraud by over two months.
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- October 11 2022
Korea’s Construction Guarantee Cooperative benefitting from rising infrastructure spend
AM Best affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ and the long-term issuer credit rating of “aa-” to the government-designated surety underwriter.
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- October 7 2022
Swiss Re names Yong Suk Kwon head of Korea in leadership reshuffle
Yong replaces Jonas von Oldenskiöld and will take charge from December 1.
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- October 3 2022
Hyundai China’s strong balance sheet to help tide over losses: AM Best
The Didi Chuxing and Legend Holdings backed carrier’s operating results were in the red due to poor underwriting performance.
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- September 26 2022
Exclusive: Korean carriers DB, Samsung and Hyundai on the hook for Posco’s huge typhoon claims
DB Insurance provided the largest coverage to the steelmaker with around 17% exposure of the risk pool.
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- September 19 2022
‘Violent’ Typhoon Nanmadol causes havoc across Japan
The third-strongest typhoon to make landfall since records began is moving northeast raising flood warning in Tokyo.
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- September 19 2022
Korean Re’s H1 profits tumble 44% on overseas underwriting slide
The combined ratio for international business climbed to 107.4% from 96.3% in H1 2021, while overall GWP grew 10%.
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- September 13 2022
Munich Re’s former Singapore CEO joins Samsung Fire & Marine
James Park will be the head of international business for commercial lines.
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- September 12 2022
Losses mount from nat cats in Korea, Pakistan, China and India
An earthquake, a typhoon and two serious flooding events are triggering a large volume of claims.
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- September 9 2022
Korean digital insurer Carrot plans to go public by 2025
The Hanwha-owned carrier was valued at US$850m after a US$217m third-round fundraising.
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- September 8 2022
Tencent exec replaces Samsung P&C China head after capital injection
Ren Huichuan becomes interim GM with Ji Qingxie set to depart.
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- September 7 2022
LK Re eyes South-East Asia expansion with Singapore launch
The South Korean broker has eight employees in its new office in the Lion City.
