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- May 28 2025
With Australia, India and China inundated by record floods, voices swell to rewrite the nat cat lexicon
Floods in Australia have been widely described as a one-in-500-year event, but such categorisations are now being seen as harmful to the insurance industry.
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- May 27 2025
GIC Re’s FY25 underwriting loss at US$403m, COR improves to 108.8%
Carrier’s net profit for the financial year rose by 3.1% to US$784.3m, while GWP grew by 10.7% to US$4.8bn.
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- May 21 2025
India’s competition regulator approves Bajaj’s acquisition of Allianz JV stakes
Allianz CFO Claire-Marie Coste-Lepoutre affirmed that the insurer is considering deploying a portion of the proceeds into the Indian market over time.
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- May 20 2025
Gallagher India appoints Venu Matoory as oil, gas and petrochemical risk specialist
Mumbai-based Matoory will be driving growth in the specialised segment of crude, chemical, and gas tankers, using his on-ground experience as an ex-mariner.
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- May 20 2025
Opinion: Without a captain of the ship, are India’s insurance reforms in danger of being blown off course?
As the sector enters a 'seminal period of transformation', the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has been without a chairman for over two months after Debasish Panda completed his three-year term in March.
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- May 19 2025
Howden India continues M&A insurance team expansion with Marsh hire
Shreya Iyer joins the broker in Mumbai as co-head of transactional risk.
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- May 16 2025
India’s reforms on hold as IRDAI seeks new chairman: report
Debasish Panda completed his three-year term as chairman of the Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on March 13.
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- May 16 2025
Gallagher ships in Aon’s Sanjay Mehra as head of marine in India
Mumbai-based Mehra previoulsy worked for Aon, Marsh, K.M Dastur, Howden and ICICI Lombard.
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- May 14 2025
India approves 3 more Russian insurers to provide marine cover
Sberbank Insurance, Ugoria and ASTK have received approval to offer P&I coverage for tankers calling at Indian ports, according to Reuters.
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- May 14 2025
Axa XL boosts India team, taps Swiss Re’s Saumitra Sharma as CUO
Specialty (re)insurer has made five new hires in the country across underwriting and claims, the additions follow the onboarding of new CEO Alok Shukla on April 1.
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- May 13 2025
India-Pakistan tensions put pressure on pricing, capacity as carriers remain cautious
Market is unlikely to face significant losses due to limited appetite for risks associated with high exposure near the border region, says industry expert.
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- May 9 2025
‘No barriers’ to ILS activity in Asia, says Peak Re’s Iain Reynolds
With the current soft market, investors are being offered 'quite a lot of deals', requiring issuers to fight for attention, the director of third-party capital at the Hong Kong-based reinsurance specialist tells InsuranceAsia News' Between The Lines podcast.
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- May 9 2025
India to revive plan to merge 4 general insurers: report
Merger would create a non-life carrier with the highest market share in India and help the government’s mission of 'insurance for all' by 2047.
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- May 9 2025
Opinion: With great expectations, will India’s growing but potentially vulnerable surety bond sector avoid the mistakes of past markets?
Decision by India’s regulator to allow insurers to write surety bonds goes hand-in-hand with a booming construction sector.
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- May 7 2025
India’s Iffco-Tokio launches surety bond insurance: report
Construction industry has reportedly offered bank guarantees worth INR1.7 trillion (US$20.1 billion), which is projected to grow to INR3 trillion by 2030.
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- May 2 2025
Munich Re appoints Surendra Singupalli as India head of property treaty underwriting
Singupalli was most recently head of property treaty underwriting for Southeast Asia at the reinsurer's Singapore office.
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- April 30 2025
Howden confirms Mandira Gupta as MD and M&A head
Gupta, who joins from rival Marsh, will lead the broker's private equity and transactional risk insurance solutions as first reported by IAN.
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- April 29 2025
India’s Bajaj Group seeks regulator’s nod to acquire Allianz SE’s 26% JV stake: report
Allianz SE agreed to sell its stake in its non-life and life insurance joint ventures for EUR2.6 billion (US$2.8 billion) in March.
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- April 28 2025
Skuld CEO calls for inclusive approach to secure level playing field for ship owners
Stale Hansen discusses India's P&I ambitions, following in China's wake, and the high-stakes challenges of growing dark fleet.
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- April 28 2025
India’s Parliament to introduce bill allowing 100% FDI during monsoon session: reports
India's Insurance Amendment Bill will first be placed before Cabinet for its approval, after which the Department of Financial Services under the finance ministry would begin the introduction process.
