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- April 10 2024
AIG hands Brett Chew expanded role as head of affinity distribution & partnerships
Singapore-based Chew was previously head of affinity at the insurer will also join its Singapore executive committee.
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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 10 2024
Acquisitions ‘core’ to Miller’s Asia expansion plans
The GIC-backed specialty broker sets sight on retail and wholesale expansion across the region’s markets, CEO James Hands and Asia head Ron Whyte tell IAN.
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- April 10 2024
Australian insurtech Honey raises US$71.5m in a series A funding
The investment for the specialist home insurance startup backed by RACQ was led by the US private firm Gallatin Point Capital.
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- April 9 2024
Ansvar Insurance Australia hires Peter Bailey from AIG as chief underwriting officer
Bailey has joined Ansvar Insurance after a 10-year stint at AIG where he was most recently its head of portfolio solutions.
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- April 9 2024
Axa XL appoints Cedric Declercq to head of technical claims and exposure management for APAC and Europe
Singapore-based Declercq was the specialty (re)insurer's most recently APAC practice leader and claims manager, global Lines, since 2018.
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- April 9 2024
Taiwanese regulator excludes battery risks from EV insurance terms
Electric vehicle owners will need to get insured via additional provisions for damage caused by battery combustion, according to the Financial Supervisory Commission.
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- April 9 2024
Crawford confirms Scott Reichelt’s appointment as Asia president
Singapore-based Reichelt will lead the loss adjuster's operations in eight regions across Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan, and the firm's interests in Indonesia and India.
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- April 8 2024
Aon’s Dan Chapman rejoins Lockton Australia as director for trade credit, surety and political risk
As one of the founding members of Lockton Australia in 2012, Chapman will work closely with Liam Berry, head of surety, trade credit & political risk at the broker.
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- April 8 2024
Philippines budgets US$80m for crop insurance funding in FY 2024
The allocation is under the 2024 General Appropriations Act and is expected to cover the full cost of crop insurance premiums of more than 2.3m of the country's targeted farmers and fishermen.
