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- April 29 2024
HKIA extends transitional period for RBC reporting to 3 years
The regulator has extended the transitional period by a year following industry's feedback for more time to get familiar with the new reporting requirements under the risk-based capital regime.
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- April 26 2024
BRI Insurance’s underwriting profitability supports ‘stable’ outlook: Fitch
The rating agency assigned the Indonesian carrier a national insurer financial strength rating of AA to BRI Insurance on low claim ratio and 55% COR in 2023.
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- April 26 2024
Shinkong Insurance’s rating outlook revised to ‘positive’: AM Best
The Taiwanese insurer's long-term issuer credit rating benefitted from prudent underwriting strategy, favourable claims experience and disciplined expense management.
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- April 26 2024
Interest rates, regulatory uncertainties call for alternative yield strategy: HSBC Asset Management
Insurers grappling with the fast-changing US interest rates expectations, new regulatory capital regime and IFRS standard can look to alternative investment strategies for yield enhancement.
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- April 26 2024
India approves three new Russian marine insurers
New carriers, Alfastrakhovanie, Sogaz, VSK, and Ingrosstrakh, all backed by Russian National Reinsurance, have been allowed to provide cover to Indian shipments.
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- April 26 2024
Opinion: European regulator’s climate conundrum poses questions for South-East Asia’s risk mitigation
Excluding high-risk areas from coverage does not provide a viable solution, as all actors need to work together to address climate risk, including the P&C sector, governments and society.
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- April 26 2024
China’s financial regulator calls on carriers to develop green insurance
The National Financial Regulatory Administration have asked (re)insurers to enhance their modelling capability, and to play a greater role in helping the society shoulder the cost of climate change.
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- April 25 2024
New UN-led climate forum launches with IAG, Singapore insurers as founding participants
The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance has been discontinued and the new forum will comprise 19 (re)insurers from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania.
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- April 25 2024
Woori Finance enters race for Korea’s Lotte Insurance: report
The non-life carrier's private equity owner JKL Partners is looking to sell 77% stake in the company for a targeted US$1.45bn.
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- April 25 2024
Towngas Lifestyle and FSE Nova expand broking business in China, Hong Kong
The two companies will invest more resources and capabilities to provide insurance broker services to 42 million household customers in the mainland and the SAR.
