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- November 27 2023
HDI Global onboards marine underwriting manager in Melbourne
Joel Richards joins from Australian specialist transport insurer NTI, where he was most recently national strategic underwriter - marine.
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- November 24 2023
Axa Hong Kong gets Casper Kam as casualty underwriter
Prior to this move, Kam was servicing Asia clients for AIG as its underwriting manager - casualty department.
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- November 24 2023
Reinsurance rates to moderate during January renewals: Fitch
Insured natural catastrophe claims are likely to exceed US$100bn again in 2023 but global reinsurers have been far less affected than in 2022.
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- November 24 2023
Swedish Club to offer cyber cover to all members
The cover will be available at preferential rates to all vessels insured for hull and machinery and/or P&I through the club.
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- November 24 2023
Opinion: The Asia casualty conundrum – curious case of underwriting results lagging rating
Rating uplifts in sectors such as general liability or cyber will take time to really kick in and feed into the bottom lines for carriers.
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- November 24 2023
Everest hires Liberty’s Michael McCarthy as senior casualty underwriter in Australia
Sydney-based McCarthy joins the insurer from Liberty Specialty Markets where he was most recently senior underwriter, casualty.
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- November 23 2023
GIC Re outlook upgraded to positive over strong capitalisation: AM Best
The rating agency has affirmed the state-owned reinsurer's financial strength rating at B++ (good) and national scale rating at aaa.IN (exceptional).
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- November 23 2023
Tower’s FY 2023 COR at 101% as large events cost triple to US$33.6m
While the New Zealand insurer's GWP grew 17% to US$319m, its underlying profit fell 72% year-on-year hit by large losses from January and February weather events.
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- November 23 2023
TuguRe could see further volatility in underwriting: Fitch Ratings
The Indonesian reinsurer's rating has been affirmed at A+ (idn) with a stable outlook by the rating agency.
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- November 23 2023
CelsiusPro partners Tower to build distribution platform for Pacific islands parametric cyclone cover
The cover will apply to a policyholder's house or another insured location, impacted by a high wind-speed cyclone event, regardless of damage.
