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- July 26 2023
Philippines non-life market outlook negative due to higher risk retention: AM Best
The country’s carriers have reduced proportional cover for property insurance due to the hardening market and tighter terms.
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- July 25 2023
Chubb joins Zurich in race to acquire stake in Indian carrier Kotak: report
Both insurers are in the fray for a 49-51% stake in the general insurer that is being valued under US$800m.
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- July 25 2023
Insurance Brands Australia acquires Melbourne Insurance Brokers
MIB, sold by Mark Perree, will start operating under Steadfast-owned Insurance House brand name.
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- July 25 2023
Berkley Insurance Asia appoints Omi Lok as head of casualty, Greater China
Hong Kong-based Lok, who joins from Axa, has over two decades of casualty experience across retail markets in Asia.
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- July 25 2023
Exclusive: Sedgwick cuts 14 staff in Singapore – sources
Nicki Dunn, Sedgwick's Singapore chief executive, tells IAN that the city-state remains the "focal point" of the adjuster's Asia business.
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- July 24 2023
Allianz Commercial launches in Asia and Australia
The merged division will have 11 regions with Asia led by Christian Sandric and Australia by Phuong Ly.
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- July 24 2023
Indian government assures capital support to state-owned general insurers: report
The three carriers, National Insurance, United India Insurance and Oriental Insurance, have requested US$2.5bn of injection in total.
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- July 24 2023
HDI Global hires Nathan Jones as property, mining underwriting manager for western region
Perth-based Jones joins from Suncorp, where he worked for the past 13 years
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- July 24 2023
Chubb promotes Adrian Habils to Asia head of property
Habils, who is currently deputy property manager for Chubb, Australia and NZ, will be based in Singapore and have an interim reporting line to Paul McNamee, APAC regional president.
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- July 24 2023
ACCC delays Suncorp bank sale decision again
The decision by the regulator about the proposed ANZ takeover will now take place a week later on August 4.
