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- January 10 2024
NIBA CEO Philip Kewin resigns, set to leave in April
The Australian broker industry body has commenced an executive search to find its next CEO.
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- January 10 2024
Howden Hong Kong chief executive Mark Johnson set to leave; Alfred Sham named interim CEO
Johnson will remain with the firm to ensure an orderly transition until the spring.
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- January 9 2024
Typhoon Doksuri tops APAC nat cat overall losses at US$25bn: Munich Re
Two major disasters in New Zealand – Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle – topped APAC insured losses at around US$4 billion.
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- January 9 2024
Duncan Ainsby returns to WTW corporate risk and broking team
Hong Kong-based Ainsby, who comes from Acrisure Re, joins as head of large accounts practice, north Asia.
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- January 9 2024
Guy Carpenter’s global property cat rate-on-line index up 5.4% in 1.1 2024
This is the seventh consecutive year-on-year increase for the index, but it was significantly lower than the 27.5% rise seen last year.
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- January 9 2024
Hard market conditions to stay despite a rebound in reinsurance capital: AM Best
Traditional reinsurance capital is estimated to have risen to US$561bn last year, up 12.2%, with a 4% increase in third-party capital thanks in part to record-high issuance of cat bonds.
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- January 9 2024
Japan earthquake insured losses could be up to US$3.3bn: Verisk
While most of the damage occurred in Ishikawa prefecture, including a large fire, damage from ground shaking and liquefaction was observed in other prefectures such as Niigata and Toyama.
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- January 9 2024
Marsh elevates Scott Eccleston to Pacific head of global placement
Eccleston, who will continue to be based in Melbourne, was most recently deputy head of global placement for Pacific.
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- January 9 2024
AIG promotes Liam Pomfret as NZ general manager
He was previously AIG’s Asia Pacific head of professional indemnity and cyber insurance, a role he held since January 2018.
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- January 8 2024
India plans to float P&I club for coastal and inland shippers: report
The government of India is attempting to form a coalition of domestic fleet owners and looking to tap New India Assurance and GIC Re as partners.
