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- December 5 2022
WTW names William Miller as head of APAC for new crisis management unit
The broker is merging its special contingency risk and terrorism and political violence teams from January 1.
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- December 5 2022
Hotai Insurance downgraded by AM Best over ‘significant’ pandemic claims
The Taiwanese general insurer has been rated at B++ as Covid-19 claims wiped off US$853m capital injection by parent Hotai Motor.
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- December 5 2022
Nan Shan General to see through Covid claims damage: AM Best
The Taiwanese P&C carrier had reported a net loss of US$426m primarily due to pandemic claims
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- December 5 2022
Pandamatics hires senior underwriter in Hong Kong: sources
IAN understands the underwriter, who joins from Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, will start in January.
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- December 3 2022
Cornerstone Risk acquires broker PMA Trilogy
This is the third acquisition by the Brisbane-based broker in as many months.
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- December 2 2022
Aon appoints John Morley as APAC leader for strategy and technology group
The former EY executive will join the broker's Singapore office and report to Colin Forrest.
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- December 2 2022
West of England names new head underwriters in Singapore and HK
Senior underwriters David Griffiths will take charge in the Lion City and Xuanlun Cai in the SAR.
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- December 2 2022
TuguRe to reduce credit insurance and fire exposure to boost profits: Fitch
The Indonesian firm's GWP grew 41% in H1 2022 after shrinking by 19% in 2021 and 8% in 2020.
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- December 2 2022
2022 nat cat bill reaches US$115bn: Swiss Re
It's the consecutive year in which estimated global insured losses are more than US$100bn.
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- December 2 2022
Insurers keen to experiment with metaverse despite scepticism
Industry leaders at the Pacific Insurance Conference agree that while the opportunity looks big, it requires further investments for wider adoption.
