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- March 21 2024
China United Property Insurance put on negative rating watch: Fitch
The rating action is due to potential reduction in support from parent China Orient Asset Management and the insurer's weakening capital strength.
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- March 21 2024
Tokio Marine eyes overseas acquisitions with US$10bn war chest: report
The insurer has aspirations to grow its business in the commercial insurance sector in North America, Asia, Europe, Australia as well as the Lloyd's market, co-head of international business Chris Williams told Reuters.
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- March 21 2024
UK P&I Club positioned to benefit from the shipping shift to Asia: CUO
45% of the P&I club’s gross tonnage comes from the region as its local growth outperforms rest of the world.
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- March 21 2024
Bond & Credit Co exec breached underwriting limits in Greensill deals: report
Court documents obtained by the Australian Financial Review showed that Tokio Marine had self-reported the issue to regulators nine months before the financier’s collapse.
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- March 21 2024
Multi-jurisdictional cover, claims settlement top D&O insurance priority: survey
About 47% of Asia's respondents say their organisations buy US$10-49 million in D&O policy limits in non-indemnifiable loss, according to a survey by WTW and Clyde & Co.
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- March 21 2024
New Zealand court overturns tribunal’s imposition of new obligations on home insurance claims
Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal in 2022 ordered that IAG New Zealand had to pay all repair costs upfront upon entering a building contract.
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- March 20 2024
Markel expands Singapore financial lines team with ex-QBE hire
Ray Lim joins as a financial and professional risks underwriter and reports to Simon Moi.
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- March 20 2024
Kiwi insurers settle 91% of US$2.3bn in claims from Cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland flooding: ICNZ
The carriers have settled 106,891, of 117,414 claims valued and have so far paid out US$1.85bn (82%) for both events, with residential house claims at 92%, and both contents and motor at 94% fully settled.
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- March 19 2024
Singapore non-life domestic underwriting profit drops 11%: association
Gross written premiums for employer’s liability rose 10.2% from a year ago on the back of an expansion of resident and foreign labour market, the General Insurance Association said.
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- March 19 2024
Foreign investment in India’s insurance sector tops US$6.5bn since liberalisation in 2015
The number of insurance players in the country rose to 70 from 53 nine years ago, when the government relaxed the cap on international investment for insurers and intermediaries.
