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- July 24 2018
Zurich buys Blue Insurance
The US$59m acquisition involves the travel insurance intermediary's operations in the UK and Ireland.
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- July 23 2018
Anbang to offload US$10bn in overseas property assets
It has been reported that sales of the properties such as New York’s Waldorf Astoria may start within a month.
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- July 23 2018
India’s general insurers post 12.2% growth in premiums
Companies continued to enjoy robust growth in collections during the quarter ended June 30.
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- July 23 2018
Samsung Life selling properties to rebalance assets
The move by the country's biggest life insurer comes as it responds to the planned introduction of IFRS 17.
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- July 20 2018
Shipping losses in Asia buck global trends, continue to rise
Incidents in the South China, Indochina, Indonesia and Philippine maritime region rose by 25% in the past year.
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- July 20 2018
Guy Carpenter appoints head of South-East Asia and Korea
Bengt Johnsen will take up the position in January and succeeds Richard Jones, who is now chairman of Asia Pacific.
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- July 20 2018
US tariffs could drive up cost of insurance
The US government’s trade war with China and the EU could drive up the cost of auto repairs.
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- July 19 2018
Vouch Insurtech and six Thai insurers launch digital platform
The platform is called www.fairdee.co.th and seeks to support safer driving and diminish fraudulent claims
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- July 19 2018
Munich Re appoints new CFO
CFO of Ergo Group Christoph Jurecka is set to replace Joerg Schneider, who is leaving the company to retire.
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- July 19 2018
Labuan gross written premiums up 2.2% in 2017
The growth was mainly driven by general reinsurance and captive premiums amounting to US$1.4bn.
