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- July 8 2024
India’s general insurers pull back from state flagship crop insurance scheme in FY 2024: report
Gross premium fell 4.2% to US$3.7bn for the 12 months ended March 2024, at a time when farmers were grappling with heavy crop losses due to floods, unseasonal rains and heatwaves.
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- July 8 2024
Marsh promotes Katie Stephenson to head of corporate & commercial for Queensland
Brisbane-based Stephenson has held various positions at Marsh and was its corporate commercial leader for Northern Territory before the promotion.
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- July 8 2024
Pacific Islands captive PCRIC’s FY2023 net underwriting profit down 5%
Thanks to a World Bank grant support it recorded a US$1.4m surplus for the year. The company sold a total of eight policies while incurring zero claims.
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- July 8 2024
PSC Insurance Brokers elevates Kylie Stephens to managing principal
Darwin-based Stephens was previously a senior account manager at the Australian broking group which she joined in September 2023.
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- July 8 2024
HDI Global hires Sangeeta Chandra as Queensland marine underwriting manager
With over two decades of the industry experience, Brisbane-based Chandra joined from Steadfast Group-backed NM Insurance.
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- July 8 2024
Australian MGA Artisan Underwriting partners with Liberty Specialty Markets on finpro cover
The MGA, set to launch in August, has signed a three-year binding agreement with the specialty insurer to provide financial lines cover for start-ups and SMEs.
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- July 6 2024
APAC to account for 8% of non-US cyber premium growth by 2030: Howden
Despite cyber insurance pricing dropping by 15% from the 2022-peak, growth opportunities abound especially among new geographies such as Asia Pacific, and niche segment such as SMEs, Howden said in its annual cyber report.
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- July 6 2024
Mapfre Re seeks China expansion via new subsidiary in Beijing
The recent approval from the financial regulator will allow the Spanish reinsurer expand its business in the country where it has until recently maintained a presence through a representative office.
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- July 6 2024
Suncorp lifts top of cat reinsurance tower to US$4.6bn for FY 2025
The cat reinsurance program will protect from major events starting from AU$350m (US$236.2m), and renewed program changes have no material impact on target capital for the group.
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- July 5 2024
Aon hires Joy Warnock as M&A team project manager
Melbourne-based Warnock, who will be in charge of risk and insurance due diligence, joined from Marsh, where she was most recently a senior project manager focusing on M&A, reporting and analysis, and risk management.
