Industry Segments: Agriculture Page 2 / 5
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- June 8 2023
Looming El Niño raises risk of secondary perils across APAC
Carriers look to innovate as countries across the region fear dry conditions, drought, forest fires and flash floods with (re)insurers on high alert.
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- May 19 2023
Philippines’ state Oriental Mindoro pushes for climate risk agri cover
Only one-third of over 10 million farm owners are covered by the country's state agricultural insurer PCIC.
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- May 9 2023
JB Boda eyeing parametrics, ILS to strengthen India’s nat cat capabilities
The broker, which has an international footprint, sees opportunities in helping domestic carriers, who are poor at managing climate risk.
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- April 28 2023
Zhongyuan sees stable business ahead, cat cover low: AM Best
AM Best has affirmed the insurer a rating of B++ (good) with a stable outlook, but says it requires more cat reinsurance.
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- April 16 2023
Zhongyuan Agricultural Insurance scripts COR turnaround
The Chinese carrier, which was rated A- (strong) with a stable outlook by Fitch, posted a 90% combined ratio last year compared with 104% in 2021.
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- April 4 2023
Easing capacity constraints offer hope for mid-year renewals: Aon
April renewals progressed in an orderly fashion as the reinsurance market has found itself on a more sustainable footing.
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- March 3 2023
Gallagher Re hires Shilpa Pankaj as APAC agriculture co-head
Based in Singapore, the former Guy Carpenter exec will also co-head agriculture for EMEA and Latin America alongside David Gregori.
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- February 22 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle claims ramp up pressure on New Zealand’s carriers
Insurers are being hit by inflation, rising reinsurance costs and unprecedented weather, including the country's largest event since the Christchurch earthquake.
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- January 30 2023
Suncorp, Tower and IAG assessing over 9,000 claims from historic Auckland flooding
As assessors fly in from Australia, many more claims are expected after record rainfall on January 27 caused widespread damage.
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- November 29 2022
Indian agri insurance start-up Kshema gets regulatory nod
The digital rural insurer is the first to get a carrier licence in five years; IRDAI said there are 18 applications in the pipeline.
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- November 8 2022
India eyes parametric alternatives for crop insurance scheme
The market seeks to introduce greater efficiency in the oft-criticised agri insurance scheme through new technologies.
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- September 26 2022
Typhoon Noru threatens World Bank cat bond default: Plenum
Hundreds of hectares of rice fields and banana crops were destroyed in the Philippines, with the cyclone threatening Vietnam's coffee crop.
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- September 14 2022
Rising cat claims force APAC governments to partner reinsurers: S&P
Government-backed cat pools and widening agri cover are seen as ways to maintain affordability.
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- September 9 2022
APAC renewables to generate US$59bn of premium by 2035: Swiss Re report
Property and casualty sector global real premiums will grow by around 2.7% in 2023.
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- August 29 2022
CPIC P&C combined ratio improves to 97.2% in H1 2022
P&C GWP saw a 12.3% increase driven by agriculture and health businesses.
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- August 27 2022
Five major Chinese (re)insurers likely to be hit by drought: source
IAN understands that PICC, China Insurance (CIC), China Life P&C, CPIC and China Agricultural Re all face claims.
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- August 22 2022
Cambodia to pilot fish-farming insurance by year-end: report
The programme will be introduced in Pursat, Battambang and Siem Reap provinces.
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- July 27 2022
J.B. Boda makes two leadership appointments in agriculture push
Neelam Kumar Gupta and B R Sharath have joined the broker in India.
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- July 1 2022
Philippine Crop Insurance placed under close regulatory supervision
PCIC was found to be “very exposed to catastrophe losses which are not reinsured.”
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- June 29 2022
Thailand’s new cannabis rules attract capacity
MGA Frontier sees D&O opportunity amid thousands of license applications to grow as a cash crop.