Industry Segments: Agriculture Page 5 / 5
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- May 4 2020
ICICI Lombard GI’s FY profit climbs 24%
The Indian giant showed discipline through reducing its crop book.
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- December 16 2019
China’s insurers see loss ratios rocket from swine fever
Payout ratios increase to 130% compared to 50-60% prior to the epidemic.
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- October 16 2019
China’s fast-growing agriculture market
The government-backed sector, however, needs to improve its risk management capabilities.
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- October 4 2019
China’s pork crisis
Response to swine fever epidemic must include modernisation of farming and bigger role for insurance.
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- August 22 2019
Thailand’s government agrees drought relief
The move to offer aid to rice farmers comes after the worst drought in a decade.
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- July 23 2019
Thailand looks to expand crop scheme
Fruit and dairy farmers could soon benefit from the government backed initiative.
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- May 27 2019
Philippines seeks to establish agriculture reinsurer
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation could become a reinsurer.
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- April 29 2019
China’s swine fever epidemic highlights cover deficit
The government will pick up the majority of the bill for over one million pigs being culled.
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- April 24 2019
Lockton recruits JLT director for Asia agriculture push
Stephane Baldanoff to work across insurance and reinsurance at the US broker.
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- February 11 2019
Drought’s impact on agriculture insurance
Countries are rethinking agriculture insurance schemes as a result of drought.
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- July 27 2018
Failing harvest for Indian agri insurers
Another good monsoon year is not helping to demonstrate the value of the country’s crop insurance scheme.
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- September 15 2017
Ant Financial’s agri insurance JV gets green light
China’s insurance regulator has given the go-signal for a joint venture with China United Insurance to begin operations.
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- June 2 2017
Chinese counties to offer agri disaster insurance
The scheme is aimed at 200 pilot counties that are primarily engaged in planting rice, wheat and corn.
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- January 27 2017
China introduces new agri insurance subsidies
The new measures will better evaluate performance the subsidies, the Ministry of Finance said.
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- June 10 2016
Can a supercomputer forecast India’s monsoon?
More data is certainly a good thing, but investment in flood defences and urban planning are also crucial to building resilience.
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- June 9 2016
AXA to expand farm insurance programme in Indonesia
AXA may offer crop insurance more widely after the success of its pilot project in Malang, East Java.
