Industry Segments: Capital Page 1 / 2
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- January 15 2025
APAC insurance M&A to be fuelled by regulatory scrutiny, private equity
While large insurers and brokers are set to enter new markets, smaller players will seek partners to strengthen their capital positions under new solvency rules, sources tell IAN.
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- December 4 2024
India’s plan to relax FDI cap sparks mixed reactions
While some praise the potential for growth, others express doubts about the bill’s passage and its impact on local carriers.
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- December 3 2024
The industry has to be nimble in dealing with climate risks: Swiss Re’s Lubomir Varbanov
The key challenge and opportunity for the market is the need for multilateral development banks to adapt to evolving risks, particularly those related to climate change.
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- November 4 2024
Expanding into non-ILS capital pools is a priority: MS Amlin
William Ho, MS Amlin Asia Pacific CEO, discusses the evolving regional reinsurance landscape, the impact of recent cat losses, and the reinsurer’s strategic growth plans in APAC.
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- November 4 2024
Capital management, technology key to adapting to changing reinsurance landscape: Fitch
The reinsurance sector is undergoing significant transformations, driven by regulatory changes, emerging risks, and evolving investment strategies, says Jeffrey Liew of Fitch.
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- November 1 2024
Evolving risks, regulations fuel demand for alternative capital solutions: Guy Carpenter
Insurers are exploring differentiated business models and creative reinsurance as they battle increased losses, higher retentions and operating model pressures.
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- September 26 2024
Better cat data key to easing region’s growing capacity pressures: Perils’ APAC head
As insurance penetration and cat exposure rise in APAC, the availability of better quality data must go hand-in-hand with the growth of alternative capital sources. That leads the cat loss specialist to expand its loss data coverage in Japan & South-East Asia, said Darryl Pidcock.
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- September 24 2024
India may consider a new turnaround plan for three general insurers: report
While solvency ratio, consistently high claims ratios and losses or low profitability were the concerns that need to be addressed by the state-owned carriers, the government is likely to provide fiscal support to companies showing profits.
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- September 3 2024
Aon’s Yen Chu Choo named APAC capital advisory leader
Singapore-based Choo will report to George Attard, APAC chief executive for Reinsurance Solutions.
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- August 28 2024
Vietnam’s PVI Insurance gets greenlight to raise charter capital to US$157m: report
It is the second capital increase approved by the regulator in five months, as Vietnam's largest non-life insurer continues to grow its market share.
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- August 12 2024
Guy Carpenter names Justin Ward as managing director-head of capital advisory, APAC
Singapore-based Ward takes over the role from Blake Dimitrijevic who will join Hannover Re Australia as managing director.
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- July 12 2024
Asia Pacific reinsurance market finds a new equilibrium
While the market is ‘finely balanced’ for now, its sustainability will depend on the loss activity in the remaining six months of 2024, according to reinsurance experts and analysts.
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- July 5 2024
Opinion: The Indian insurance privatisation conundrum
State-led revivals have delayed privatisation of the country’s three general insurers and stalled much-needed reforms and competition that could otherwise enable Indian carriers to put their stamp on the world stage.
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- June 27 2024
India government may delay privatisation of three general insurers: report
The government will provide the state-owned carriers capital support of US$600m, and review business plans to strengthen their balance sheets.
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- May 22 2024
Aon promotes Sharad Vishvanath as enterprise client leader in India
In his new role, Vishvanath will focus on advising large clients on complex issues relating to risk and human capital.
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- April 23 2024
Korean insurers remain resilient to overseas commercial real estate deterioration: Fitch
A steady increase in the release of contractual service margins, driven by sound underwriting performance, will continue to support Korean insurers’ profitability despite volatility in their investment returns, Fitch said.
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- February 22 2024
New capital norms to drive consolidation in Indonesia’s takaful and retakaful sector: Fitch
Almost half the companies will have to raise capital to meet the requirement by end-2026 based on their latest equity levels, and almost two-thirds of them by end-2028, as capital generated through growth is unlikely to be sufficient, the rating agency said.
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- February 19 2024
David Howden sees commercial insurance rates flattening this year: report
The Howden chief executive told the FT that the business insurance market is beginning to see 'green shoots' with a recovery in (re)insurance capacity.
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- February 6 2024
Indonesia’s tougher minimum capital rules for (re)insurers to drive consolidation: Fitch
About 62% of Fitch's rated carriers, all non-life and reinsurers, will need to raise new capital to meet the minimum equity requirement, which could unleash a wave of M&A.
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- January 9 2024
Hard market conditions to stay despite a rebound in reinsurance capital: AM Best
Traditional reinsurance capital is estimated to have risen to US$561bn last year, up 12.2%, with a 4% increase in third-party capital thanks in part to record-high issuance of cat bonds.
