Industry Segments: Casualty Page 3 / 5
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- November 24 2023
Opinion: The Asia casualty conundrum – curious case of underwriting results lagging rating
Rating uplifts in sectors such as general liability or cyber will take time to really kick in and feed into the bottom lines for carriers.
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- November 24 2023
Everest hires Liberty’s Michael McCarthy as senior casualty underwriter in Australia
Sydney-based McCarthy joins the insurer from Liberty Specialty Markets where he was most recently senior underwriter, casualty.
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- November 21 2023
Asia casualty programmes harder to place, says WTW’s MacCarthy
The covers have reduced substantively with a tightening of the limit belt, offering a range of US$25-$30m now compared with US$50m earlier.
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- November 15 2023
KB Insurance completes US$100m loss portfolio transfer deal with Swiss Re
With the Howden Tiger arranged deal, the Korean carrier will transfer its US commercial multiperil and workers’ compensation lines' net loss and unearned premium reserves to the reinsurer as part of the insurer's US branch wind down plan.
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- November 13 2023
Mapfre Re will ask for corrections from clients as ‘there is no room for flexibility in Asia’
Regional head Javier Sánchez Cea says, the Spanish reinsurer is targeting China as part of its wider APAC strategy to grow life, casualty, bond and credit lines.
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- November 9 2023
Reinsurers are there to protect cedents’ balance sheets, not P&L volatility: Axa XL Re’s Guidée
The chief executive flags up US casualty exposure concerns for APAC insurers as “risks are more interconnected”.
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- November 7 2023
Asian insurance pricing hits financial lines headwinds, flattening cyber rates: Marsh
Except for a 2% growth in property, almost all other lines in APAC either remained flat or declined, according to Marsh Q3 global pricing index.
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- November 6 2023
Western Nepal’s earthquake casualty losses to exceed US$2.3m: sources
Although the earthquake happened in a remote district with low presence of carriers, the liability has raised up to around US$150,000, potentially retained by local (re)insurers, IAN understands.
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- October 31 2023
Markel makes three appointments in Australia
Ahmed Farag joins as head of casualty, Kym Beazleigh becomes head of professional and financial risk and head of Sydney and Arné Booysen a senior PI underwriter.
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- October 19 2023
AIG appoints Logan Perry as casualty manager, specialty in New Zealand
Auckland-based Perry was most recently casualty underwriting manager for Chubb and will report to Stephen Ward, head of casualty, Asia Pacific at AIG.
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- October 11 2023
Everest ropes in Chubb veteran Stuart Kerr as head of international casualty
Kerr was most recently head of P&C Thailand and head of casualty Asia for the American insurance major.
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- July 25 2023
Berkley Insurance Asia appoints Omi Lok as head of casualty, Greater China
Hong Kong-based Lok, who joins from Axa, has over two decades of casualty experience across retail markets in Asia.
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- June 6 2023
Arch Insurance appoints Lucy Wood as northern region manager for A&H
Sydney-based Wood will manage the portfolio and the underwriting team for the region, including New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.
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- June 5 2023
Axa XL ropes in Evelyn Pang as global program and captive manager for Asia
Hong Kong-based Pang, who joins from Berkley Insurance Asia, will report to the (re)insurer's HK CEO Jamie Chambers.
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- June 2 2023
Miller taps Lockton’s Craig McCoig-Lees for APAC reinsurance build-out
Singapore-based McCoig-Lees will support the broker's facultative and treaty offerings in the region.
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- May 31 2023
Asia workers’ comp remains soft as economies readjust
As companies try to bounce back to pre-Covid times, the market is dealing with challenges such as hybrid working and an ageing workforce.
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- May 25 2023
Axa XL hires Nicholas Strong as senior casualty underwriter
Sydney-based Strong joins from CGU Insurance, where he held a similar role.
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- May 23 2023
Why are take-up rates for environmental impairment liability insurance low in Asia?
Lack of awareness regarding coverage gaps in general liability and property policies and a limited ESG focus haven't helped.
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- May 23 2023
Zurich Hong Kong appoints David Chiu as chief claims officer
A Zurich veteran for the past 10 years, Chiu has held several leadership roles in the Hong Kong claims team.
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- May 22 2023
Aspen hires Tay Boon Chuan as head of Singapore; Beatrice Morley to relocate
Veteran Tay is joining after 12 years at Tokio Marine Kiln, most recently as Asia treaty team lead, while Morley, Aspen's global head of casualty, is leaving for London.
