Industry Segments: Claims Page 24 / 41
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- August 2 2021
Malaysia P&C outlook stable despite Covid headwinds: AM Best
The rating agency expects health insurance to be an important driver of growth.
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- August 2 2021
Australia’s class-action exposure pushes insurers’ reserves higher
Professional indemnity and public liability lines could see adverse long-tail losses.
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- July 30 2021
China’s insurers to manage Henan flood losses: AM Best
Rating agency cites portfolio diversification and state reinsurance protection as mitigating factors.
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- July 30 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets makes two APAC leadership changes
Vanessa Maher takes on Australia chief risk role as Rob Mercer becomes regional claims head.
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- July 28 2021
Asia’s A&H market faces distribution and pricing challenge
TMK underwriter Dylan Lim tells Lloyd's event every country has a different risk profile.
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- July 28 2021
ZYIC maintains credit rating despite Henan flooding
AM Best cautions that the full extent of claims in the province is still unknown.
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- July 26 2021
Henan’s heavy flooding triggers over US$800m of claims
Typhoon In-Fa expected to bring even more problems in the coming days.
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- July 26 2021
Asia H1 2021 nat cat losses 28% higher than 10-year average
Insured losses in Asia Pacific totalled US$5bn during January to June, up from US$3.9bn average.
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- July 22 2021
Canterbury flood claims surpass US$30m
The May 29-June 1 flooding has been described as a ‘one in 200-year event’ by a climate scientist.
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- July 21 2021
China’s Henan province sees ‘thousand-year’ floods
Ping An P&C has already received 13,000 claims and that number is expected to rise sharply.
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- July 20 2021
Typhoons threaten agriculture in three China provinces
Ministry of Agriculture urges insurers to settle any claims promptly amid uncertainty over landfall.
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- July 19 2021
APRA asks general insurers to self-assess amid BI concerns
The regulator wants insurers to review the soundness of their risk management frameworks.
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- July 14 2021
X-Press Pearl’s owners pay initial US$3.6m claim
Sri Lanka's government is looking for US$40m to compensate for environmental damage.
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- July 13 2021
Sichuan floods to cause ‘surge’ in commercial property, motor claims
Crawford's Hong Kong manager tells IAN ongoing floods could lead to complete motor vehicle losses.
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- July 13 2021
Olympics’ spectator ban to cost reinsurers US$300–400m: Fitch
Reinsurers to pay for ticket and hospitality refunds after a state of emergency was declared in Tokyo.
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- July 12 2021
Tropical Cyclone Seroja to cost insurers US$324m: Perils
The loss figure for the Australian market covers both property and motor hull lines of business.
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- July 9 2021
Hong Kong’s trade credit insurer sees claims fall US$64m
The government body posted an underwriting profit of US$3m.
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- July 6 2021
Ever Given to set sail as parties agree claim payout
Payout set to be far less than the original demand of US$900m.
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- July 6 2021
BI claims saga to hit Australia’s insurers hard
The UK's highest court overturned a long-held global precedent in January.
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- June 28 2021
South Korea’s Coupang eyes US$300m claim over logistics centre fire
Korean Re, DB, KB, Lotte and Heungkuk F&M are the insurers involved.
