Industry Segments: Claims Page 3 / 45
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- August 1 2024
Kiwi insurers settle 96% of US$2.3bn in claims from Cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland flooding: ICNZ
As of June 1, carriers have settled 112,746, of 118,037 claims valued and have so far paid out US$1.85bn (82%) for both events, with residential house claims at 96%, while contents and motor were 99% and 98% fully settled, respectively.
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- July 31 2024
APAC and Africa account for 33% of US$120bn global nat cat losses: Munich Re
The costliest natural disaster in the first half of the year is the Noto earthquake in Japan that amounted to an estimated US$10bn in losses.
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- July 30 2024
Claims from Singapore oil spill set to exceed British Marine’s limit of liability
The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds and the QBE-owned insurer have opened a claims submission office to facilitate compensation for those affected by the incident, according to a joint statement.
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- July 30 2024
Sedgwick launches Asian energy claims solutions with two senior hires
Neil Best has been appointed as energy director while Liew Boon Tat joins as executive energy adjuster for major and complex loss in the loss adjuster's Singapore office.
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- July 29 2024
Space insurance struggles amid billion-dollar+ claims, scarce premium pool
While the market has seen a doubling of rates recently, shrinking underwriting capacity and technology changes add further challenges to the industry reeling from recent large losses.
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- July 25 2024
Nepal air crash: 99.7% of estimated US$3m loss ceded out to foreign reinsurers
The hull and liability cover were provided by a Nepalese carrier Prabhu Insurance and reinsured with a London-based carrier through facultative cover, IAN understands.
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- July 25 2024
CrowdStrike IT outage insured loss to range from US$540m to US$1bn: Parametrix
The loss covered under cyber insurance policies is likely to be no more than 10% to 20% of the US$5.4bn direct financial loss facing the US Fortune 500 companies, due to large risk retentions and low policy limits.
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- July 23 2024
Indian and Malaysian carriers keen to transform claims and underwriting approaches
The two fast-growing markets illustrate how insurers can ride on regulatory changes and innovative approaches to navigate challenges and capitalise on opportunities.
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- July 22 2024
GSA ropes in Suncorp’s Christina Ludovice as head of claims
Sydney-based Ludovice will bring strategic support to the broker's claims team with a focus on negotiating expedited claims outcomes for the clients.
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- July 22 2024
BI claims in focus as carriers assess losses amid global tech outage
The event could impact other lines beyond cyber including tech errors and omissions, D&O, and insurers may see liability and supply chain disruption claims.
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- July 19 2024
Global tech outage could see claims snowball but insurers ‘wait-and-watch’
The impact on the industry will depend on the “waiting period” , however, there could be long-term BI and other complex claims.
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- July 19 2024
South Korea’s ‘heaviest-in-200-years’ rain to lead to motor, crop losses
The event is likely to see reinsurers introduce coverage limits for parking lots and trigger pay-outs from the government’s agricultural and fishery disaster reinsurance program.
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- July 18 2024
Zurich’s Maureen Ung joins Everest as head of claims, Singapore
Ung has been Zurich's chief claims officer since August 2022.
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- July 15 2024
Trade credit insurers expect ‘harder’ market as insolvencies return to pre-Covid highs
A 'buyer’s market' prevails as claims have yet to exceed pre-pandemic levels. But rising geopolitical and trade tensions have boosted intra-Asia trade and insurance demand, with some carriers expanding investments in the region.
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- July 12 2024
Axa XL expands Australian team with two senior hires
Based in Sydney, Sugra Kaur has been appointed senior casualty underwriter while Melbourne-based Rhys Anthony has joined as senior claims specialist for property.
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- July 11 2024
SBI General Insurance taps Liberty’s Udayan Joshi as chief technical & claims officer
The former president of Liberty General Insurance in Mumbai has joined the Indian insurer where he will be in charge of shaping its underwriting and reinsurance initiatives.
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- July 8 2024
Insurance claims from southern China heavy rain and floods hit US$344m: report
Insurers have settled about a third of the total claims filed. The heavy rain and floodwaters in Hunan breached a stretch of the dyke of China's second-largest freshwater lake.
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- July 4 2024
Exclusive: Carriers staring at US$1bn+ losses from New Caledonia civil unrest
QBE and Allianz’s estimated net exposure to the event have exceeded US$215m each from political violence in the French overseas territory near New Zealand, IAN understands.
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- July 2 2024
China Life P&C H1 cumulative claim payment rose 12% to US$4.6bn
The P&C arm of the world's second-largest life insurer said the bulk of 2024 H1 cumulative claim payment came from motor insurance, as it settled US$88m in nat cat related claims.
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- July 1 2024
New Zealand Treasury set to review levy settings for Natural Hazard Fund
The review comes amid a name change of the Earthquake Commission (EQC) as Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake,
