Industry Segments: Claims Page 38 / 47
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- May 25 2020
Cyclone Amphan likely to cost insurers over US$100m
The powerful storm is a worrying start to Asia's typhoon season.
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- May 20 2020
India and Bangladesh brace for super cyclone while in lockdown
The human cost may loom larger than insured losses from this storm.
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- May 15 2020
Zurich and Allianz reveal Covid-19 hits
The European giants will be hoping for quick recoveries in APAC markets.
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- May 15 2020
Covid-19 to challenge market “as never before”: Neal
Lloyd's players could be on the hook for US$4.3bn of claims alone.
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- May 11 2020
Five years on: Asia’s lessons from Nepal’s 2015 earthquake
Much more effort is required to build nat cat resiliency according to Aon, Munich Re and RMS.
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- May 6 2020
Japanese firms’ payouts top US$10bn for 2019 typhoons
Losses keep rising as firms grapple with the Covid-19 fallout and upcoming typhoon season.
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- April 30 2020
Reinsurers’ Covid-19 trade credit problem
P&C players are more exposed to global trade than business interruption.
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- April 22 2020
The complexities of risk modelling a pandemic
The market is a long way off from establishing a risk pool in Asia for such an event.
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- April 21 2020
Motor claims in New Zealand drop by 90%
National insurers will save around US$60m and hand back premiums.
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- April 17 2020
Australia’s summer losses won’t be unique: enquiry
The Royal Commission investigation into the summer's costly bushfires has begun.
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- April 15 2020
Covid-19: What are the risks at empty factories?
Senior players from Mayer Brown, Sedgwick, Swiss Re CorSo and Willis Towers Watson give their verdict.
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- April 14 2020
Markel picks ex-QBE exec Bo Yu as head of claims Asia
He will oversee claims across Hong Kong, India, Labuan and Singapore.
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- April 1 2020
Australia’s market grapples with extreme weather claims, Covid-19
A February storm has cost the market over US$480m.
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- March 30 2020
Asia’s huge aviation risk from Covid-19
The pandemic means unprecedented challenges with many losses unlikely to be recovered.
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- March 26 2020
Hannover Re’s Eberhardt on Australia’s long, hot summer
Unprecedented claims from recent bushfires is showing the value of reinsurance.
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- March 20 2020
Australia’s summer loss bill surpasses US$2bn
Recent flooding has compounded bushfires and hailstorms with Covid-19 to add more claims.
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- March 19 2020
New Zealand’s SkyCity secures US$50m fire payout
Money expected to arrive over April with Chubb understood to be the lead insurer.
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- March 17 2020
Sedgwick’s James Ong on claims handling in Asia
The global loss adjuster is seeing a spike in regional demand.
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- March 13 2020
Covid-19 declared catastrophe in Australia
The Insurance Council of Australia has launched a special taskforce to deal with virus-related claims.
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- March 11 2020
How digital is shaping Asia’s P&C claims
Tech such as AI is transforming personal lines which could translate to commercial.
