Industry Segments: Infrastructure Page 1 / 3
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- March 7 2024
Australia’s US$1.3bn Asean push puts insurance high on the agenda
The SEAIFF will provide loans, guarantees, equity and insurance for projects that would boost trade and investment, particularly in support of the region's clean energy transition and infrastructure development.
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- March 5 2024
Assured Guaranty hires managing director for Australia expansion
The financial guarantee insurer has appointed Melissa Gribble as part of its move to grow origination activities in the country with a focus on the infrastructure, utilities and structured finance markets.
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- February 22 2024
Insurers lobby for removal of green infrastructure investing roadblock
The twin challenges of inflation and net-zero transition facing (re)insurers are highlighting the role that infrastructure assets can play in their portfolios, with infrastructure loan yielding as much as 600 bps in risk premium and equities returning 12%.
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- September 5 2023
Vincent Banton joins Aon as Asia head of construction and infrastructure
Singapore-based Banton reports to Asia head of commercial risks Paul Young and joins the global construction and infrastructure leadership team.
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- July 7 2023
China’s carriers betting on state-led infrastructure boom
The government continues to invest in railways, airports, ports and energy generation amid a slowdown in the property market.
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- April 4 2023
Korean risks reeling from large industrial losses see 50% hikes in 1.4 renewals
Protracted negotiations on structures and data analysis requirements due to changes to cessions led to delays.
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- February 21 2023
Opinion: Asia’s mega rail projects to ignite premium boom
The China-backed infra projects set to generate US$14bn by 2030 come as a blessing for local and international carriers.
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- October 10 2022
US$290tn investment gap to hit Paris climate targets: Swiss Re
Plugging the hole will require a ramp-up of climate spending to an estimated US$9.4tn on average every year till 2050.
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- September 29 2022
Opinion: Australia’s natural disaster fund far from ‘ready’
The US$135m federal government funding should be matched and cross-country coordination improved, as the ICA demands.
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- September 19 2022
Strong Taiwan earthquake triggers widespread infrastructure damage
Buildings, railway lines and bridges have all been impacted in the epicentre, Taitung county.
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- September 12 2022
Losses mount from nat cats in Korea, Pakistan, China and India
An earthquake, a typhoon and two serious flooding events are triggering a large volume of claims.
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- August 29 2022
‘Unprecedented’ Pakistan flooding triggers US$10bn damage
Large P&C carriers such as Adamjee Insurance and United Insurance could see significant claims.
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- August 24 2022
Japan infrastructure spending set to spur property GWP growth
The country's general insurance market set to reach US$133bn in 2026, GlobalData forecasts.
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- August 16 2022
Luzon earthquake triggers major infrastructure damage
Crawford reports damage to power plants, airport construction project and SMEs.
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- August 10 2020
Market to benefit from ‘Digital Silk Road’ investment
(Re)insurers to protect growing risks such as cyber, data and IP as China's digital push gathers pace.
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- June 24 2020
Asia’s infrastructure boom
Swiss Re sees huge potential in the region for both premiums and investments.
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- August 26 2019
Asia’s construction boom brings complex claims
Mega infrastucture projects are becoming more frequent and larger in scope.
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- August 2 2019
Insurers criticised over Laos dam claims
One year after the collapse of a hydropower dam in Laos, critics are calling on the project’s insurers to pay out.
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- May 24 2019
Building bridges
Insurers could play an important role in funding infrastructure in Asia, but they need more support.
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- June 15 2018
Philippine insurers ready to fund infrastructure projects
The government is relying on development financing, but the country's life insurers would like to get involved.
