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- April 24 2024
Arch promotes Kirsten Valder to deputy CEO of international
London-based Valder will have oversight over the carrier's platforms in Australia, London and the UK markets, Bermuda and the EU, reporting to Hugh Sturgess, CEO of Arch Insurance International.
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- April 24 2024
Insurers face headwinds from pace of regulatory changes: Zurich’s APAC CRO
Regulatory changes aside, the insurer's regional head of risk Siddhartha Medappa names macroeconomic risks, climate change, cyber and infectious disease as top risks facing businesses in the region.
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- April 23 2024
Scor promotes CUO Lily Song to head of P&C China
Beijing-based Song has been at the French reinsurer since 2012 and has been the China reinsurance chief underwriting officer for more than 4 years.
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- April 22 2024
QBE appoints Jordan Stewart as Asia’s business development lead, broker distribution
Stewart, who has relocated to Hong Kong from Melbourne, will work with the teams across QBE Asia to enhance its broker partnerships across the region.
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- April 22 2024
AIG Singapore promotes Sarsha Neal to head of client & broker engagement
With over two decades of experience in underwriting and broking, Neal was most recently AIG's general manager for Western Australia and Northern Territory
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- April 22 2024
MS&AD Group’s outlook stable but acquisition may bring volatility: S&P Global
The rating agency has affirmed the carrier's 'A+' rating following revised capital model criteria, but noted that overseas acquisitions could bring volatility to its capital.
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- April 19 2024
Tower upgrades FY 2024 profit outlook to US$20m
The updated guidance assumes full utilisation of the FY 2024 large events allowance, which is set at US$26.5m.
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- April 19 2024
Generali streamlines insurance division in group restructure
The insurer will separate insurance and asset management businesses from June 1 and the insurance division will be led by Giulio Terzariol with country and regional leaders, including Rob Leonardi-led Asia, reporting to him.
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- April 19 2024
Allianz Commercial’s Sandric targets double-digit growth in Asia but cautions on market softening
The carrier aims to be a leader in the region's competitive commercial risks space and expand its alternative risk transfer solutions and multinational program offerings, the Asia chief executive told InsuranceAsia News.
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- April 18 2024
Exit-bound Lotte Insurance owner shopping for overseas private equity buyers: report
South Korea’s JKL Partners is reportedly in talks with JC Flowers to sell the Korean non-life carrier in a sale process run by JPMorgan.ts valuation.
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- April 18 2024
ICICI Lombard’s FY 2024 underwriting losses up 10% at US$1.2bn, COR dips to 102.2%
The Indian general insurer's GWP grew by 17.5% US$3bn and net profit was up 11% year-on-year.
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- April 18 2024
Australia’s strata insurance sector in ‘race to bottom’ as questionable practices abound: ACIL
A survey by the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby has found a range of potentially unlawful practices in the industry that warrants regulatory intervention.
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- April 16 2024
Fitch downgrades outlook for Sinosure, China Taiping group entities after sovereign rating action
The negative outlook reflects a potential decline in the willingness and ability of the government to support insurers with weaker standalone credit quality.
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- April 16 2024
Taiwan earthquake preliminary non-residential losses exceed US$263m: Guy Carpenter
While not all of these losses are insured, the residential earthquake insurance fund has reported claims of about US$23m from 472 claims, data from the broker showed.
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- April 15 2024
IRDAI allows carriers to customise commercial policy wordings: reports
Non-life insurers were previously restricted to offering standard base policy wordings for motor, property, and engineering insurance cover based on which they could provide add-on covers/riders.
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- April 12 2024
Sure raises Northern Queensland residential strata cover to AU$20m to improve access
The move is expected to allow body corporates and lot owners who have been challenged by affordability or under-insuring their complexes to access "alternative strata premium offerings", the insurer said.
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- April 12 2024
Sompo Singapore to sustain profitability, expand regional commercial line: S&P Global
S&P Global Ratings affirmed the carrier's "A" local currency long-term insurer financial strength rating with a stable outlook.
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- April 11 2024
Taiwan earthquake claims unlikely to exceed 2016 Meinong event’s US$500m: AM Best
Carriers will only have to deal with limited commercial and industrial claims such as business interruption as the April 3 quake was quite far from the economic and scientific centres and most of the losses are ceded to the international reinsurance market.
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- April 11 2024
MSIG Hong Kong promotes Shujiro Suzuki as deputy CEO
Suzuki succeeds Hideaki Amasaki, who has started a new role as general manager of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance’s international business department in Tokyo.
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- April 10 2024
AIG hands Brett Chew expanded role as head of affinity distribution & partnerships
Singapore-based Chew was previously head of affinity at the insurer will also join its Singapore executive committee.
