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- March 5 2025
Axa XL names Sylvie Gleises Asia CEO, replaces Gilles Fromageot
She will continue to serve as CEO for Axa XL Singapore insurance operations having joined AXA Group in 2006.
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- March 5 2025
Canopius hands Paul Hackett expanded role as APAC head of distribution
Expanded role in addition to existing portfolio as head of marine for APAC and Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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- March 4 2025
Allianz APAC P&C business total business volume tops US$2bn
The insurance group's regional total operating profits rose 6% to EUR795 million despite less favourable health claims experience.
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- March 4 2025
IRDAI extends 4% obligatory cession for FY26 renewals
Cession applies to policies attaching in the FY26, and will be placed with GIC Re.
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- March 4 2025
Thailand’s Allianz Ayudhya targets 12% premium growth amid product expansion
The carrier will focus on health, SME and home products, while also growing Allianz Commercial's property, engineering, transportation, and liability offerings for large businesses and corporates.
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- March 4 2025
Analytics: Short-tail performance boost for Australia’s P&C carriers
APRA data shows general insurance COR improves in Q4 2024, while profit after tax almost doubles to US$1bn.
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- March 3 2025
Thailand’s non-life 2023 underwriting profit at US$380m after US$1.5bn loss in 2022: AM Best
Rebound attributed to a rise in premium income and a decline in claims incurred, the rating agency said in its country report.
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- March 3 2025
Tune Protect’s insurance revenue up 4% to US$87.2m in FY24
Net insurance service result more than doubled, mainly attributable to improvement in the acquisition cost due to changes in the company's portfolio mix, as well as a lower reinsurance ratio.
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- March 1 2025
Suncorp to settle class action suit over add-on sales
Settlement must be approved by the Supreme Court of Victoria, but no date has been set for the hearing,
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- February 24 2025
Munich Re names Hanh Nguyen head of treaty P&C underwriting for Southeast Asia, India
Nguyen has been deputy head since July, and will succeed Joachim Zagrosek on March 1.
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- February 24 2025
Australia’s higher premiums may stifle new policy growth, lead to underinsurance: S&P Global
Insurance is already very costly in Australia's high-risk areas, and premiums are unlikely to fall anytime soon, S&P Global Ratings said in a report.
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- February 24 2025
Auto-fac market ‘not yet at scale for treaty purchase’, but ‘not dumping ground for bad risks’
Facility is emerging as a vital instrument to place risks that do not fit into existing treaties, Gallagher Re, Markel and Swiss Re say.
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- February 21 2025
Hyundai Insurance’s FY24 underwriting income slumps 22% to US$245m
Commercial business' underwriting income more than doubles, while long-term lines grow by 247.6%.
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- February 21 2025
DB Insurance underwriting profit up 4.5% to US$1.1bn
Underwriting profit went up only because of the commercial line performance that saw a US$71m profit compared with US$85m loss last year.
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- February 21 2025
QBE FY24 GWP up only 3% to US$22.4bn on portfolio exits, lower crop premium
Insurer reports an improved COR of 93.1%, supported by a favourable catastrophe experience, alongside a more stable central estimate reserve development.
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- February 21 2025
Samsung Fire & Marine’s expects ‘no impact’ on profits, capital after rejig: report
Samsung Life is seeking to make the South Korean non-life insurer its subsidiary and clarified that it has no plans to expand its holdings.
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- February 20 2025
Zurich’s APAC P&C business grows, GWP up amid ‘stellar performance’ in FY24
Non-life business' COR also improved, driven by rate and claims management in the motor and health portfolios.
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- February 17 2025
MS&AD accelerates, while Tokio Marine, Sompo see overseas topline growth moderate in Q3 FY24
MS&AD’s foreign subsidiaries grew NWP by a combined 25%, in contrast to the 1.2% growth posted by Tokio Marine’s international non-life businesses and 0.8% by Sompo’s overseas arms.
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- February 14 2025
MS Amlin’s COR for 9M FY24 at 88.8%, reports US$163.5m underwriting profit
MS&AD-owned specialty (re)insurer reports continued growth since turnaround a year ago, posting NWP of US$1.4bn.
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- February 14 2025
Commercial rates harden in Taiwan, Japan while rest of Asia declines: Marsh
Composite insurance rates in Asia continued a downward trend, declining by 3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, marginally higher than the global average.
