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- June 29 2021
Chubb appoints new Philippines’ country president
Mari Rachelle Canta to replace Peter van Ratingen, who is set to lead consumer lines in Australia/NZ.
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- June 29 2021
Peak Re hires from Swiss Re for senior VP Europe role
Karlheinz Render will start on August 1 and be based in Zurich.
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- June 28 2021
South Korea’s Coupang eyes US$300m claim over logistics centre fire
Korean Re, DB, KB, Lotte and Heungkuk F&M are the insurers involved.
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- June 25 2021
PICC Hong Kong to continue reinsurance dependence
AM Best report notes the insurer's inward reinsurance premium was around US$155m in 2020 -- an increase of 11.7% over the previous year.
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- June 23 2021
Japan P&C insurers grow overseas premiums
But Tokio Marine, MS&AD and Sompo still reported weaker international profits.
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- June 22 2021
Generali seeks to merge two Malaysia P&C players
Italian insurer agrees to buy 53% of Axa Affin GI and 100% of MPI Generali.
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- June 22 2021
China Re’s Hong Kong unit ‘strategic’ to wider group
AM Best upgrade comes after a US$258m capital injection from China Re Life.
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- June 21 2021
Hollard snaps up CBA’s P&C arm for A$625m
South Africa's largest privately owned insurer fought off rivals such as Allianz and IAG.
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- June 18 2021
Bangladesh pushes for more insurers to go public–report
Local insurance companies have been granted exemptions from certain IPO rules.
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- June 18 2021
Australian disrupter Honey Insurance raises A$15.5m
The online home insurance underwriting agency is backed by the mutual motor insurer RACQ.
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- June 16 2021
Acko is back as India’s growth champion
The digital motor and health insurer has more than doubled its book in 2021.
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- June 16 2021
Hyundai Marine & Fire underwriting improves on lower motor losses
Reduced auto claims due to a Covid-19 lockdown helped to boost performance.
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- June 16 2021
Bangkok Insurance sees US$720 million in direct premiums for 2020
AM Best report notes the insurer's moderate dependence on reinsurance to manage nat cat exposure.
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- June 15 2021
Philippine insurance authority seeks comment on agriculture PPP
Insurers would need to reinsure a minimum of 10% of the risk with Nat Re.
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- June 14 2021
Nat Re underwriting profits rise on lower non-life losses
AM Best report notes the reinsurer maintains a moderate dependence on retrocession.
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- June 14 2021
Sri Lanka’s non-life market to veer away from motor
Fitch analyst tells IAN a vehicle import ban has created a shift toward other business lines.
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- June 11 2021
Cambodia resilient as general insurance grows 10.5% in 2020: report
The highest increases were seen in property and medical insurance.
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- June 10 2021
Global brokers need to address the ‘Asia gap’
Only 18 of the world’s top 150 commercial P&C brokers are headquartered in the region.
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- June 8 2021
CBA close to selling domestic P&C business–report
AFR report says IAG and Allianz are the frontrunners in the bidding for CommInsure.
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- June 8 2021
Qianhai Re appoints Weishu Fan as CEO
The former head of Munich Re’s Beijing branch has also worked for Zurich and Swiss Re.
