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- September 2 2024
Fubon Insurance returns to net profit, COR improves to 86.2% in H1 2024
The Taiwanese market leader's combined ratio dropped 37.2 percentage points from 123.4% a year ago as claims paid for the period more than halved.
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- September 2 2024
Hong Kong H1 2024 P&C underwriting profit climbs 34% to US$250m
The improvement came despite net claims incurred during the period rose 9.3% year-on-year, as growth in overall premiums and smaller losses recorded in third-party motor insurance helped the sector's results, provisional data from the HKIA shows.
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- August 31 2024
China Re H1 2024 insurance revenue of domestic P&C reinsurance up 17.5% to US$3.3bn
Overseas P&C reinsurance and Chaucer and P&C insurance divisions grew 10.2% and 2.6% year-on-year, respectively.
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- August 30 2024
South Africa’s Santam to expand into Asia: report
The move follows the success of the general carrier's parent Sanlam in India, where it has been in partnership with Shriram Capital Group since 2005 and is recording about 17% of profit.
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- August 30 2024
China Pacific’s P&C underwriting profit jumps 47.6% to US$380m, COR improves to 97.1%
The company delivered primary insurance premiums at US$15.7bn in the first six months, a 7.8% growth year-on-year.
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- August 30 2024
Indonesian carrier Artarindo’s capital buffer sufficient to support expansion: Fitch
The rating agency also assigned a first-time national insurer financial strength rating of "A+(idn)" to the carrier with a stable outlook.
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- August 29 2024
Philippines regulator imposes money laundering risk assessments on insurers, brokers
The Insurance Commission issued the guidelines that require institutional risk assessments on insurers and brokers at least once very two years.
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- August 29 2024
AM Best upgrades Peak Re’s outlook to stable from negative following Fosun’s revised credit condition
The rating agency has also affirmed the rating of Peak Re Hong Kong and its subsidiary Peak Reinsurance AG (Switzerland) at A- (excellent) reflecting its very strong balance sheet, adequate operating performance.
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- August 28 2024
PICC P&C H1 underwriting profit down 5% as liability insurance losses bite
Underwriting profit for China's largest P&C insurer totalled US$1.26bn, as COR edged up 0.4 percentage points to 96.2%
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- August 28 2024
Tune Protect H1 2024 insurance revenue drops 15.2% to US$43.7m
Its COR deteriorated to 107.5% versus 95.4% in H1 2023 due to the higher net incurred claims and attributable expenses.
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- August 28 2024
Peak Re reports US$124.2m profit in H1 2024, COR at 84.9%
The reinsurer has reported GWP of US$847.9m in 2024 H1, a slight 1.8% year-on-year increase, according to the company's unaudited earnings release.
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- August 28 2024
Data breach by Japan’s big 4 insurers affects over 2 million customer records: report
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Sompo Japan, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance will need to submit reports to the financial regulator by the end of this week.
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- August 28 2024
Vietnam’s PVI Insurance gets greenlight to raise charter capital to US$157m: report
It is the second capital increase approved by the regulator in five months, as Vietnam's largest non-life insurer continues to grow its market share.
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- August 28 2024
Australian insurers urged to limit use of external experts to improve claims assessments
Carriers should not rely on external experts beyond their scope of expertise, as it could lead to poor claims decisions and disputes, according to an inquiry into the practice by six general insurers by the General Insurance Code Governance Committee.
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- August 27 2024
ZhongAn P&C H1 2024 underwriting profit drops 41% to US$44m as COR deteriorates to 97.9%
Insurance revenue for the P&C business for the first six months ended June 2024 increased 18.1% year-on-year to US$2.1bn.
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- August 27 2024
Opinion: Mpox cases with deadlier strain send jitters across Asian P&C market
While the number of cases is still limited in the region, a potential spreading of the virus, especially the mutated clade 1b strain, could disrupt fragile supply chains already impacted by the curtailment of shipping in the Red Sea and result in potential BI losses.
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- August 26 2024
South Korean government pushes ahead with EV battery certification scheme: report
Set to launch in October, the certification scheme seeks to alleviate growing public concerns about lethal fires caused by EV lithium batteries, as insurers are reviewing their existing motor policies to gauge the potential losses in their books.
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- August 26 2024
Australia’s insurance affordability aggravated by 30% premium hike for nat cat-exposed properties: report
As more frequent extreme weather events are driving the premiums up, regions like southwest and southeast Queensland, NSW' Northern Rivers, regional Western Australia and the Northern Territory are among the most exposed to the risk of being underinsured.
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- August 23 2024
Ping An P&C H1 underwriting profit rises 15.7% on improved liability business
China's second-largest P&C insurer saw underwriting profit rise to US$49.5 million, as strong growth in its liability mitigated declines in its motor business, whose combined ratio was dampened by rainstorms.
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- August 22 2024
Climate change exposes banks to ‘silent’ risks as insurance gets more unaffordable: Aon
Banks can leverage on tools and datasets that insurers have been using for pricing climate risks. Alternative risk transfer tool such as parametrics can also provide additional protection, the broker said.
