Industry Segments: Political Violence Page 1 / 6
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- February 11 2025
MS Amlin launches credit, political risk offering in Dubai with India, MENA markets in sight
New business line will be led by Osama Elshiekh, senior underwriter for credit and political risk, reporting to senior executive officer for MENA Vipul Gupta.
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- February 10 2025
Liberty Specialty Markets’ Dipam Pandit handed expanded Asia role
Singapore-based Pandit named regional head of broker distribution with the global (re)insurer.
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- February 6 2025
Taiwan concern remains for marine insurers, says IUMI, amid rising geopolitical risks
President Frédéric Denèfle and policy committee chair Neil Roberts address the pressing issues facing global maritime trade, including Red Sea transits following the recent ceasefire in Gaza.
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- January 17 2025
While trade war threat looms for Asia, climate risk needs more than insurance: industry leaders
Marsh McLennan’s Carolina Klint says Asia is particularly exposed given its role in the world’s manufacture of goods.
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- January 7 2025
Chubb elevates Carles Tondo as head of property and technical lines in Singapore
In his new role, Tondo will be responsible for fire, terrorism, construction, power generation and energy.
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- December 3 2024
The industry has to be nimble in dealing with climate risks: Swiss Re’s Lubomir Varbanov
The key challenge and opportunity for the market is the need for multilateral development banks to adapt to evolving risks, particularly those related to climate change.
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- November 22 2024
Chaucer Singapore expands political risk underwriting with Axa XL hire
The China Re-owned Lloyd's player has appointed Jonathan Ng as class underwriter in political risk.
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- November 21 2024
Emerging Asia may benefit from US tariffs as China suffers: Swiss Re’s Haegeli
Tariffs, taxes, and a decrease in trade could be a tipping point for the wider industry as there are many uncertainties around future US presidential decisions, said the reinsurer's group chief economist.
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- November 7 2024
Asian specialty losses to be reflected in renewals: Swiss Re
The reinsurer’s specialty CUO Anne Lohbeck says engineering, inherent defect, cyber and credit & surety are growth drivers for APAC specialty book.
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- November 7 2024
Trade war fears ignite as Trump sweeps into the White House
Even if heavy tariffs are not swiftly imposed, the threat of them is likely to make Chinese-US relations a lot more uncertain in the coming years and could hamper China’s economic recovery even further.
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- November 1 2024
Specialty growth, Australia, Dubai operations fire up Markel’s APAC growth
The Lloyd’s player, set to grow premiums by 40% in 2024, is seeing strong demand for the war, renewable energy, and casualty classes in the region, says Christian Stobbs.
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- November 1 2024
Reinsurers guarding themselves to “not let loose” at 1.1 renewals, says Peak Re’s Hahn
Unstable interest rates, geopolitical uncertainty and more severe and frequent secondary perils mean that reinsurers remain in a difficult position and should not be expected to cede significant ground on rate at the forthcoming 1.1 renewals.
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- October 17 2024
Exclusive: WTW restructures Asia political violence terrorism team as regional head exits
Leonard Chan, head of terrorism and political violence, Asia, has recently resigned from the role, InsuranceAsian News can reveal.
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- October 16 2024
SRCC rates harden, capacity, limits lower as tensions grow
Broader strike riots and civil commotion extensions under property programs are unlikely to be the norm going forward.
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- September 24 2024
Climate change, green transition and geopolitics reshaping marine insurance
The growing importance of Asia underlined the 150th annual International Union of Marine Insurance conference where geopolitical tensions, extreme weather risks, and energy transition dominated discussions.
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- September 19 2024
Global marine insurers bet on Asia amid growing geopolitical concerns
The International Union of Marine Insurance sees the region accounting for almost a third of the premium as an opportunity to grow its membership as war risks, sanctions and embargoes are affecting global shipping.
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- September 13 2024
Opinion: Taiwan specialty market on edge as US presidential election rolls closer
Following the the recent presidential election debate and the sparring over regional policy, attention is once again focused on the island nation due to the potential risk of disruption posed to its semiconductor sector and supply chains.
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- September 9 2024
Multi-peril risks fuel demand for cat coverage: Hannover Re
The reinsure anticipates prices and conditions to remain stable for the January 1, 2025, treaty renewals with supply and demand in most markets remaining balanced.
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- August 21 2024
Texel names Coface’s Hélène Heas as broker for Asia operations
Singapore-based Heas will be supporting the broker's business growth across the Asia Pacific region and further enhance its client solutions and market reach.
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- August 21 2024
HDI Global targets bigger market share in Asia, further regional ANZ expansion in H2 2024
The industrial lines specialist reported strong growth across its Australia and Singapore branches driven by a growth in new business and inflation-related price adjustments in the first half of the year.
