Industry Segments: Political Page 3 / 5
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- November 2 2023
SIRC: Asia’s PV and terrorism market faces second overhaul at 1.1 renewals
Reinsurance prices are going up and attachment points are changing, says Axa XL's Mark Houghton, with demand coming from banks, export credit agencies and government multilateral initiatives.
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- October 30 2023
APAC political violence and terrorism price hikes, cover squeeze to continue
The fast-moving situation in the Middle East is causing a further strain on the market hit by the war in Ukraine, according to WTW and HDI Global.
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- October 27 2023
Sompo continues Singapore build-out with Paddy Harman hire
He joins from Allianz as a senior underwriter in Sompo's credit & political risk team as the specialty player expands its APAC commercial P&C capabilities.
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- October 9 2023
Axa XL strengthens Singapore team with crisis management and special risks underwriter
Grace Yeap joins from Chubb and will be in charge of crisis management, risk appetite and broker relationships across political violence and terrorism business lines.
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- August 23 2023
Political violence market on guard over Taiwan tensions
While some carriers are excluding Taiwan completely, most have been sub-limiting exposure to US$10–25m in the aggregate.
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- July 26 2023
Tokio Marine Kiln signs up political risks specialist Cindy Gunawan in Singapore
Gunawan, who joins from Marsh, will report to regional underwriting director Jamie Tang.
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- July 20 2023
Update: Insurers take ‘wait-and-see’ approach to Russia’s Black Sea threat
As the situation escalates with Russia targeting port facilities and destroying grains and the US warning that Moscow may have mined the sea corridor, there is uncertainty if terms can be held for non-Russia, Ukraine, Belarus ports.
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- July 13 2023
HDI takes Markel’s James Guardino to enter Asian political & credit risk market
Guardino will report to Singapore managing director Graham Silton and Nick Robinson, HDI Global Specialty’s head of political and credit risk in London.
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- April 17 2023
HKFI seeks easier re-domiciliation and improved positioning to attract global majors
Policy recommendations have been submitted by the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers to the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau and the Insurance Authority.
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- April 11 2023
Carriers eye terrorism and PV coverage as appetite grows and market hardens
Global (re)insurer Axis and Lloyd's player Mosaic Insurance are planning to expand cover in the under-served Asian market.
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- April 7 2023
Opinion: Indonesia’s 1998 riots and their impact on the (re)insurance market
Peter Phillips, chief client officer South Asia at Marsh, gives his views on how the events shaped political violence and terrorism cover.
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- March 30 2023
‘Tough’ Philippines renewals seeing up to 50% hikes in property, PV to climb 30%
Reinsurers adamant on rate increases even for loss-free accounts due to cat exposure, inflation and treaty costs.
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- February 13 2023
WTW bolsters Singapore credit and political risk practice
Deesha Doshi, who has worked at several international banks, joins as an executive director in the Lion City.
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- November 15 2022
BOC Aviation files suit in Irish High Court against 16 insurers
The aircraft leasing firm filed insurance claims in August after a US$804m write-down on 17 aircraft grounded in Russia following sanctions.
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- September 28 2022
Insurers shying away from writing new China, Taiwan policies: report
Risk managers are worried a sanctions war between the US and China may restrict capital flow.
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- September 21 2022
Asia may ‘finally pull its weight’ on terrorism cover
The market is on the cusp of change with rates set to harden as global firms pay more attention to the risk.
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- August 24 2022
Japan infrastructure spending set to spur property GWP growth
The country's general insurance market set to reach US$133bn in 2026, GlobalData forecasts.
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- August 11 2022
Powerful and unusual hailstorm dents Japan’s ‘big three’ Q1 results
The insurance giants saw losses of US$610m from freak storm in addition to Ukraine impact.
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- August 2 2022
Asia political risk rates to rise as Ukraine crisis bites
Even fairly benign countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand could see hikes of 15-20%.
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- May 6 2022
QBE CEO warns of US$75m hit from Ukraine crisis
The Australian insurer has exposure to political violence, political risk and aviation.
