Industry Segments: Property Page 4 / 5
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- February 6 2023
Asia Q4 2022 property pricing up 2% as casualty fell 1%: Marsh
Cyber rates increased 22%, an improvement over previous quarters, as more capacity entered the market.
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- February 3 2023
Chinese insurtech Cheche Group initiates SPAC merger for US listing
The transaction values the combined company at an enterprise value of US$841m.
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- January 27 2023
Australia’s October 2022 flood losses rise 6.4% to US$598m: Perils
The estimate includes property and motor hull losses for the majority of the market for floods in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.
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- January 25 2023
Aon implements OED standard for property reinsurance risk modelling
Initial testing on reinsurance placement data for Japan, Australia and China has proved highly successful.
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- January 11 2023
Axa XL’s James Shilling to lead Australia property, energy and construction
Based in Sydney, he was most recently Axa XL’s head of international property, Australia.
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- December 12 2022
Korean Re to reduce overseas property cat exposure
The South Korean reinsurer hit by Covid claims and nat cats will expand casualty and specialty lines, according to AM Best.
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- November 30 2022
Zurich relocates UK exec as Australia property and marine head
Evan Moore will start in the newly created Sydney-based role in February.
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- November 16 2022
Korean property insurers raided over price rigging: report
The seven property insurers, including Samsung Fire & Marine and KB Insurance, were fined by the Fair Trade Commission in April.
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- November 1 2022
APAC commercial rates moderate as cyber pricing shoots up: Marsh
Pricing in the Pacific climbed 5% in Q3, down from 7% in Q2, while Asia was up 2%, down from 3%.
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- October 31 2022
Rising rates, capacity pinch leave strata cover high and dry
With an increase in cat activity, strata has been the worst-performing property line in Australia.
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- October 28 2022
AGCS’ Nick Wood steps up to lead APAC property
The deputy APAC property head is replacing Victorio Villar who is leaving the firm at the end of the year to pursue “other interests”.
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- October 11 2022
Asia needs to deliver ‘acceptable level of profitability’: Mapfre Re’s Javier Sánchez Cea
The Spanish reinsurer has made Asian expansion, especially China, a priority but expects the market to improve margins.
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- September 27 2022
Arch Australia lands Allianz’s Daniel Khalil as senior underwriter
The Sydney-based property specialist will be responsible for expanding the insurer's distribution network and diversifying the product portfolio.
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- September 8 2022
AUB acquires IAG-owned strata unit in Austagencies build out
Underwriting agency SUU will still get capacity from Insurance Australia Group under a long-term binder agreement.
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- August 23 2022
Could QE rollback herald a capacity crunch in Asia?
As capital exits the region, insurers need to consider their risk profile with specialty a potential diversification strategy.
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- August 12 2022
China’s property crisis weighs on (re)insurers
Amid a slow growth environment, losses on corporate bond portfolios raises questions about the wider threat to market.
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- July 12 2022
APAC free trade pact could boost premiums by US$29bn
With 16 countries involved, RCEP will increase demand across lines including marine, trade credit and engineering.
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- June 9 2022
Axis Re in Asia shake-up as it quits property and cat risks
Jobs under threat as the reinsurer focuses on A&H and specialty lines.
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- March 18 2022
New Zealand introduces nat cat Bill for disaster response
The move helps clarify the current Earthquake Commission Act and takes lessons from 2010-11.
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- March 14 2022
CPIC reports rising premium income for both property and life
CPIC's property premiums have surged 15.7% year-on-year, whilst its life unit saw a rise of 2.3%.
