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- November 17 2022
J.B. Boda appoints former Edelweiss exec to lead Chennai
Manoj Menon has also previously worked at Bharti Axa.
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- November 14 2022
Data shortfalls could harm Asian cedents during renewals
An increase in nat cats means that data pooling and quality is set to become important during negotiations.
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- November 14 2022
Tune Protect Re expected to diversify over ‘medium’ term
The Malaysian player is likely to sign up with new business partners, according to AM Best.
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- November 11 2022
PGA Sompo’s outlook revised to ‘good’: AM Best
The Makati City-headquartered insurer holds a 3% non-life market share in the Philippines.
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- November 10 2022
Nepal’s regulator rebrands as new Insurance Bill enacted
The Nepal Insurance Authority, previously known as Beema Samiti, will keep the same board.
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- November 9 2022
Reinsurers seek correction through rates, retentions and tighter terms
As Asia 1.1 renewals gather momentum, the market is facing a perfect storm of challenges.
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- November 8 2022
Suncorp cat claims in Q1 hit about 50% of deductible
The Australian insurer said it expects its nat cat claim costs to be in the range of US$225m-US$263m between July and October 2022.
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- November 4 2022
SIRC: Capacity woes and rising rates dominate Asia renewals
Pricing, structuring and climate change occupy discussions as the industry gathered in Singapore.
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- November 3 2022
SiriusPoint closes Singapore office; Monica Cramér Manhem set to retire
Amid a restructure, the president of international reinsurance and SiriusPoint International CEO will help find a successor.
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- November 3 2022
Insurers have to optimise their portfolio: Swiss Re’s Victor Kuk
Asian renewals are in a transition as cedents sweat over capacity and spike in price and retentions.
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- November 3 2022
Q&A: Gallagher Re’s Mark Morley on renewals, inflation and pricing
The Singapore-based APAC managing director shares his views.
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- November 2 2022
SIRC: Inflation hard to ‘put back in the bottle’ as digitalisation ‘imperative’
A panel of experts from Beazley, Guy Carpenter, Munich Re and Swiss Re shared their views as regional challenges mount.
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- November 1 2022
Lockton Korea buys financial lines broker, appoints Ben Son as CEO
Son established ESOP in 2019 and will join with his 20-strong team.
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- October 31 2022
Labuan Re improves underwriting performance, will benefit from hard market: AM Best
Management’s remedial actions have helped, while the reinsurer can expect moderate premium growth.
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- October 28 2022
Exclusive: Fosun seeking US$1.25bn for Peak Re
Offers are likely to come in at a substantial discount to Bermudian peers, IAN understands.
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- October 27 2022
IRDAI seeks to level the playing field for reinsurers
The insurance regulator proposes to remove state-owned GIC Re’s right of first refusal on Indian cedents.
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- October 20 2022
Peak Re bolsters retrocession team with Kenneth Ip
The former associate director at Aon's reinsurance arm joins as assistant vice president in Hong Kong.
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- October 19 2022
TMK eyes specialty growth in ‘complex, volatile’ Asia
Pavlos Spyropoulos says the target is to double regional GWP from US$100m in 2022 within five years.
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- October 19 2022
Ongoing Australian floods unlikely to trigger reinsurance cover: S&P
Insurers will be largely able to finance the claims themselves, though there are more flood warnings as rain and thunderstorms spread to other states.
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- October 18 2022
Guy Carpenter reinforces Australia treaty broking with Hannover Re hire
Bo Jiang, who was a senior underwriter at the reinsurer, joins the broker in Sydney as senior vice president.
