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- November 30 2023
Hong Kong P&C underwriting profit plunges 56% in first nine months of 2023: HKIA
The city’s moribund property market and severe weather events in September pressured insurers’ bottom line.
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- November 29 2023
MS Amlin expands Singapore political risk, treaty teams
Sam Lim has been appointed as senior underwriter, credit and political risk, while Jinnan Tang joins as treaty underwriter.
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- November 27 2023
Renewals will be late again as carriers wait and watch, says Peak Re’s Nowakowski
As renewals discussions gather pace, no one is expecting any softening and there isn't really any significant new capacity coming to the market, according to the chief underwriting officer.
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- November 24 2023
Reinsurance rates to moderate during January renewals: Fitch
Insured natural catastrophe claims are likely to exceed US$100bn again in 2023 but global reinsurers have been far less affected than in 2022.
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- November 23 2023
GIC Re outlook upgraded to positive over strong capitalisation: AM Best
The rating agency has affirmed the state-owned reinsurer's financial strength rating at B++ (good) and national scale rating at aaa.IN (exceptional).
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- November 23 2023
TuguRe could see further volatility in underwriting: Fitch Ratings
The Indonesian reinsurer's rating has been affirmed at A+ (idn) with a stable outlook by the rating agency.
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- November 21 2023
Volante takes China Re’s Liu Song as treaty director
Singapore-based Song will be the Lloyd's player's portfolio director responsible for treaty business in South-East Asia, Greater China, and South Korea.
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- November 21 2023
Malaysian Re reports US$23.8m net profit in H1 FY 2024
The Asean reinsurer returned to profit in the first six months of the financial year on the back of higher insurance service results and investment gains.
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- November 13 2023
Peak Re to improve underwriting profitability in the next 12-18 months: Moody’s
The rating agency has affirmed its Baa1 rating taking into account the company’s a3 standalone credit profile, solid capitalisation, expanding product and geographic diversification and liquid investment portfolio.
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- November 13 2023
IAG joins Australian cyclone reinsurance pool
The carrier's brands will pass on savings from the pool to new customer policies and renewals for home, commercial property, residential strata and landlord policies.
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- November 10 2023
GIC Re reports 9% dip in H1 earnings, COR deteriorates to 117%
The state-owned reinsurer reported a premium income of US$23.5bn and a profit after tax of US$2.85bn.
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- November 9 2023
Reinsurers are there to protect cedents’ balance sheets, not P&L volatility: Axa XL Re’s Guidée
The chief executive flags up US casualty exposure concerns for APAC insurers as “risks are more interconnected”.
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- November 8 2023
Axa Hong Kong completes first inward ceding deal on Shanghai reinsurance platform: report
The insurer ceded its Hong Kong-Guangdong cross-order motor insurance business to Axa Tianping P&C.
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- November 6 2023
Cautious approach on Aswata’s reinsurance dependence and panel: Fitch
The rating agency has affirmed an insurer rating of AA(idn) with a stable outlook, primarily driven by its high capitalisation and sustained high underwriting profitability.
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- November 6 2023
SIRC: Five key themes from the 2023 edition
With the region's biggest reinsurance gathering behind us, we bring you the big takeaways from last week's Singapore event and what they mean for the upcoming renewals.
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- November 3 2023
Roshan Perera to lead Gallagher Re APAC strategic solutions
Prior to joining Gallagher Re last year, Perera had spent over 12 years with consultancy firm consultant NMG Consulting.
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- November 3 2023
SIRC: Much more to be done to convince capital markets — Peak Re’s Hahn
Franz-Josef Hahn, the reinsurer's CEO, and Jasmine Miow, director of South Asia and SE Asia, spoke to IAN on nat cats, ILS, Asia's rising middle class and professional lines.
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- November 2 2023
SIRC: Expert panel urges more action on climate change in APAC during record year
Reinsurers, insurers and brokers need to help clients monitor and adapt as the climate in the region changes fast and losses pile up.
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- November 1 2023
SIRC: ‘There are more purchases towards the capital piece than the earnings piece’ — Gallagher Re’s Mark Morley
The broker's head of Asia Pacific is looking for a 'more nuanced approach' to the upcoming 1.1 renewals as it targets ‘ambitious’ growth around the region.
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- October 30 2023
SIRC: Reinsurance capacity squeeze higher this year for APAC insurers — Gallagher Re
The region's insurers are optimising their balance sheets and considering new operating models, according to the global broker.
