Industry Segments: Reinsurers Page 11 / 75
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- July 16 2024
AUB-owned Tysers Singapore ropes in Surabhi Mehrotra as associate director, reinsurance
Mehrotra joins from JB Boda, where she spent almost a decade as assistant general manager of treaty and facultative reinsurance broking.
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- July 16 2024
Munich Re promotes Chris Baker to APAC cyber practice lead
Singapore-based Baker takes over the role from Serene Chan, who will head the carrier's P&C reinsurance business in Greater China.
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- July 15 2024
Peak Re promotes David Menezes as chief risk officer
Hong Kong-based Menezes has been serving as the deputy chief risk officer at the global reinsurer since September 2022.
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- July 12 2024
Asia Pacific reinsurance market finds a new equilibrium
While the market is ‘finely balanced’ for now, its sustainability will depend on the loss activity in the remaining six months of 2024, according to reinsurance experts and analysts.
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- July 10 2024
Toa Re FY 2023 net income up six-fold on investment gains
The group's net written premiums dropped 12.5% to JPY280.8bn (US$1.7bn), as its US and European subsidiaries reversed their losses posted a year ago.
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- July 10 2024
Aon promotes Marguerita Silitonga to Indonesia president director of reinsurance solutions
Jakarta-based Silitonga will be responsible for driving growth and managing all operations in the country. She reports to Musa Adlan, executive director and head of Aon's Reinsurance Solutions in South-East Asia.
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- July 9 2024
Mapfre Re promotes Alberto Estévez Allegue to Tokyo chief representative officer
Estévez Allegue, who has been with the reinsurer for over 12 years, was most recently project development expert director at the carrier's APAC regional management based in Madrid.
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- July 9 2024
+8 Partners ropes in Eric Fady as strategic advisor
With over 20 years of experience, Fady will advise the (re)insurance intermediary on financial strategy, acquisitions and major financial transactions.
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- July 6 2024
Mapfre Re seeks China expansion via new subsidiary in Beijing
The recent approval from the financial regulator will allow the Spanish reinsurer expand its business in the country where it has until recently maintained a presence through a representative office.
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- July 6 2024
Suncorp lifts top of cat reinsurance tower to US$4.6bn for FY 2025
The cat reinsurance program will protect from major events starting from AU$350m (US$236.2m), and renewed program changes have no material impact on target capital for the group.
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- July 4 2024
Miller bolsters APAC treaty team with Mandy Phan joining from Guy Carpenter
Based in Singapore, Phan will join the team as a treaty broker.
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- July 4 2024
Australia and New Zealand mid-year renewals see return to stable market: Aon
Reinsurance buyers were seeing ample capacity and flatter pricing, with many experiencing low-single digits reduction, according to the broker's latest reinsurance market dynamics report.
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- July 3 2024
Howden Re enters Japanese market with Kentaro Tada in charge
The reinsurance broker has also announced a with Tokyo-based ILS boutique Keystone ILS Capital.
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- July 3 2024
Capacity loading at the front end driving rate softening for Asia aviation market
With the outcome of major disputes relating to Russia-Ukraine and Boeing 737 Max still uncertain, additional retail capacity in the regional aviation market is steering rating.
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- July 3 2024
Pricing and capacity ease at 1.7 renewal as underwriting scrutiny persists: brokers
Reinsurance buyers experienced a more welcoming market, and loss-free programs saw price easing at July 1 renewals compared to recent years thanks to positive results, Gallagher Re and Guy Carpenter said in their mid-year renewals reports.
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- July 2 2024
RGA, Tongyang Life ink first cross-jurisdictional coinsurance deal in Korea at US$144m
The deal, which will allow an RGA subsidiary to reinsure a US$144m block of life policies, is expected to help Tongyang Life respond to future interest rate volatility.
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- July 2 2024
Koo Kang Wuu joins Munich Re Syndicate Labuan as managing director
With a background in direct and facultative (re)insurance, Koo will be responsible for driving specialty insurance growth in Malaysia.
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- July 2 2024
APAC pricing stabilises at 1.7 renewals as global capacity hits record US$695bn
With more capital coming to the table, reinsurance rating reductions were in order, though loss-affected territories bucked the wider trend.
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- June 28 2024
IAG secures US$2.8bn 5-year nat cat cover and US$450m long-tail reserve protection
The Australian insurer has bought the additional reinsurance protection from Berkshire Hathaway and Canada Life Re, while the long-tail adverse development cover is provided by Enstar.
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- June 27 2024
UIB Asia expands regional team with senior Aon and Marsh hires
The reinsurance broker has brought in Aon's Richard Oh as head of operations and marine reinsurance and Marsh's Tong Nee Saw as head of the facultative and specialty division.
