Industry Segments: Reinsurers Page 11 / 73
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- May 14 2024
Hannover Re books US$40m losses from Japan’s Noto earthquake, plane crash
The twin events in Japan accounted for 10% of the reinsurer's large loss budget for the first quarter.
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- May 13 2024
Everest gets insurance licence in Australia
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's licence allows the carrier to write new and renewal business from the country.
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- May 9 2024
Lexasure-owned Front Street Re appoints Edison Fong as CEO
New York-based Fong joins from reinsurer Converge Re, where he was a director focusing on reinsurance in life and annuities markets in the US.
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- May 9 2024
Malaysian Re FY 2024 GWP tops US$500m; parent achieves record net profit
The Asean reinsurer reported a combined ratio of 95.5% and its post-tax profit grew 146% in the latest financial year.
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- May 8 2024
Shanghai Insurance Exchange appoints Wang Zhe as new head as ex-chair faces probe
Wang, an insurance veteran specialising on data analysis and infrastructure, has replaced Ren Chunsheng, who is under probe by the Communist Party's top anti-graft watchdog.
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- May 7 2024
APAC markets moderating, loss-exposed lines remain challenging: Aon
Cat-exposed property across Asia saw limited capacity and renewal price increases but capacity for casualty remained abundant, leading to moderate market conditions, despite concerns of increasing exposures.
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- May 6 2024
Local expertise and investors key to Hong Kong’s cat bond hub ambitions
Rising climate risks in the greater China region highlight Hong Kong's potential as an ILS hub, but an informed pool of investors and professional services ecosystems are important to grow the market further.
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- May 3 2024
Canterbury earthquake lawsuit going to appeals court may weigh on EQC reinsurance renewals
With the class action over underpayment of claims headed to the Court of Appeals, more claimants could join the litigation at a time when the New Zealand Earthquake Commission is looking to secure higher limits at the June 1 renewals.
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- May 2 2024
Peak Re reports best-ever net profit of US$200m in FY 2023, COR down to 87.3%
The Hong Kong carrier's reinsurance revenue saw a 14.6% year-on-year decline in FY 2023 at US$1.56 billion.
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- April 30 2024
Insurers’ switch to risk-based pricing makes insurance unaffordable: RBNZ
Climate change and rising reinsurance costs are prompting more insurers to switch to a risk-based pricing approach, but the Reserve Bank of New Zealand warns that this is also making property insurance unaffordable and leave customer underinsured.
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- April 26 2024
China’s financial regulator calls on carriers to develop green insurance
The National Financial Regulatory Administration have asked (re)insurers to enhance their modelling capability, and to play a greater role in helping the society shoulder the cost of climate change.
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- April 23 2024
Scor promotes CUO Lily Song to head of P&C China
Beijing-based Song has been at the French reinsurer since 2012 and has been the China reinsurance chief underwriting officer for more than 4 years.
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- April 23 2024
Exclusive: Guy Carpenter recruits AIG veteran Eric Shaw as APAC regional claims advisory leader
Singapore-based Shaw oversees claims advisory and reports to Jacob Hughes, managing director, head of client support services for Asia Pacific.
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- April 22 2024
OJK grants reinsurance licence to Orion Reasuransi Indonesia
The new carrier, to be led by Fitris Dinarwan, will offer multipurpose credit and home ownership credit reinsurance, according to its website.
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- April 22 2024
Peak Re’s outlook upgraded to ‘stable’ as growth prospects brighten: Moody’s
The upgrade from "negative" reflects its view that contagion risk from its parent Fosun International, in the form of strain on its business growth, is unlikely to increase meaningfully.
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- April 22 2024
CCR Re’s Africa and Asia FY 2023 GWP increases by 27%
The reinsurer saw moderate claims in Asia throughout the year, not affected by big cat events such as typhoons Doksuri in Beijing and Saola in Hong Kong and saw few individual claims in Korea.
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- April 18 2024
Munich Re names Hitesh Kotak and Roland Eckls as regional CEOs in major leadership reshuffle
The move will see new chief executives take charge in Japan, Korea, India and P&C heads for South-East Asia, Greater China.,
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- April 17 2024
India mulls GST exemption for reinsurance: report
The GST Council is likely to issue a clarification that reinsurance is not a supply of service, which will ease the tax burden.
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- April 16 2024
IRDAI’s onshoring push may squeeze out cross-border reinsurers
The Indian regulator’s plan to introduce collateral will raise costs, increase compliance and administrative burdens.
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- April 15 2024
India’s GIC Re to revive stake sale post-elections: report
Chairman of the state-owned reinsurer dismissed the possibility of a privatisation in the "immediate future". The priority is to improve its credit ratings to grow its international business.
