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- September 30 2022
Swiss Re’s Trent Thomson steps up as head of Australia, New Zealand
The 18-year company veteran will start in his new role on November 1.
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- September 29 2022
Gallagher Re shakes-up APAC senior team
David Bangs takes over as head of Gallagher Re APAC from Robin Swindell, who heads to Tokyo in a senior role.
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- September 28 2022
EMC exits reinsurance business
EMC Re, which lost US$2.1m from Japanese Typhoon Jebi in 2018, will cut 65 jobs from next year.
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- September 28 2022
Risk pools no panacea for Asia’s secondary peril threat
(Re)insurers need to improve risk selection and underwriting to cope with models that don’t have the same predictive power.
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- September 27 2022
Taiping Re continues Asia expansion: AM Best
The Hong Kong reinsurer is expanding beyond its core market of Greater China.
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- September 26 2022
‘Deutsche Rück to focus on small and medium-sized insurers in Asia’
The carrier will rely on its own network of brokers but will certainly work with local ones too, Asia MD Tarik Aouad told IAN.
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- September 23 2022
Market braces for Nanmadol loss creep
Secondary perils could play a major role after mid-single digit billion loss estimates.
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- September 20 2022
RVS Monte Carlo: Five key APAC take-aways from the Rendez-Vous
Climate change, macro risks and hardening markets dominate discussions at the biggest reinsurer meet-up.
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- September 19 2022
Korean Re’s H1 profits tumble 44% on overseas underwriting slide
The combined ratio for international business climbed to 107.4% from 96.3% in H1 2021, while overall GWP grew 10%.
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- September 16 2022
Why Fosun’s divestment plan may exclude Peak Re
Non-core divestitures are unlikely to change the controlling interest of core insurance units like the Hong Kong reinsurer and Fosun Insurance Portugal.
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- September 15 2022
Deutsche Rück expands into Asia
Tarik Aouad will head the joint department for the Middle East and Asia for the German reinsurer.
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- September 15 2022
Asia reinsurance growth to ease as capital tightens
Premiums will grow at 3-4% a year over the next three years with underwriting becoming more selective.
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- September 14 2022
Rising cat claims force APAC governments to partner reinsurers: S&P
Government-backed cat pools and widening agri cover are seen as ways to maintain affordability.
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- September 12 2022
MS Amlin AG rebrands as MS Reinsurance
The rebranding exercise is part of a wider business transformation project.
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- September 8 2022
Aspen Re looks to casualty for Asia growth
Reinsurers are diverting capacity as they get selective with property, says Beatrice Morley.
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- September 7 2022
LK Re eyes South-East Asia expansion with Singapore launch
The South Korean broker has eight employees in its new office in the Lion City.
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- September 7 2022
China Re names He Chunlei as new chairman: report
He was recently appointed as party committee secretary of the company.
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- September 7 2022
Supply squeeze pushing up Asia nat cat treaty pricing
After TMK and Axis Re exits, hardening market drives cedants to alternatives such as ILS, parametric or structured solutions.
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- September 5 2022
Toa Re’s NWP grew 5% on strong overseas business in 2021: AM Best
The Japanese reinsurer's underwriting was impacted by nat cat losses and 'extraordinary' incidents, but its financial rating remains 'excellent'.
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- September 2 2022
Guy Carpenter signs up Les Loh for South-East Asia, Korea role
The former Axis Re Asia Pacific president will join the broker in October.
