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- October 17 2024
Exclusive: WTW restructures Asia political violence terrorism team as regional head exits
Leonard Chan, head of terrorism and political violence, Asia, has recently resigned from the role, InsuranceAsian News can reveal.
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- June 11 2024
Asian geopolitical threats cast a shadow in boardrooms
Demand for political violence coverage continues to increase while reinsurance capacity and appetite are reducing over fears that escalation in the South China Sea could disrupt supply chains and trigger civil unrests.
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- November 2 2023
SIRC: Asia’s PV and terrorism market faces second overhaul at 1.1 renewals
Reinsurance prices are going up and attachment points are changing, says Axa XL's Mark Houghton, with demand coming from banks, export credit agencies and government multilateral initiatives.
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- October 24 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets hires Cristin Li as senior underwriter
Hong Kong-based Li will look after the insurer's war and terrorism portfolio in north Asia.
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- October 9 2023
Axa XL strengthens Singapore team with crisis management and special risks underwriter
Grace Yeap joins from Chubb and will be in charge of crisis management, risk appetite and broker relationships across political violence and terrorism business lines.
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- July 26 2023
Tokio Marine Kiln signs up political risks specialist Cindy Gunawan in Singapore
Gunawan, who joins from Marsh, will report to regional underwriting director Jamie Tang.
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- April 11 2023
Carriers eye terrorism and PV coverage as appetite grows and market hardens
Global (re)insurer Axis and Lloyd's player Mosaic Insurance are planning to expand cover in the under-served Asian market.
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- April 7 2023
Opinion: Indonesia’s 1998 riots and their impact on the (re)insurance market
Peter Phillips, chief client officer South Asia at Marsh, gives his views on how the events shaped political violence and terrorism cover.
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- December 5 2022
WTW names William Miller as head of APAC for new crisis management unit
The broker is merging its special contingency risk and terrorism and political violence teams from January 1.
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- November 7 2022
Opinion: Hong Kong EC terrorism pool leaves much to be desired
It is time the government adjusted the coverage limits that were set 20 years ago and allowed private participation.
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- September 21 2022
Asia may ‘finally pull its weight’ on terrorism cover
The market is on the cusp of change with rates set to harden as global firms pay more attention to the risk.
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- August 25 2021
Political violence rates face pressure as pandemic restrictions ease
SE Asia's economies have seen severe disruption amid ongoing lockdowns.
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- August 4 2021
Lloyd’s players highlight strong demand for political violence cover
Strikes, riots and civic commotion (SRCC) rates generally flat in Asia except for distressed regions such as Myanmar.
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- June 1 2021
Chaucer eyes South-East Asia renewables market
The specialty Lloyd’s player is at work on a US$100m onshore renewable energy construction facility.
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- February 18 2021
Aon wins tender for Australia’s terrorism reinsurance scheme
Guy Carpenter had worked with the Australia Reinsurance Pool Corporation for 15 years.
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- September 17 2020
Australia’s terrorism pool focuses on retrocession, modelling
The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation has released a new four year strategy for the US$10bn scheme.
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- July 15 2020
WTW names APAC head of financial solutions
The broking giant has also promoted Stuart Ashworth.
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- January 14 2020
Hong Kong’s riot cover conundrum
Many policies have language that potentially excludes losses from the political unrest.
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- October 29 2019
Chaucer and China Re launch Lloyd’s PV facility
The scheme offers sizeable political violence protection for Belt and Road projects.
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- July 5 2019
Terror risks evolve
Despite declines at the global level, threats in Asia Pacific are significant and continue to develop.
