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- November 18 2021
APAC insurers should curb coal to avoid legal threat: Moody’s
Climate change-linked lawsuits against companies in carbon intensive industries have increased in recent years.
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- November 16 2021
Health, personal accident drive Vietnam’s non-life market: AM Best
Intense competition and poor pricing conditions have prompted some insurers to reassess their motor business.
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- November 15 2021
Munich Re’s Park on climate risks, underwriting and transformation
James Park, the reinsurer's chief executive for Singapore and South-East Asia, warns on unmodelled risks.
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- October 13 2021
Markel bolsters APAC energy team with two underwriters
Max Robbie and Yong Ruay Heah previously worked at Oman Insurance and Aon, respectively.
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- October 8 2021
Axis reshuffles capital risk solutions team
Shuohan Dai joins from Euler Hermes to oversea capital risk underwriting in Asia Pacific.
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- October 7 2021
Vietnam’s BIDV Insurance saw 13% GWP growth in 2020: AM Best
The insurer's combined ratio has averaged around 98% over the past five years.
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- October 4 2021
Tokio Marine backs out of thermal coal mining projects
Japan's top three P&C insurers had already stopped underwriting new coal power projects.
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- September 28 2021
MS Amlin acquisitions doubles MS&AD’s overseas business
The (re)insurer posted a US$380m underwriting loss due to Covid-related BI and event cancellation claims.
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- September 27 2021
Munich Re appoints head of casualty treaty in Asia
Michaela Hannemann will be based in Singapore and be responsible for Japan, India, South Korea and SE Asia.
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- September 23 2021
Flood insurtech Previsico raises US$2.5m
The insurtech tells IAN it is currently targeting China and Hong Kong in the Asia Pacific region.
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- September 23 2021
BHSI’s Breuil: ‘Data and analytics indissociable from underwriting’
The specialty player's regional head sees increased consolidation among both brokers and carriers.
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- September 9 2021
Lloyd’s Asia players highlight property, manufacturing risks: webinar
The ability to add extra protection through ownership seen as a key factor affecting an insured's risk profile.
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- September 8 2021
IGI appoints APAC financial lines underwriter in Labuan
Manpreet Kaur Gill has previously worked at QBE, AIG and Zurich and will be based in Kuala Lumpur.
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- September 1 2021
South-East Asia’s reinsurers face underwriting challenge
Certain claims are down but pricing remains insufficient to improve profitability.
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- August 30 2021
Swiss Re CorSo’s former North Asia property head resigns
IAN understands that Vivian Zee is leaving next month while Gracie Qin is relocating to Hong Kong.
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- August 24 2021
Korea P&I Club’s balance sheet improves but risks remain
Rating agency report says the association bounced back to profitability in 2020 after some "unprecedented" claims in 2019.
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- August 24 2021
Australia’s hard market eases as risk appetite returns
D&O and property increases soften but cyber rates have jumped by up to 80%.
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- August 9 2021
BPL Global establishes Lloyd’s Japan binder for credit risks
MS Amlin acted as the lead syndicate on the binder.
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- August 2 2021
Malaysia P&C outlook stable despite Covid headwinds: AM Best
The rating agency expects health insurance to be an important driver of growth.
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- August 2 2021
Descartes Underwriting opens offices in Australia and Singapore
The French climate risk-focused MGA is expanding its operations to the Asia-Pacific region.
