Kiwi insurers settle 91% of US$2.3bn in claims from Cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland flooding: ICNZ
March 20 2024 by Kristina Shperlik
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Tower grows reinsurance limit to US$555m, reduces costs
- September 21
Kiwi insurer's FY27 reinsurance expenses are expected to cost around 9.5% of its GWP, down from 10.6% in FY26.
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Canopius bolsters APAC leadership team with senior claims, underwriting appointments
- September 21
Specialty and P&C (re)insurer appoints Richard Adamczyk as senior claims manager for Australia and New Zealand, alongside Louise Wai as APAC head of property, direct and facultative, and Jack Hullah as APAC head of credit and political risk.
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Envest taps former Marsh NZ chief Toni Ferrier to lead New Zealand broking
- September 18
Ferrier will formally commence with Envest in February 2027.
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‘The highs are very high, the lows are very low’: New Zealand’s volatile, super-soft P&C market faces a turning point
- September 17
After two years of double-digit rate cuts and a benign catastrophe experience, New Zealand's P&C market is showing signs of bottoming out, according to industry sources.
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Sedgwick | Captives in Asia: From Niche Solution to Strategic Risk Platform
Captive insurance has evolved from niche tool to strategic risk infrastructure in Asia, with connected claims data seen as key to unlocking its full value.
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BlackRock | Rethink the rules: how TAA and ETFs are reshaping portfolio construction
BlackRock's Daniel Caderas and MSCI's Raman Aylur Subramanian explain why tactical asset allocation (TAA) and exchange-traded funds (ETF) have become essential as global markets fragment and static allocations lose their reliability.
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BlackRock | Infrastructure comes of age for insurers
Are insurers capturing full value from the asset class? BlackRock shares its perspective.
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PartnerRe | The missing life stage: why caregiving is reshaping the future of protection in APAC
To stay relevant, insurers should engage caregivers earlier with solutions that combine protection, navigation support, and preventative planning.
