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- June 19 2025
Strait of Hormuz tanker collision highlights dark fleet dangers, but not seen as war event
Adalynn and Front Eagle collided on Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel.
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- June 18 2025
‘Surely, prices will go up’: Air India crash to push hull and liability rates, could impact product liability
Brokers and a lawyer tell InsuranceAsia News that last week's fatal crash in Ahmedabad will have a wide-ranging impact on the aviation industry, with total losses set to be as much as US$475m.
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- June 17 2025
‘Quite orderly’ 1.7 ANZ renewals seeing double-digit rate cuts amid plentiful capacity
Reinsurers, though, have little appetite to reduce first loss retention levels, sources told InsuranceAsia News.
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- June 16 2025
Asian and financial risks, cyber, silos on the agenda as insurers, risk managers face complex challenges
Geopolitical risks were at the heart of the agenda at the 2025 Airmic Conference in Liverpool, where risk managers from the UK, Ireland, and Europe gathered last week.
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- June 13 2025
Air India crash: Tata AIG leads program jointly placed by Gallagher and WTW
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed minutes after take-off from India’s Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon with 242 people on board.
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- June 12 2025
As balance of power shifts, Asian property cat cedents can take heart from Florida renewal season
Following recent years in which capacity has been restricted, reinsurers are demonstrating an increased risk appetite at a reduced rate.
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- June 11 2025
‘No hope of recovery’: MSC Elsa 3 salvage efforts begin in India, but total loss expected
NorthStandard is understood to be the claims leader for the Liberian-flagged container ship that sank last month off the coast of India.
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- June 10 2025
Malpractice claims set pulses racing for APAC’s physicians, but influx of capacity points to clean bill of health
Medical malpractice insurance is becoming more important as patients have greater understanding of their legal rights, while medical inflation and increasing awards for damages make claim costs significantly larger.
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- June 6 2025
Tokio Marine at ‘tipping point’ as it prepares to turn the page on its ambitious transformation plan
CEO Satoru Komiya says the group is eyeing growth from its domestic P&C business via a Japanese-style specialty insurance with low and stable CORs, mainly in the SME market.
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- June 4 2025
‘Exposed and vulnerable’: Australia’s wine industry in need of innovative solutions to cork protection gap
Parametric insurance is emerging as a viable alternative to traditional covers, addressing critical gaps for both large vineyards and single-vintage producers, according to underwriters and industry bodies.
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- June 3 2025
How easy is it for mid-sized operators to find a seat at APAC’s broking top table?
Outfits in Asia are convinced that growth is possible outside of the corporate broking behemoths, but 'it takes a hell of a lot of patience'.
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- June 2 2025
Not enough, wrong time, or too much: extreme weather forces shift in agri policies to protect APAC’s vulnerable crops
As yields become increasingly variable, demand for mixed solutions that offer broader business interruptions and livelihood protection for farmers, including with governmental support, is rising.
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- May 30 2025
Even as Trump’s tariffs are halted by US court ruling, trade credit insurers had avoided a ‘knee-jerk reaction’
Ian Leslie, managing director and UK head of trade credit at Marsh Specialty, says insurers had been taking a wait-and-see approach even before a federal court dealt a major blow to the new US administration.
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- May 29 2025
With delays becoming the new norm for Asia’s cargo market, intensifying risk aggregation threatens capacity
Data shows port congestion issues have significantly worsened, forcing underwriters to rethink their strategies.
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- May 28 2025
With Australia, India and China inundated by record floods, voices swell to rewrite the nat cat lexicon
Floods in Australia have been widely described as a one-in-500-year event, but such categorisations are now being seen as harmful to the insurance industry.
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- May 27 2025
Time to bite the bullet on IFRS 17? Implementation issues still abound in Asia
Despite being formally introduced in several countries in 2023, a number of players in the Asian market continue to struggle with the adoption of new reporting standards, Aon's managing director and APAC head of finance consulting David Mbatha says.
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- May 26 2025
Scale, complexity of NSW floods prompt further scrutiny of climate risk models
Loss adjusters expect a high volume of diverse claims from the 'one-in-500-year' event across the Mid North Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales in Australia.
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- May 22 2025
Clear resilience playbook, new DNA needed as climate challenge grows: Marsh’s Beverley Adams
Head of climate and catastrophe resilience tells InsuranceAsia News that as businesses, including in Asia Pacific, transition to a low-carbon future, insurers are increasingly being asked to play a part in the finance and risk management of projects.
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- May 21 2025
Japanese insurance groups lean on overseas arms to post record results
The country's big three insurers reported a mixed bag of domestic results, but international businesses posted strong growth.
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- May 19 2025
Blunt warning for Lloyd’s syndicates from incoming CEO, market urged to avoid ‘travesty’
With 15 Asian service companies in Singapore, Patrick Tiernan urges self-diagnose amid a fragile market, while CUO Rachel Turk warns of a 'critical junction'.
