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- July 15 2022
Australian renewals impacted by capital requirements
Gallagher Re's Cameron Green explains why buy-downs by insurers are still so popular.
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- July 14 2022
Chinese insurtech sector lures capital but not returns
Funding hit record high in Q1 despite underperformance of listed players.
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- July 13 2022
China heightens oversight as insurance assets bulk up
With the top four players controlling over half the market, any company failure is a huge risk to the economy.
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- July 12 2022
APAC free trade pact could boost premiums by US$29bn
With 16 countries involved, RCEP will increase demand across lines including marine, trade credit and engineering.
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- July 11 2022
Gallagher eyes North Asia expansion
The broking giant has set-up a new office in Hong Kong led by Irene Chiu and has ambitious plans.
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- July 8 2022
Down to the wire Australian renewals signal market shift
In fraught negotiations, reinsurers adapt to higher frequency of secondary perils and climate change.
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- July 6 2022
Asia trade credit hardening triggered by insolvency risk
Rising interest rates and reduction of Covid support heighten threat, but market players confident on growth.
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- July 5 2022
China explores parametric expansion after costly floods
Henan is the latest province to trial the cat innovation after payment was triggered in Guangdong last month.
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- July 4 2022
Korean wind projects worth US$264m GWP to insurers
Construction of 6GW of offshore wind presents risk challenges, but also an opportunity.
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- July 1 2022
Mixed reaction to Australia’s cyclone pool modelling data
There are potential premium savings of 38%, but up to 24% of Queensland homeowner policyholders could see rises.
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- June 30 2022
Sanctions could shift more marine premiums to Asia
The ongoing Ukraine conflict could see more hull and cargo underwriting activity transferred to the region.
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- June 29 2022
Thailand’s new cannabis rules attract capacity
MGA Frontier sees D&O opportunity amid thousands of license applications to grow as a cash crop.
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- June 28 2022
MSIG charts new Asia financial lines, cyber course
Digital key to insurer's regional SME push beyond Hong Kong and Singapore post Dual.
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- June 27 2022
Australia’s first data breach case puts pressure on cyber market
First conviction for breach of cyber security standards comes amid challenging market.
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- June 24 2022
Market suffers lack of consistent ESG disclosure rules in Asia
Without a standardised framework, market-facing ESG information is not as valuable as it could be.
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- June 23 2022
Insurers seek profit and scale in lower-premium products
Capturing data is key to breaking Asia’s under-insurance cycle.
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- June 22 2022
India digital reinsurance upstart takes bold stance against incumbent
Competing with India’s national reinsurer GIC Re has proven tough for previous start-ups.
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- June 21 2022
Appraisal of Malaysian floods boosts case for digital claims
With 90% of economic losses uninsured more is required to persuade homeowners to buy cover.
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- June 16 2022
Modelling deficit highlights APAC reputational risk
With over 25% of a company's value linked to reputation, boards need to prioritise cover.
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- June 13 2022
Asia casts its eye over the Florida renewals
Munich Re, Swiss Re and RenaissanceRe have all withdrawn capacity from the market.
