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- September 14 2022
Insurers’ ESG reluctance holding back Asia greening agenda
Market players need to find better ways of underwriting new projects that they don't fully understand.
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- September 9 2022
Lloyd’s Asia posts 25% H1 growth but COR deteriorates
Marine and cargo premiums grew for the first time in three years, but the region took a hit from Australian floods.
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- September 8 2022
Aspen Re looks to casualty for Asia growth
Reinsurers are diverting capacity as they get selective with property, says Beatrice Morley.
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- September 7 2022
Supply squeeze pushing up Asia nat cat treaty pricing
After TMK and Axis Re exits, hardening market drives cedants to alternatives such as ILS, parametric or structured solutions.
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- September 6 2022
Rising litigation funding drives higher claims costs in Australia
Social inflation remains far harder to predict than economic inflation.
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- August 31 2022
Insurers still see Hong Kong as China gateway
The city remains an attractive base for insurers from the mainland and those looking to access it.
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- August 30 2022
Market face-off over risk pricing in Asia
Reinsurers blame ambitious broker expansion for driving down prices.
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- August 29 2022
Asian fine art insurance market shakes off pandemic blues
As insurers grow their teams in the region, the shift to online auctions has created new kinds of risks.
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- August 25 2022
Australian market braces for ‘triple-dip’ La Niña
Carriers are buckling up for yet another summer of severe nat cat claims.
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- August 24 2022
ILS offering sizes shrink as funding dwindles
Rising interest rates, stronger dollar cast down the Asian cat bond market.
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- August 23 2022
Could QE rollback herald a capacity crunch in Asia?
As capital exits the region, insurers need to consider their risk profile with specialty a potential diversification strategy.
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- August 22 2022
‘We don’t eat more than we can stomach’: Peak Re’s Franz Josef Hahn
The reinsurer is retaining reserves into this year and has ‘solid retrocession protection’ to tide over rising nat cat losses.
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- August 19 2022
IRDAI sets out ambitious capital reform plan
Proposals to facilitate fundraising part of new chairman’s modernising agenda
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- August 17 2022
Beazley bullish on Asia specialty lines
APAC head Lucien Mounier says the (re)insurer is targeting growth in life sciences, product recall, M&A, financial lines and cyber.
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- August 16 2022
Companies scramble for talent as market rebounds
Asia growth plans on hold as roles in financial lines, energy and construction hard to fill.
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- August 15 2022
Seoul flooding hits P&C players with ‘material’ losses
Claims from the record downpour expected to top US$115m.
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- August 11 2022
Powerful and unusual hailstorm dents Japan’s ‘big three’ Q1 results
The insurance giants saw losses of US$610m from freak storm in addition to Ukraine impact.
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- August 10 2022
Lloyd’s Asia upbeat on growth despite Argenta exit
Thomas Haddrill, Lloyd's Asia Interim CEO, says they are looking forward to welcoming new syndicates in 2022 and 2023.
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- August 9 2022
Underwriters remain selective over APAC renewables
Despite a rapidly growing opportunity in the region, capturing profit can be tough.
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- August 8 2022
Australian floods dampen reinsurers’ H1 results as secondary perils drive losses
Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and PartnerRe were among firms hit by the wild weather.
