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- May 27 2024
Asta looks to regional underwriters as it seeks new Lloyd’s Asia syndicates
The third-party managing agent is keen to develop a local syndicate directly onto the Lloyd’s Asia platform, says group director Simon Norton.
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- May 17 2024
Allianz Partners charts APAC expansion with India reinsurance, retail lines in focus
The embedded assistance and specialty retail insurance business is betting on expanding travel, mobility and reinsurance operations to drive growth across multiple regional markets.
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- May 2 2024
Markel’s Australian finpro build out bets on ‘harder’ mid-market PI
The carrier aims to grow its onshore footprint in the professional indemnity market in the next two to three years with “a real spread of risks” and eventually expand its portfolio into other financial lines segments when markets turn.
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- April 23 2024
M&A specialist Brockwell targets niche opportunities in Asia
The London-based Lloyd’s coverholder is looking to expand in Singapore, Japan and South Korea and leverage on tax products that see high demand in the region.
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- April 19 2024
Allianz Commercial’s Sandric targets double-digit growth in Asia but cautions on market softening
The carrier aims to be a leader in the region's competitive commercial risks space and expand its alternative risk transfer solutions and multinational program offerings, the Asia chief executive told InsuranceAsia News.
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- April 12 2024
LeapFrog Investments taps Indonesia’s reform opportunities with full-stack insurtech
The insurance-focused investor believes that the winners in South-East Asia’s largest digital economy will be those that can steer away from an asset-light broking model, as it backs insurtech PasarPolis in ramping up its underwriting capability.
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- April 10 2024
Acquisitions ‘core’ to Miller’s Asia expansion plans
The GIC-backed specialty broker sets sight on retail and wholesale expansion across the region’s markets, CEO James Hands and Asia head Ron Whyte tell IAN.
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- March 21 2024
UK P&I Club positioned to benefit from the shipping shift to Asia: CUO
45% of the P&I club’s gross tonnage comes from the region as its local growth outperforms rest of the world.
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- February 28 2024
Gallagher plans APAC fac buildout with Singapore, Sydney hubs
The broker, which is hiring a new team in the hub, wants to support the underwriters locally while writing business from around the world as it brings the offering under one international platform, according to Malcolm Payton.
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- February 5 2024
Aon ‘doubling down’ on India with treaty team build out
George Attard, APAC head of reinsurance, and India CEO Jon Pipe outline the broker's ambitious plans for the region's fastest-growing insurance market in an exclusive chat with IAN.
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- January 29 2024
Howden plans to make ‘a big and permanent splash’ in APAC: M&A chief
Armed with a billion-pound war chest, the broker is working on a ‘forever strategy’ to build a truly global alternative to the big three, says global head of M&A Peter Blanc.
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- December 20 2023
Nexus sees continued growth in structured solutions across Asia
Challenging conditions in the treaty reinsurance market mean that cedents are increasingly looking for innovative solutions, says the MGA's Asia CEO Anthony Egerton.
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- December 5 2023
TMK’s Spyropoulos: We are so much more than a property D&F specialist
The blue-chip carrier’s regional CEO says ambitious growth plans for Asia Pacific will focus on a broad range of emerging risks such as cyber and political risks.
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- December 1 2023
Miller treaty build-out targets APAC mid-market
With a new team in place, the broker is looking to tap opportunities in markets that are sensitive to the burden of reinsurance costs.
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- November 28 2023
Parametrics primed for APAC’s insurance mainstream: Descartes
As the search for nat cat capacity grows in the region, the MGA is looking at 'solid double-digit' premium growth this year on more demand from Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific islands and the Philippines.
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- November 22 2023
Markel set to build out marine cargo, general casualty lines in Asia
The specialty (re)insurer's underwriting leaders discuss the carrier's regional growth plans, Australian ambitions and India outlook.
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- November 13 2023
Mapfre Re will ask for corrections from clients as ‘there is no room for flexibility in Asia’
Regional head Javier Sánchez Cea says, the Spanish reinsurer is targeting China as part of its wider APAC strategy to grow life, casualty, bond and credit lines.
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- November 3 2023
SIRC: Much more to be done to convince capital markets — Peak Re’s Hahn
Franz-Josef Hahn, the reinsurer's CEO, and Jasmine Miow, director of South Asia and SE Asia, spoke to IAN on nat cats, ILS, Asia's rising middle class and professional lines.
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- November 1 2023
SIRC: ‘There are more purchases towards the capital piece than the earnings piece’ — Gallagher Re’s Mark Morley
The broker's head of Asia Pacific is looking for a 'more nuanced approach' to the upcoming 1.1 renewals as it targets ‘ambitious’ growth around the region.
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- October 31 2023
SIRC: Low-level aggregate covers will not be in our appetite — Hannover Re’s Sharon Ooi
Talking to IAN, Ooi, who oversees APAC, says markets that don’t want to address pricing disconnects will struggle, but that she expects 'disciplined' capacity to be available.
