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- September 6 2024
Extension of cyclone pool coverage period to 7 days would increase average annual loss by 5%: ARPC
The Australian cyclone pool will need to collect additional premiums through rate increases to cover the increased claims costs if such a change was made, the pool's administrator said.
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- September 6 2024
Super typhoon Yagi set to bear down on southern China, Vietnam
The most intense tropical cyclone in decades in the South China Sea is expected to have severe impact in Hainan, southern China and northern Vietnam.
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- September 3 2024
Crawford Australia appoints Milia Xystros as head of third party administration
Previously, Sydney-based Xystros was executive manager at Lloyd's syndicate Procare Claims and Risk.
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- September 3 2024
Insurers brace for claims as wild weather hits southern Australia
The severe weather including damaging winds, major floods and coastal hazards caused widespread damage across Victoria and Tasmania and left more than 120,000 without power.
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- September 2 2024
Typhoon Shanshan set to trigger significant BI, property losses, weigh on reinsurance market
While the impact on reinsurance is unclear now, repeated or severe cat events in the area in the future may prompt reinsurers to reduce their underwriting commitments or increase premiums.
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- August 30 2024
Losses from Australia’s costliest nat cat since 2023 rise to US$946m: ICA
Incurred losses for Christmas and New Year storms have increased from the previous estimate of US$905m, according to the latest data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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- August 29 2024
Korea’s FSC urges insurers to speed up claims payment
Head of the FSC Kim Byoung-hwan also called on insurers to digitalise their insurance claim services by October.
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- August 28 2024
Australian insurers urged to limit use of external experts to improve claims assessments
Carriers should not rely on external experts beyond their scope of expertise, as it could lead to poor claims decisions and disputes, according to an inquiry into the practice by six general insurers by the General Insurance Code Governance Committee.
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- August 26 2024
Complex claims in Asia set to dictate future adjusting demand: Crawford’s Reichelt
The growing scale and complexity of losses in Asia mean that the global loss adjuster is ready to respond to the demand for assessing high-value, technical claims as it continues to build out technical expertise in Singapore and tailor claims processing for clients in Japan.
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- August 23 2024
Analytics: Australian underwriters incur 23% lower public liability claims in 2023
Lloyd's public liability claims doubled and PI claims went up 13 times in the country in the last year while other insurers' PI claims were 9% higher year-on-year across all states, according to the 2023 claims data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
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- August 19 2024
Insured losses in 2023-24 flat at US$1.5bn, but number of claims lodged jumped 73%: ICA
The costliest event was the Christmas and New Year storms that hit Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria in December 2023 which caused US$900m in insured losses and nearly 100,000 claims.
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- August 15 2024
‘Impact insurers’ run into capacity, distribution hurdles in Asia
Public partnerships, people-centric design and tech solutions are needed for parametrics to be a part of the region’s relief capital mix and to close the protection gap.
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- August 13 2024
New Caledonia unrest claims hit global (re)insurers
Allianz reported about US$284m exposure to the event, with its reinsurance arm also seing losses from the event, while Hannover Re and Scor saw EUR90m and EUR42m in claims, respectively.
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- August 12 2024
Korea may ask EV makers to declare battery suppliers as car fire claims pile up: report
Insurers have received 600 motor claims from a fire sparked by a Mercedes EV on August 1, forcing the government to consider regulatory changes including battery reliability certification.
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- August 12 2024
Floss Cheng returns to Aon as Hong Kong head of claims
Cheng, who started his career as a manager at the global broker in 2012, was most recently leading the Hong Kong claims team at rival Howden.
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- August 8 2024
Cyber wordings, limits set to tighten as CrowdStrike points to ambiguity in cover
The industry needs to address accumulation risks, data gaps and further threats from large-scale events that are becoming more frequent.
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- August 5 2024
Typhoon Gaemi losses to weigh on Taiwan, Philippines reinsurance market
While China losses are the most significant out of all three markets, the local reinsurance market is unlikely to be affected as agricultural sector is covered by the government.
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- August 1 2024
MSIG Hong Kong bucks market trend with lower claims payout in stormy 2023
Claims settlement ratio for the general insurer also improved for the fourth straight year to 93.2%, as healthcare claims returned and property, motor-related claims climbed due to extreme weather events in September, said CEO Philip Kent.
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- August 1 2024
Kiwi insurers settle 96% of US$2.3bn in claims from Cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland flooding: ICNZ
As of June 1, carriers have settled 112,746, of 118,037 claims valued and have so far paid out US$1.85bn (82%) for both events, with residential house claims at 96%, while contents and motor were 99% and 98% fully settled, respectively.
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- July 31 2024
APAC and Africa account for 33% of US$120bn global nat cat losses: Munich Re
The costliest natural disaster in the first half of the year is the Noto earthquake in Japan that amounted to an estimated US$10bn in losses.
