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- December 2 2024
Yagi third costliest typhoon in Asia with US$1bn insured loss: Munich Re
Early estimates of the overall losses from the typhoon season are thought to be around US$22bn, with insured losses of US$2bn, the reinsurer said.
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- November 28 2024
Typhoon Yagi losses set to reshape Vietnamese (re)insurance market
With insured losses likely to add up to a decade’s industry profit, the market could see rates and retentions increase and accelerate the shift to XoL structures.
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- November 21 2024
Emerging Asia may benefit from US tariffs as China suffers: Swiss Re’s Haegeli
Tariffs, taxes, and a decrease in trade could be a tipping point for the wider industry as there are many uncertainties around future US presidential decisions, said the reinsurer's group chief economist.
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- November 20 2024
Rokstone launches global multi-peril parametric offering with US$10m facility
The MGA has partnered with NormanMax Lloyd’s Syndicate 3939 to launch to cover earthquake, hurricane, tropical cyclone and typhoon risks, with further perils including floods set to be added next year.
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- November 20 2024
P&C GWP growth in mature APAC markets to reach 3.2% in 2024: Swiss Re
Emerging Asia will remain the main driving force with non-life premiums to grow at a 7.4% CAGR in 2025‒26 as India outperforms all major developing markets.
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- November 18 2024
PCRIC secures US$2.6m grant from Global Shield Solutions Platform
The funding from the climate change-focused multi-donor grant facility will be used to support product, development, research, education and eventually, scholarships.
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- November 15 2024
UN climate alliance launches net-zero transition guide for insurers
The transition plan project presented at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan and includes an assessment of underwriting portfolios, value chains and actors involved in the landscape of emerging policies and regulations.
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- November 11 2024
NZ non-life segment growth to remain robust even as carriers adjust rates: AM Best
In its latest report on the segment, the rating agency has maintained a stable outlook citing solid premium growth supported by rate adjustments.
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- November 7 2024
PCRIC, WTW renew Pacific islands reinsurance portfolio
The Pacific Islands captive has developed new policy designs with the support from WTW’s disaster risk finance and alternative risk transfer teams.
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- November 5 2024
New Zealand central bank warns of premium hikes for high-risk properties: reports
For vulnerable properties, flood risk premiums are becoming more common as the trend towards risk-based pricing continues, RBNZ noted.
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- November 5 2024
Queensland and NSW most vulnerable going forward for natural disasters: CGU Insurance
Currently there are 1.2 million properties at risk of flooding in Australia, while 230,000 properties face a 1-in-20 risk of flooding each year, the insurer said.
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- November 4 2024
Reinsurance to support Asia’s climate, energy, digital, and demographic transition: MAS chairman
Insurance ecosystem, AI and alternative risk transfer markets will reinforce Singapore as Asia’s leading reinsurance hub, minister Gan Kim Yong said in the keynote address, opening this year’s SIRC.
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- November 1 2024
Demand rockets for insurance products in South-East Asia: Moody’s
To thrive amid climate change and regulatory shifts, reinsurers are adopting advanced data analytics for better risk management and pricing, says Andrew Hare from Moody’s.
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- October 31 2024
India and Korea bright spots in FM’s regional play
Growing Asian economies drive demand for data-driven risk mitigation, say the mutual's regional leaders James Thompson and Tan Hian Hong.
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- October 29 2024
APAC 9M economic losses from nat cats topped US$70bn: Aon
The damage from the first nine months of the year is higher than the US$69.6bn in economic losses caused by natural perils for the whole of last year.
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- October 29 2024
Tokio Marine-backed ICEYE plans continued rollout across Asia as demand for satellite risk data continues
Appetite for granular catastrophe-related information is now crucial in a market keen to keep a greater handle on cat exposures.
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- October 25 2024
Opinion: Are we finally transitioning to a new era for energy risks?
It’s important to mind the downsides when we think of the hard choices that need to be made on the road to net-zero.
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- October 24 2024
Lloyd’s launches disaster risk facility for Pacific island nations
The vehicle, developed with Aon and the UN, aims to be replicated throughout the Pacific region as well as Asia, the Caribbean and Africa.
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- October 22 2024
Cyclone pool earned premiums ‘significantly’ lower than expected: ARPC
The 2024 Financial Outlook Report by the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation stated that the cyclone pool recorded an overall surplus of US$291m in FY 2024.
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- October 22 2024
General insurers’ bodies urge heads of Commonwealth nations to discuss extreme weather impact
The four associations agreed that as extreme weather intensifies, populations expand and more homes are put in harm’s way, the insurance protection gap will widen.
