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Aon sued for its role in collapse of Israel insurtech Vesttoo
The lawsuit claims Aon “ignored red flags” about letters of credit...
Lockton hires Darshan Parikh from Marsh
Lockton, has announced the appointment of Darshan Parikh as senior...
IRDAI asks re/insurers not to use IIB burning rate as minimum rates within `Reinsurance Treaty Agreements’
Given the tough conditions at 1/1 renewals and shortage of proportional capacity that is being witnessed elsewhere for India reinsurers may insist on more retention and trend will continue for non proportional arrangements . At the same time as the non IIB rates are...
Insurers may refuse to cover planes flying to Ukraine or ships sailing through Black Sea
As they operate on an “aggregation” basis with marine and aviation war risk insurance, totting up the losses as one, claims in one area make reinsurers wary about the whole war risk sector, David Smith, head of hull and marine liabilities at broker McGill and Partners...
Aditya Birla Capital mulls selling its insurance brokerage unit
The publicly-traded company has held talks with potential buyers about a sale of Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers Ltd. as it failed to scale up the 19-year-old business, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is not public. Mumbai: Aditya Birla...
Govt makes 5 of IRDAI’s board decisions into regulations in less than a fortnight
Industry observers said with the speed government has notified some of the IRDAI's decisions shows its priority on the issue of penetration in the insurance sector. It is expected that the government may deal with the proposed amendments in the two Insurance Acts-...
WTW appoints William Miller as Head of Crisis Management for APAC
Luke Ware, Head of Corporate Risk & Broking Asia, WTW said: “As geopolitical tensions rise, individuals and businesses are exposed to a wider range of security risks which is why we have expanded our offering to include domains such as Special Crime and high-risk...
Turtlefin partners with UAE’s The Continental Group
Mumbai: Turtlefin, has announced a partnership with The Continental Group, one of the leading insurance intermediaries and financial services solutions providers in the UAE. Through this strategic partnership, Turtlefin will onboard new insurers on their cutting-edge...
Aon names new leaders for Asia Pacific Reinsurance Solutions
``In 2022, we have continued to strengthen our business and a key part of this success is building a team that inspires and energises each other to create differentiated solutions for clients and deliver the exceptional level of service our clients demand, George...
Miller continues expansion of Asia Marine offering with new hire
Miller, the leading specialist (re)insurance broker, today announces the appointment of Choo Cai Ling in a production and broking role, joining its Singapore based Marine team. Cai Ling will begin the role on 1 December 2022 and report into Nick King, Head of Marine...
Martin Zschech to lead Global Industry Solutions & Client Management team at AGCS
Global Industry Solutions is a key part of the NEW AGCS strategy. It creates an industry-led sales model for AGCS targeting specific industry segments, with GIS Directors as single points of contact to drive solutions across all Lines of Business and other Allianz...
Chubb receives regulatory approval to increase its Huatai stake to 83.2%
"China is currently the second largest insurance market after the United States. With an aging and more affluent society comes the growing demands for insurance and asset management products and services. We take a long-term view, and I am confident Huatai will grow...