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Aon names Terence Williams Head of Commercial Risk Solutions for Asia Pacific
He previously held several senior roles at Aon including CEO, South...
Puneet Swani to head Aon’s APAC Talent Solutions
Puneet Swani, Head, Talent Solutions for Asia Pacific Swani is an...
Cholamandalam GI and Toyota Tsusho lnsurance Broker penalised for violating MISP norms
Maruti lnsurance Broking Hero lnsurance Broking lndia have brought stays from the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against IRDAI’s decision to fine them for violating the Motor lnsurance Service Provider (MISP) norms
IRDAI slaps a Rs 3 cr penalty against Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers for violating MISP norms
IRDAI has found fault with ABIBL as the broker has directly or indirectly controlled or interfered in determining of premier of policies.
Gallagher expands Asian presence with stake in specialist Malaysian broker
As an aviation-centric broker since 1974, SP&G represents a natural and complementary fit with Gallagher’s global aerospace division, which has operations in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 10 other countries spanning Europe, Latin America and Asia — but, to date, no on-the-ground operation in Malaysia.
Prudential Vietnam and SeABank establish exclusive bancassurance partnership
Prudential Vietnam will also become the preferred life insurance provider to BRG Group Joint Stock Company (“BRG Group”), a leading conglomerate in Vietnam with approximately 10 million customers. The partnership is expected to be effective from April 2020.
Guy Carpenter appoints Jeff Saper as CEO of Pacific Region
In his new role, Mr. Saper will be responsible for overseeing the company’s Treaty and Facultative activities in the Pacific region and will focus on further developing its growth strategy and strengthening its capabilities. Based in Sydney, Mr. Saper will report to Tony Gallagher, Asia Pacific CEO.
Insurance intermediaries with majority foreign stake can’t repatriate over 75% as dividend: IRDAI
Besides, the financial statements pertaining to the financial year for which the insurance intermediary is declaring a dividend should be free of any qualifications by the statutory auditors, which have an adverse bearing on the profit during that year.
Reinsurance markets diverge at 1.1 renewal:Willis
James Kent, Global CEO of Willis Re, said: “Other than retro aggregate, some treaty aggregate covers, and liability placements viewed as inadequately priced, most buyers have been able to secure the capacity they require, albeit at considerably increased prices in some of the stressed classes of business. Reinsurers’ client-centric underwriting meant preferred clients achieved their renewal requirements for pricing and conditions more straightforwardly than others. An understandable outcome of this has been a wide variance in the quoting process, which increased the challenge in establishing market clearing prices.”
IRDA slaps Rs 2.18 cr of fine against Hero lnsurance Broking lndia for violating MISP norms
lt was observed that even though HIBIL has empanelled nine general insures and one standalone health insurers, no justification was given by HIBIL to restricl the number of insurers to 10 and not allow other general insurers to sell motor insurance policies through HIBL’s sponsored MISPs thereby leading to violation of MISP guidelines.
Maruti lnsurance Broking fined Rs 3 cr by IRDAI for violating motor insurance norms
Further, taking serious note that the affidavit submitted by the principal officer-Surender Shrivastav,- of MIBL is contrary to the facts, the IRDAI had directed that MIBL not not pay performance incentives to the Principal Officer for one year from the date of this order.
Complaints to banking ombudsman rise 20% in FY19: RBI
The number of complaints pertaining to mis-selling have gone up from 579 complaints in 2017-18 to 1,115 in 2018-19, an increase of 92.57 per cent.