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SIRC announces panel line-up, anchoring conversations on Geopolitics, Sustainability and AI
Anchored on the theme “Staying Ahead, Future Ready”, the 21st...
Widening Protection Gap: Role of Specialty Brokers
“Specialty brokers are the connective tissue of the global...
Global fears are feeding demand for re/insurance: Lloyd’s CEO
John Neal,Chief Executive Officer,Lloyd’s of London Rising inflation, recession worries, climate threats and geopolitical tensions are making individuals and businesses more wary of risks, according to the head of the insurance exchange. While in a normal year...
DFS Secy Joshi wants GIC Re to grow its life reinsurance business
N Ramaswamy, CMD designate,GIC Re, Vivek Joshi,Secretary, Department of Financial Services, KK Sharma, Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle. Devesh Srivastava, CMD, GIC RE, at an event on Tuesday for releasing GIC Re's Customized Corporate My Stamp (CCMS)...
S&P Global raises reinsurance sector view to stable from negative on higher prices
Analysts at S&P Global and Moody’s also told media briefings on Tuesday that they expected rates to rise further in 2024, after reinsurers took the brunt of catastrophe losses in recent years S&P Global has raised its view of the global reinsurance sector to...
Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Joe Pickford as Aviation Underwriter
This appointment follows the continued development and expansion of TMK’s business in the Asia Pacific region, where it has operated since 2007. Other recent new hires include special risks underwriter, Cindy Gunawan, and cyber underwriter, Sam Bye Singapore: Tokio...
‘Market will have a negative view of GIC Re if clubbed with GIPSA’: GICOA
The reinsurer's CMD has communicated to the Department of Financial Services several times to keep GIC Re separate from GIPSA With about 500 employees GIC Re is making good profits. The attrition rate has increased nowadays owing to attractive pay packets offered by...
Hong Kong to be hit super typhoon Saola, biggest typhoon in 3 yrs
“This can be a very destructive typhoon,” the chief secretary said Thursday, flanked by heads of various government departments. “We hope to minimize the damage.” Hong Kong was starting to feel the impact of Super Typhoon Saola as winds reached hurricane force and...
Insight: Coal miners forced to save for a rainy day by insurance snub
Dozens of insurers have announced restrictions on their cover for the coal industry, particularly for new projects, in response to pressure from shareholders, governments and environmental groups who want to limit coal’s contribution to global warming. This follows...
Sompo International appoints Vicky Sarjeant as Head of Energy Insurance, Asia Pacific
Sompo International, a global provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty (re)insurance, has appointed Vicky Sarjeant as Head of Energy Insurance, Asia Pacific. She will be based in Singapore, and report to Paul O’Neill, President of Commercial Lines,...
Howden makes new appointments for Asia Pacific and India
Howden has appointed of Bozidar Ljubisavljevic as executive director, Marine, based in its Singapore office. He is taking on a new role in Singapore to strengthen Howden’s value proposition for the benefit of marine and logistics clients in Asia Pacific. The broker...
El Nino likely to develop between Sept and Nov, Australian weather bureau says
“Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the tropical Pacific are exceeding El Niño thresholds and have continued to warm slightly over the last fortnight,” the bureau said in a statement on its website.Climate models indicate further warming of the central to eastern...