APAC

CDP urges insurers and other FIs to integrate system-wide transformation for nature-related risks

Insurers have incorporated climate change risk and opportunity in their portfolios more than water or forest-related.

CDP urges insurers and other FIs to integrate system-wide transformation for nature-related risks

Insurers have incorporated climate change risk and opportunity in their portfolios more than water or forest-related.

Top 20 APAC insurers average 8.2% in premium growth – GlobalData

Rate hikes and macroeconomic uncertainty remain a concern for APAC insurers.

Unrealised losses to fly by top 20 reinsurers: S&P Global

About 25% of the total unrealised losses will reverse by the end of the year.

Pacific Life Re names Vasan Errakiah as Asia general manager

He will join the insurer’s Asia Executive Committee.

Allianz APAC shows solid H1 performance

Its L/H and P&C segments saw annual increments.

About six of 10 financial leaders expect revenue to jump 10% in three years

64% of consumers trust established banks for insurance purchases.

Aijiao Ruan becomes senior underwriter at AXA XL Insurance Asia

She will take on the underwriting of the Specie business.

Zurich Asia Pacific new business premiums up 43% in H1

Commercial premiums grew 11% whilst retail premiums were up by 17%.

Global M&A landslides in H1 2023, APAC falls 9%

Insurer M&A downfall will not stay long, the firm said.

QBE Asia revenue climbs 6.3% in H1 ‘23, group pencils $8b

Group-wide, this was a 12% increase year-on-year.

Manulife’s back in the black with C$1b net income in Q2

Core earnings per share is 6% higher at C$0.83, its latest financial results showed.

Will Field returns to Chubb

He will be the head of Casualty in Asia starting first quarter of 2024.

InsurTech funding down 34% in Q2: Gallagher Re

Seven APAC markets were included in the report, which received an estimated $359m in funding.

Sompo names new head of professional lines insurance for APAC

Poh has almost twenty years of industry experience in the Asia Pacific.