Industry Segments: Reinsurers Page 37 / 77
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- August 22 2022
‘We don’t eat more than we can stomach’: Peak Re’s Franz Josef Hahn
The reinsurer is retaining reserves into this year and has ‘solid retrocession protection’ to tide over rising nat cat losses.
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- August 18 2022
Ardonagh H1 results bolstered by Australia and specialty business
Revenue contribution of specialty and international climbed to 44% after a string of acquisitions last year.
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- August 18 2022
Underwriting returns elude APAC reinsurers
Average combined ratios have remained above 100% for the last four years, says AM Best.
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- August 17 2022
Mapfre Re gets CBIRC approval to open Beijing branch
Ignacio Arteche is the general manager of the new branch of the Spanish reinsurer.
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- August 15 2022
TMK committed to Asia growth despite treaty reinsurance exit
The strategic rejig will cut two roles in Singapore.
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- August 12 2022
Piotr Nowakowski takes charge as Peak Re chief underwriting officer
The market veteran joined the Hong Kong reinsurer in January.
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- August 10 2022
Mitsui Sumitomo seals US$400m Transverse deal
The fronting carrier gives the Japanese insurer access to the US$66bn American MGA market.
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- August 9 2022
Japan and India drive up Munich Re’s 1.4 renewals
H1 operating profits down 34% on Australian flood hit and poor investment returns.
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- August 8 2022
Suncorp’s profits fall 34% on nat cats amid US$1.7bn of reinsurance recoveries
The group missed its full year nat cat target by US$70m and had an investment loss of US$131m.
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- August 8 2022
AM Best upgrades Singapore Re after Fairfax support and positive 2021 result
The reinsurer's underwriting performance improved after reserve releases.
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- August 8 2022
Australian floods dampen reinsurers’ H1 results as secondary perils drive losses
Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and PartnerRe were among firms hit by the wild weather.
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- August 5 2022
China Re estimates H1 profit to slide 40-50%
The reinsurer attributed the drop largely to a decline in investment income.
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- August 4 2022
Hannover Re taps Swiss Re’s Sharon Ooi to boost Asia P&C expansion
CEO Jean-Jacques Henchoz says Asia Pacific is "evolving into the world’s largest insurance market."
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- August 4 2022
Milli Re adds Christine Wong to Singapore underwriting team
Wong is a marine specialist who most recently worked at MS First Capital.
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- August 2 2022
Vesttoo appoints former RGA exec as Japan general manager
Kunihiko Iinuma is helping the risk transfer specialist's swift expansion into new markets.
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- August 1 2022
MGA Rokstone eyes Asia cat market opportunity
The specialty player has regional capacity and wants to expand as pricing hardens and terms improve.
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- July 29 2022
Swiss Re returns to profit as Australia floods add to US$270m H1 nat cat miss
The group saw a Q2 net profit of US$405m, while P&C reinsurance H1 nat cat claims were US$938m.
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- July 29 2022
APAC insured losses were US$8bn in H1 2022: Munich Re
Parts of eastern Australia saw their wettest week in February since 1900.
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- July 27 2022
J.B. Boda makes two leadership appointments in agriculture push
Neelam Kumar Gupta and B R Sharath have joined the broker in India.
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- July 18 2022
PartnerRe acquisition gives Covéa Asia platform
With US$600m in Asian premiums the French mutual can capitalise on fast-growing markets.
