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- January 20 2021
India’s general insurers shrink in 2020
New India Assurance's 76% claims ratio for the six months from April was down from 93% in 2019.
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- January 18 2021
Howden’s bold move down under
The broker has teamed up with Steadfast to gain access to carriers and businesses across Australia.
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- January 12 2021
Sriwijaya Air crash hints at 2021 aviation risks
Resuming service after Covid-19 puts spotlight on aircraft maintenance during the pandemic.
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- January 11 2021
China 1:1 renewals favoured larger players, sources say
Reinsurers saw some pricing improvement but ample capacity hampered major gains.
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- January 7 2021
Malaysia M&A set for renewed activity in 2021
A backlog of P&C and life deals to drive the marketplace this year.
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- January 6 2021
Asia’s offshore wind rush creates reinsurance challenge
A lack of historical loss data creates hurdles for underwriters.
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- January 5 2021
1.1 brings some relief for Asia reinsurance buyers
Australia an outlier as even loss-free portfolios saw prices up by as much as 10%.
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- January 4 2021
InsuranceAsia News 2021 predictions
Our editors look ahead to what may lie in store for the market over the coming year.
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- December 31 2020
Happy new year projected for Asian markets
Non-life premiums across the region forecast to grow by 10% in 2021.
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- December 29 2020
India M&A 2020 review
Mitsui Sumitomo, Paytm, ICICI Lombard and Aon all inked impressive deals in the subcontinent this year.
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- December 22 2020
China, Hong Kong M&A 2020 review
Ageas, Ergo, HSBC Insurance, FWD and Peak Re all closed noteworthy deals this year.
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- December 21 2020
2020 ends as fifth-costliest nat cat year
Asia's books mostly avoided big losses despite seeing many of the year's most extreme weather events.
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- December 18 2020
Asia insurtech fundraising 2020 review
Waterdrop’s US$230m “mega round” with Swiss Re was the largest deal this year.
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- December 15 2020
China P&C premiums up 7% as normalcy returns
Health has been the biggest contributor to non-life premium growth — up almost 36% this year.
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- December 14 2020
One Apus container loss to top US$200m
The Japanese-owned vessel lost over 1,800 boxes in the North Pacific in late November.
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- December 11 2020
GIC Re eyes underwriting profits amid investing woes
State-owned reinsurer's combined operating ratio overseas in H1 was 122% compared to 113% at home.
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- December 10 2020
Asean M&A 2020 review
Aviva, FWD, Gallagher, Singlife and Tokio Marine closed noteworthy regional deals.
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- December 8 2020
Reinsurers set to benefit from hard market in 2021
Rising demand in Asia is helping to drive strong premium growth.
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- December 4 2020
Covid-19 widens India’s digital gap
Private P&C insurers are winning market share from public sector rivals thanks to digital innovation.
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- December 2 2020
HK life market still attractive despite Tahoe’s likely sale
Tahoe Life is drawing interest from several Chinese players.
