London-headquartered Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African and Middle East focused reinsurance group, has officially opened its Dubai office, its first in the Middle East.
Mid-year renewals have further consolidated the positive trends at 1 January and 1 April 2024, setting the stage for a more competitive reinsurance market in 2025, said Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions.
Argenta Holdings yesterday announced that the Sydney office of its service company, Argenta Underwriting Asia, which operates on the Lloyd's Australia platform, will close with immediate effect.
The GST Council of India, chaired by Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, has clarified that no tax will be levied on co-insurance premiums and reinsurance commissions under the GST law.
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) is in the process of reviewing the current Cyclone Reinsurance Pool premium rates and is considering minor changes that would be applicable from 1 April 2025.
Societe Tunisienne de Reassurance's (Tunis Re) earnings are strong, underpinned by solid underwriting performance, said Fitch Ratings.
Steadfast Group (Steadfast) has appointed Mr Nick Cook as executive general manager - Australasian networks, broker and insurer services; Mr Mark Senkevics as executive general manager - underwriting agencies, alternative risk transfer (ART), reinsurance and life, effective 1 July 2024 and Ms Meagan Jeffery as executive general manager - technology & information, effective 8 July 2024.
UIB Asia has appointed Mr Richard Oh as senior executive director (head of marine treaty and facultative), Ms Rita Au as senior executive (broking support), Mr Saw Tong Nee as executive director and head of the facultative and specialty division and Ms Tam Hui Von as broking executive in the facultative and specialty division.
Accelerating the development of the insurance industry will help improve China's financial market structure, optimise the allocation of financial resources, and enhance the stability of the financial system, a top Chinese regulatory official has said.
The Shanghai International Reinsurance Trading Centre has signed several pacts to build a unified, open, efficient, and modern reinsurance trading market.