Manulife has announced the appointment of Mr Pankaj Banerjee as its new chief distribution officer, Asia. His appointment is effective 24 September 2021.
InsurTech Wingsure has entered into an agreement with the government of the south Indian state of Telangana to provide deep-tech-based personalised crop insurance products and advisory services to small, underserved farmers in the state.
A new suite of accessible, practical and technology-enabled sustainable finance e-learning courses based on the latest sustainability science is now available for Asia-based finance professionals.
For the upcoming rounds of reinsurance renewals in the Asia-Pacific region on 1 January 2022 and 1 April 2022, Hannover Re anticipates stable reinsurance conditions and prices with more pronounced positive changes for treaties that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic or other losses.
The 16th Singapore Management Award (SMA) organised by Financial Services Management Association (FSMA) recently celebrated 268 leaders who were awarded with Management Excellence Awards (MEA), and three Master Recipients for achieving at least 10 MEA. The awardees come from leading insurance companies in Singapore.
HDFC Life and IvyCamp have launched the fourth phase of Futurance, an on-going corporate engagement programme that identifies start-ups developing innovative and next generation capabilities.
Reinsurance major Hannover Re anticipates a continuing trend towards higher prices and improved conditions in property and casualty reinsurance for the various rounds of renewals in 2022.
Spending on security solutions and services in Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, is expected to grow at 14% in 2021 according to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semi-annual Security Spending Guide.
Among the top 250 MGAs, MGUs and cover-holder groups globally, only 15 are located in the Asia-Pacific region or Australasia, according to a ranking carried out by Insuramore, which is a provider of marketing services and related consultancy with a primary focus on the insurance sector.
Aon has announced that the facultative reinsurance broking team within Aon's Singapore Broking Centre and Reinsurance Solutions' APAC facultative team have combined to create a united facultative reinsurance broking team to serve Aon's clients in the Asia Pacific region. The newly combined team is part of Aon's Reinsurance Solutions.