Industry Segments: Cyber Page 3 / 14
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- May 16 2024
Cyber attacks top business risk for financial institutions: Aon
Failure to attract and retain top talent, which is now at eighth position, is expected to rise to third place as a future risk, according to a survey by the broker.
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- May 16 2024
Markel expands China team with three Shanghai appointments
Martin He has joined the specialty insurer as marine underwriter, George Ke has started in his role of professional and financial risk and cyber underwriter, and Lei Wang has become manager of model analytics and reporting.
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- May 7 2024
APAC markets moderating, loss-exposed lines remain challenging: Aon
Cat-exposed property across Asia saw limited capacity and renewal price increases but capacity for casualty remained abundant, leading to moderate market conditions, despite concerns of increasing exposures.
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- May 6 2024
Asian insurance pricing moderates across lines but Japan, Taiwan, Philippines buck the trend: Marsh
Japan was the only Asian country that saw price increases in all lines of business, other cat-exposed markets like Taiwan, Philippines and Indonesia saw strong hikes in property classes but saw varying trends in other lines.
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- April 30 2024
Changing nature of cyber risks in Asia drives need for cover
Ransomware, extortion, political actors and AI make businesses in the region more vulnerable, while regulations are helping with fuelling insurance demand.
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- April 25 2024
Asia commercial insurance rates decline 2% in Q1: Marsh
Property, casuaty, finpro and cyber rates fell in the first quarter the year in Asia, while in the Pacific, property stabilised while casualty premiums continued to grow for the fourth consecutive quarter, albeit at a slower clip.
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- April 19 2024
Boutique finpro brokerage PLI Brokers launches in Australia
The brokerage, founded by Melbourne-based managing director David Martin, will offer financial services and accounting professions products.
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- April 18 2024
CFC acquires Australia’s Solution Underwriting to grow cyber offering
The specialty insurer will expand their presence in the country to five offices and nearly 100 underwriting, claims and incident response staffers.
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- March 26 2024
Hannover Re to combine global cyber, digital risks underwriting business
Stefan Sperlich, who was leading the company’s North American structured reinsurance business, will head the Hannover-based business unit as managing director.
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- March 15 2024
Gallagher Re promotes Sie Liang Lau to head APAC cyber team
In the newly created role Sie will oversee reinsurance broking covering APAC.
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- March 14 2024
Cyber, business interruption top risks for India: Aon
66.7% of respondent organisations in the country suffered a loss due to property damage and 50% were affected by supply chain disruptions.
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- March 12 2024
Asia Pacific market increasingly bifurcated in Q4 2023: Aon
While nat cat exposed areas were hardening, financial Lines and mid-market property programs retained in domestic insurance markets were soft.
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- February 26 2024
Markel appoints Ng Yao Hua as cyber security analyst in Singapore
Ng will support Markel’s cyber underwriting capability in the region, reporting to Simon Moi, head of professional and financial risks for Asia.
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- February 26 2024
Asia cyber market remains unsettled over delicate issue of war exclusions
Waters remain decidedly murky for cyber (re)insurance buyers, exacerbated by misunderstandings about the exclusion language, especially around state-sponsored activity.
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- February 8 2024
Marsh elevates Craig Claughton to finpro chairman for Pacific
Sydney-based Claughton was most recently head of financial and professional lines for the broker.
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- February 6 2024
IP risks on the rise as insurers look to APAC’s rising need for cover
As the number of infringement cases and the amount awarded climb, IP-related insurance is drawing more attention from companies in the region.
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- February 6 2024
Asia’s casualty, financial & professional rates see quarterly drop in 4Q 2023: Marsh
Commercial and cyber insurance rates were flat in Asia as insurers' competition heated up, while property rates edged up 2%.
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- February 5 2024
Swiss Re names cyber leadership roles for Asia and the UK
Giv Kahrom joins as head of cyber Asia as the global reinsurance group expands its treaty client base.
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- February 1 2024
APRA’s culture surveys plan marks regional shift to focus on governance
Monitoring company risk culture is part of a broader ongoing sea change in the market, which is seeing a greater emphasis on both corporate governance and diversity & inclusion.
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- January 18 2024
Rising demand, easing conditions set stage for APAC cyber growth
With cyberattacks ascending to the top risk for businesses in the region, insurers are expanding coverage to tap lucrative mid-market opportunities.
