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Great American insurance company headed for Singapore launch

Julie Campbell
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This insurer has now received its preliminary approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The Great American Insurance Company, the lead insurer of the Great American Insurance Group, has now received its preliminary approval to be able to do business in Singapore, by that country’s Monetary Authority. This gives the company the opportunity to be able to establish a branch of operation in that Asian country. Great American now intends to bring its insurance company to Singapore, where it will start underwriting risks as soon as the licensing pre-conditions have…

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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance makes two critical appointments in Asia

Julie Campbell
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The company has now announced its hiring for two key underwriting team leadership positions in that market. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has now announced that it has made two important appointments for the leadership positions in its Asian underwriting team, as the Asia regional head of first party lines position was filled by Malin Fredriksson, and the Asia regional head of engineering and construction is now Kiran Prakash. Both of those positions are located in Singapore and will be integral to the company’s presence there. Fredriksson has joined Berkshire…

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Berkshire Hathaway makes insurance news with license in Singapore

Julie Campbell
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The company has now won the permit that it needs to sell nonlife coverage within the country. In insurance news that represents a first for Berkshire Hathaway in terms of opening up shop in Asia for nonlife products, Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has now won a license to sell in Singapore, representing a first step that the company is taking in a broader expansion across that region. The license in the South East Asian country was awarded to Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. The company behind this insurance news provides a range…

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Insurance news from HSBC reveals that its Singapore business sold

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The company intends to sell this business as a part of an overall cost cutting strategy. HSBC, the worldwide banking giant, has just announced its latest insurance news in its intentions to step out of the industry in Singapore, as the latest element of its strategy to reduce costs. The deal for the Singapore business of the company has been valued at approximately $19.3 million. HSBC has been working to offload many of its non-core assets, and this insurance news is only the most recent in that strategy. So far,…

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