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• KCC estimates Japan earthquake insured losses at $6.4bn

  05 January 2024

  AM Best has said it expects the event to have a limited credit ratings impact for major domestic non-life insurers

• MS&AD considers selling overseas units to bolster ROE

  01 March 2023

  European units' latest reported shareholder income losses widened by 87%

• "Deemed hospitalisation" costs Japan Post 97% of all Covid hospital claims costs

  15 February 2023

  Government has since scaled back rules on Covid-19 payouts

• Claims inflation? What claims inflation?

  26 August 2022

  Rising costs of goods and labour may be squeezing underwriting results in Europe and North America, but for many insurers in Asia, claims cost inflation is a world away in every sense. David Walker reports