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Wednesday July 18 2018

Siew Mee Yeo, Conning Asia Pacific

Nippon Life drops global coal finance from its portfolio
- July 17
- Global
The Japanese insurer has chosen to restrict new investment into coal plant projects.
Vietnam’s insurance sector expands 24.4%
- July 17
- Vietnam
Insurers collected Vnd58.6tn (US$2.6bn) in premium, according to the Insurance Supervisory Agency.
Hanwha Vietnam plans to raise capital by US$131m
- July 16
- Vietnam
The capital expansion makes it one of the largest life insurance companies in the country.
China’s Sunshine Insurance joins funding round for Lionbridge
- July 16
- Asset Management
- China
Investment arm Riverhead Capital is funding the leasing services and leasing asset management specialist.

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Startup GoBear appoints Adrian Chng as CEO
- July 13
He succeeds Andre Hesselink, chief executive of the Singapore-based insurance startup since 2015.

XL Catlin hires Australian portfolio solutions manager from Zurich
- July 9
- Australia
Jonathan Moss will be responsible for portfolio solutions, ensuring business alignment with brokers and managing relationships.

Beale to exit Lloyd’s
- July 2
- Global
Lloyd’s on hunt for CEO following Inga Beale’s decision to depart.

AIA names three new executives for Malaysian unit
- June 22
- Malaysia
Andrew Loh (CMO), Heng Zee Wang (CFO) and Eric Chang (CEO) take up the new senior roles.

FWD hires FIG banker as group corporate transactions officer
- June 14
Petter Sternby joins from Standard Chartered, where he was head of the financial institutions advisory team.

Peak Re hires chief representative for Japan
- June 12
Satoshi Ichihara joins from Catlin as the Hong Kong-based reinsurer seeks to grow its business in Japan.

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