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- June 25 2025
ICA welcomes emergency services levy reforms, calls for removal of state insurance-based taxes
Insurance Council of Australia was responding to state budgets in New South Wales and Queensland.
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- June 20 2025
Marsh, Zurich, Allianz Trade, Gard, Zurich Kotak: 11 APAC insurance people moves of the week
AIG, WTW, Markel International, Axa XL, Crawford Australia and Everest Reinsurance also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- June 20 2025
AIG taps Liberty Specialty Markets’ Snowy Chan as marine lead in Hong Kong, Macau
Chan joins having spent almost 16 and a half years with Liberty.
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- June 20 2025
FWD Group could launch Hong Kong IPO as early as this month
Reuters report follows news that FWD Group has passed its listing hearing in Hong Kong, implying that it could commence its IPO process shortly.
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- June 19 2025
Marine insurers lift prices for Strait of Hormuz by 60% amid safety fears: FT
Cost of cover for a US$100m ship has risen from US$125,000 to US$200,000 since the start of the conflict between Israel and Iran last week, according to Marsh McLennan.
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- June 19 2025
Wild weather claims surpass all of 2024 in just 5 months amid increasing severity, frequency: NRMA
Australian insurer says it received more than 32,000 wild weather-related damage claims in the first five months of 2025.
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- June 19 2025
Axa XL ships in QBE duo to boost Australia marine team
Ross Lawrenson joins as a senior marine underwriter and Sameen Naveed as a senior marine claims specialist.
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- June 19 2025
Global MGA United Risk completes acquisition of Australia’s Pinnacle Underwriting
Regional CEO Hayden Smith says the deal for the specialty facultative reinsurance MGA 'puts United Risk squarely within the top five largest MGAs in the world'.
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- June 19 2025
Strait of Hormuz tanker collision highlights dark fleet dangers, but not seen as war event
Adalynn and Front Eagle collided on Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel.
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- June 18 2025
WTW promotes Catherine Tait to New Zealand construction manager
Tait joined WTW in August as technical director for finex in New Zealand, having previously worked for the likes of Marsh, Willis and Aon.
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- June 18 2025
New Zealand ‘cannot afford’ to continue down current path as climate risks grow: IAG
IAG's 2025 climate change poll showed New Zealanders expect insurers to reflect the growing risk in the premiums of people who are exposed to natural hazards.
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- June 17 2025
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred claims top 68,000, ARPC says, losses estimated at US$941m
Majority of claims received are for food spoilage and property damage due to severe winds, fallen trees, or water ingress in homes.
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- June 17 2025
Australia MGA Agile names Liz Geden as New Zealand head
Auckland-based Geden had joined from Delta Insurance in March.
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- June 16 2025
Taiwan’s non-life insurance premiums surge 10.5% in 2024, driven by motor: AM Best
Non-life insurer’s total DWP rose 10.9% to NT$271bn, while net claims fell 13.8% to NT$100.6bn.
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- June 15 2025
Aviation premiums could go up by 10% in FY27 following Air India crash: reports
Death toll has risen to 270 after Air India flight 171 crashed into a residential building shortly after take-off from in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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- June 13 2025
Air India crash claims could top US$280m, ‘investigations will take time’
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after departing Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, killing 241 passengers and crew.
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- June 13 2025
Markel, RiskPoint, Howden Re, Tower, Chubb: 12 APAC insurance people moves of the week
McLarens, Swiss Re, Shipowners’ Club, Howden Insurance Brokers Australia, Miller Insurance, Lockton, HDI Global, Crawford, NTI, SBI General Insurance, Zurich Cover-More, Aon, and the Japan P&I Club also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- June 12 2025
Brett Kenyon joins construction team at Gallagher-owned specialist MGA Pen Underwriting
Kenyon joins the Australian underwriting agency as a senior underwriter from Sura Engineering.
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- June 12 2025
John Philipsz named MD and ANZ head at Howden Re, succeeds Stuart Beatty
Beatty is stepping back having held the role of head of APAC for over five years, but he will remain at Howden Re, focusing on its MGA.
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- June 11 2025
‘No hope of recovery’: MSC Elsa 3 salvage efforts begin in India, but total loss expected
NorthStandard is understood to be the claims leader for the Liberian-flagged container ship that sank last month off the coast of India.
