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- June 30 2025
Wild weather hits New Zealand, with ‘millions of dollars’ in damage from Nelson-Tasman rain, floods
IAG has received over 373 claims for home, contents, motor and commercial policies across Nelson, Tasman, Marlborough, Auckland, and other areas.
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- June 30 2025
Willis taps Marsh’s Daphne Duan to lead Asia SRC practice
Singapore-based Duan previously headed the reserving teams at AXA Partners and Argo Group in London.
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- June 27 2025
Sompo, Samsung Re, Nova, Howden, Everest: 11 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Price Forbes, Everest Insurance, Aon, Marsh ANZ, Allianz Australia, Markel, Miller, BMS Australia, Agile, UIB Asia, Willis, and QBE also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- June 27 2025
Australia’s Clearlake Insurance to buy Logan Insurance Brokers
Acquisition is due to take effect on Monday, expanding Clearlake’s footprint across New South Wales and the broader Australian market.
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- June 27 2025
QBE promotes Patricia Priest to chief underwriting and transformation officer for Australia Pacific
Sydney-based Priest has been with QBE for over five years.
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- June 26 2025
Bridge Specialty taps Chan Hon Kian as head of trade risk for Singapore’s Acorn International Network
Chan brings over 18 years of experience in credit insurance, having worked for Howden Insurance Brokers, Lockton and Aon.
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- June 26 2025
QBE confirms new claims ‘strategic direction’, with ‘roles impacted’
Rachel Elmes, Arron Mann, Brenton Crabb, and Kate Peterson will leave the firm, IAN understands.
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- June 26 2025
FWD Group starts bookbuilding for US$442m Hong Kong IPO
Hong Kong-based insurer, backed by billionaire Richard Li, is set to list on the main board on July 7.
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- June 25 2025
Marsh ANZ promotes Sam Thomas to Pacific head of transactional risk
Sydney-based Thomas joined Marsh in February as senior transaction risk adviser, having previously spent over eight years at Aon.
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- June 25 2025
Howden snaps up ex-BMS duo to launch Japan M&A practice
Tim Hewitt, who will head the new division, and Kaori Iwai join the global broker following BMS'exit from the country earlier this year.
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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.
