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- April 22 2025
Tower raises profit forecast despite Easter weekend storm, earthquake claims
Insurer says it has recieved over 250 claims from the storms that impacted New Zealand over Easter weekend.
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- April 17 2025
McLarens, Crawford, Marsh, Generali GC&C and Aon: 10 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Canopius, Munich Re, Anand Rathi Insurance Brokers, Aviso Specialty, Dual and Arundo Re also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- April 15 2025
Australian insurers ‘very worried’ about catastrophic loss from battery fires, ICA calls for holistic plan
Insurance Council of Australia chief Andrew Hall says there are no plans to charge more households with lithium batteries or restrict their use.
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- April 15 2025
Kshitij Chirimar joins Arundo Re as senior underwriter for Indian subcontinent
Delhi-based Chirimar previously held strategic positions at Verity Knowledge Solutions and Ace Insurance Brokers.
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- April 14 2025
Australia’s Aviso Specialty names Tom Frisby national placement leader
Melbourne-based Frisby has been with Aviso since January 2024, having spent over 10 years with Marsh.
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- April 14 2025
ICA has ‘significant concerns’ over Labor’s home guarantee expansion
Government plans to guarantee all low-deposit home loans for first home buyers under lenders’ mortgage insurance (LMI).
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- April 14 2025
Canopius appoints Andrew Ziolkowski to lead ANZ
He succeeds Craig Elliot, who has served as interim head of the Australia business since December 2024.
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- April 11 2025
Markel, Marsh, Allied World: 7 APAC insurance people moves of the week
HDI Global, Bajaj Allianz, Unilight Insurance Brokers and WTW also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- April 9 2025
New Zealand tornado short lived, few claims expected
Tornado hit the town of Levin on the country's North Island at around 7:45am on Tuesday.
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- April 9 2025
‘Storm clouds remain’ for aviation market as Japan helicopter crash adds to growing list of disasters
Gallagher Specialty says the aviation and aerospace insurance market is delicately balanced after a series of high-profile losses.
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- April 8 2025
Cyclone Alfred becomes RACQ’s largest claim event, expects to cost US$120-133m
RACQ has received close to 18,000 claims following the event last month and has paid out US$7.5m.
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- April 7 2025
Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs set to see firms turn to trade credit insurance: Aon
Trade credit, political risk insurance and surety to secure non-payment risk, enhance finance and protect investments are some of the mitigation solutions businesses may need to explore, says Aon's head of credit solutions for Asia, Steve Taylor.
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- April 7 2025
Tom Burrell departs Marsh UK for Pacific M&A role
He takes up the role of head of private equity mergers and acquisitions for the region based in Sydney.
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- April 3 2025
Aon Re, Allianz, Howden, Marsh, MS Amlin: 9 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Guy Carpenter, Chubb, Oneglobal, Agile, Wise and Gard also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- April 2 2025
Cyclone Alfred, north Queensland flood losses top US$751m
Insurers have received more than 105,000 claims following the two events at the start of 2025, according to the Insurance Council of Australia.
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- April 2 2025
Gallagher expands in Australia with Tresidder acquisition
Tresidder provides property and casualty brokerage services to commercial and personal lines clients across Australia from offices in Victoria and Queensland.
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- April 1 2025
Marsh India promotes Riddhiman Kundu
He has been with Marsh for over 10 years, having also worked for ICICI Lombard and ICICI Securities.
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- April 1 2025
Worst flooding in 50 years hits Australia’s western Queensland, over 100,000 livestock lost
State emergency services minister Dan Purdie says the area covered by water is 'double the size of Victoria'.
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- April 1 2025
Thai insurers set to halt free coverage in wake of devastating earthquake
Thai General Insurance Association president Somporn Suebthawilkul says insurers must reassess and adjust their strategies to manage growing risks from natural disasters.
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- April 1 2025
Korean broker Wise boosts reinsurance team with Drew Yoo appointment
He previously worked for HIS Korea for over three and a half years as a treaty broker.
