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- May 30 2025
‘No protection’: 9 out of 10 farmers affected by NSW flood are uninsured
Insurers have received 7,383 claims related to floods as of Friday, according to the Insurance Council of Australia, although farmers are unable to obtain flood cover, according to an insurance adviser in one of the hardest-hit towns.
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- May 29 2025
‘Recovery doesn’t happen overnight’: NSW floods claims top 7,000
Claims related to the Mid North Coast and Hunter Regions floods have risen to 7,014 on Thursday, up from 6,109 on Wednesday.
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- May 28 2025
NSW floods claims jump 20%, clean up and recovery expected to be long-term
Insurers have received more than 6,000 claims relating to the Mid North Coast and Hunter region floods as of Wednesday, according to the Insurance Council of Australia.
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- May 28 2025
Aon promotes Mary-Catherine Hamill to head of construction in Australia
She has been with Aon for over nine and a half years, most recently as specialty solutions placement leader.
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- May 27 2025
Insurance catastrophe declared as NSW floods claims near 5,000
Mid North Coast and Hunter flooding event has impacted communities since last week.
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- May 26 2025
‘If it’s flooded, forget it’: as deadly NSW floods recede, claims jump with 10,000 properties damaged
Insurers have received more than 4,100 claims as of Monday after rainfall and flooding hit the region last week.
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- May 23 2025
AIG, Axa XL, Howden, Canopius, Lockton: 9 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Lloyd’s, MSIG, Gallagher and Athene also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- May 22 2025
Lockton promotes Piers Hughes to head of placement for Asia
Singapore-based Hughes has been with Lockton for almost five and a half years.
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- May 22 2025
Lloyd’s elevates Janus Cheung to head of market development for Asia
Singapore-based Cheung has been with Lloyd's for almsot two and a half years.
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- May 21 2025
Marsh appointed broker for Royal Australian Navy’s maritime insurance program
Program may include six new Hunter-class frigates, three Hobart-class destroyers, 11 new general-purpose frigates, six new large optionally crewed surface vessels, as well as naval infrastructure precinct in South Australia.
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- May 20 2025
FWD Group’s Hong Kong IPO would be ‘credit positive’: Moody’s Ratings
Hong Kong-based insurer said on Monday that it had refiled its application, in what is a third attempt to list in the city.
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- May 20 2025
New Zealand’s US$38bn natural hazards bill shines spotlight on ‘urgent need to reduce impact’: IAG
Since 2010, the government has spent 97% on response to catastrophes, and only 3% on risk reduction and resilience.
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- May 18 2025
Southeast Asia, Australia in Allianz’s M&A plans, CFO says
Claire-Marie Coste-Lepoutre was speaking during a Q1 earnings call.
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- May 16 2025
WTW, Gallagher Re, HDI Global, Axa XL, Zurich: 11 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Aon, Dual, Gallagher, Allianz Commercial, Howden and CFC also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- May 16 2025
Gallagher ships in Aon’s Sanjay Mehra as head of marine in India
Mumbai-based Mehra previoulsy worked for Aon, Marsh, K.M Dastur, Howden and ICICI Lombard.
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- May 15 2025
Zurich bolsters APAC SME offering with Theo Pitsikas as regional head
James Garrett will succeed Pitsikas as head of SME for Australia and New Zealand.
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- May 14 2025
Axa XL boosts India team, taps Swiss Re’s Saumitra Sharma as CUO
Specialty (re)insurer has made five new hires in the country across underwriting and claims, the additions follow the onboarding of new CEO Alok Shukla on April 1.
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- May 13 2025
Zurich Singapore hands out 2 expanded property, financial lines leadership roles
Christy Yeo appointed head of property, and Wendy Ong appointed head of financial lines.
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- May 12 2025
Chair of federal flood insurance inquiry named Australian financial services minister
ICA welcomed Anthony Albanese's second Labor government and assistant treasurer and financial services minister Daniel Mulino.
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- May 12 2025
McLardy McShane acquires authorised representative Stewart Insurance
Melbourne-based broker has been a corporate authorised representative of McLardy McShane for about 10 years.
