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- March 21 2025
Marsh, Aon, Axa XL, QBE: 9 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, Sompo Insurance Singapore, Lockton, Steamship Mutual, Howden Specialty, Dual, Howden Private Wealth, Network Insurance Group and Insurance House also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- March 21 2025
Australia’s Network Insurance Group, Insurance House name new COO
Brisbane-based Cath Whitaker was most recently director for strategy and risk at Auto & General Australia.
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- March 20 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims top 74,000, insurer extends pet coverage
Queensland remains the most affected area, with about 69,000 claims following the event earlier this month.
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- March 20 2025
Aon appoints Kevan Johnston CEO of Australia
Sydney-based Johnston succeeds Jennifer Richards, who has been appointed Asia Pacific CEO.
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- March 18 2025
Cyclone Alfred insured losses to reach US$1.6bn, flood modeller predicts
JBA says 'previous concerns about a high number of severe wind damage claims were not realised' following the event earlier this month.
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- March 18 2025
Allianz ‘will explore new opportunities’ in India as it exits JVs with Bajaj for US$2.8bn
German insurer will sell its 26% stake in Indian non-life and life insurance JVs to Bajaj Group.
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- March 17 2025
Sompo Insurance Singapore promotes Paddy Harman to head of financial, political risk for APAC
Harman joined Sompo as a senior underwriter for political and financial risk in September 2023 from Allianz Trade in London.
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- March 17 2025
Megan Shao named head of claims for Asia at Axa XL
Singapore-based Shao joins from Canopius.
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- March 17 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims top 63,000, but event ‘not as significant as first feared’
Insurance Council of Australia also releases its Industry Action Plan, which outlines the industry’s position on the remaining recommendations from the Parliamentary Flood Inquiry and the independent review of the industry’s Code of Practice.
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- March 17 2025
BHSI promotes Megan Howe to head of claims for Australasia
Auckland-based Howe has been with BHSI for over 10 years, most recently as claims manager for New Zealand.
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- March 14 2025
Generali, Lockton, Willis: 8 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Japan P&I, HDI Global, Marsh, Crawford and Moody’s RMS also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- March 14 2025
Crawford promotes Brendan Ames in Australia
He has been handed the role of strata strategic partnership manager and senior loss adjuster, having been with Crawford since February 2020.
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- March 14 2025
Queensland flood insured losses reach US$103m
Insurers have received more than 7,600 claims following the severe weather and flooding earlier this month, according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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- March 13 2025
‘We will act’: Opposition leader Peter Dutton clarifies policy on breaking up big insurance companies
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also weighs in on this issue, agreeing that insurance companies are 'ripping off' Australians.
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- March 13 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims top 44,000, road to recovery expected to be long
Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) CEO Andrew Hall also seeks to 'push past politicking around insurers and insurance companies'.
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- March 12 2025
APAC M&A activity down 25% in 2024, weighed down by geopolitics: Clyde & Co
Clyde & Co’s annual insurance growth report says established players preferred to pursue organic investment programs in areas including data analytics.
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- March 12 2025
Cyclone Alfred payouts top US$1.5m as claims surge 50%
Economic and insured loss impacts expected to reach 'at least into the hundreds of millions', according to Aon.
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- March 12 2025
Philippines extends PFRS 17 deadline until January 2027
Last year, the Insurance Commission mandated adoption of a new accounting standard - which aligns with the International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) - by January 1, 2025.
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- March 12 2025
Christopher Lindsey joins Willis as MD for risk, analytics in Asia
Lindsey has been with WTW since September, having previously spent just over three years at rival Marsh.
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- March 11 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims ‘spike’ to over 22,000 as clean-up begins
Majority from Queensland, according to the Insurance Council of Australia, with claims from New South Wales set to increase in coming days.
