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- February 24 2025
WTW hands Joule-Tobias Howard new role as lead fac broker in Asia
He has been with the broker for almost eight and a half years, and was most recently head of pacific property for Asia.
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- February 24 2025
Auto-fac market ‘not yet at scale for treaty purchase’, but ‘not dumping ground for bad risks’
Facility is emerging as a vital instrument to place risks that do not fit into existing treaties, Gallagher Re, Markel and Swiss Re say.
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- February 24 2025
Evergreen Partners takes minority stake in New Zealand’s Delta International
Amy Ellis, director at Auckland-based private equity firm Evergreen Partners, will also join the MGA's board in a non-executive capacity.
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- February 23 2025
AUB Group enters into equity partnership with New Zealand’s OFS Insurance Brokers
'Strategic acquisition aligns with AUB’s commitment to expanding its footprint in New Zealand', AUB said in a LinkedIn update.
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- February 21 2025
Gallagher Re, Aon, QBE, Howden Re: 10 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Tokio Marine Holdings, Markel, Allied World, Labuan Re, Chubb Malaysia, Austbrokers Corporate, Global Asia Insurance Partnership and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- February 21 2025
Australia’s US$8.9bn terrorism reinsurance pool finalises 2025 retrocession program
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) chief executive Christopher Wallace says it was important to maintain the pool's strong position in the global terrorism reinsurance market.
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- February 21 2025
New Zealand’s Otago flood insured losses hit US$19.4m, top 2015 floods
Insurance Council of New Zealand data shows 1,920 private insurance claims were made following the deluge which hit at the start of October.
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- February 20 2025
Advocacy group labels ICA’s response to general insurance code review as ‘superficial’
Analysis from the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby critiques the Insurance Council of Australia's initial response review.
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- February 20 2025
Chubb Malaysia appoints ex-Olympian Danil Bugakov as P&C head
Bugakov, who represented Uzbekistan at the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games, joins having spent over 11 and a half years with Hannover Re.
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- February 20 2025
Austbrokers Corporate promotes Phillip Agah to head of broking
Agah had joined the AUB Group subsidiary in 2023 as national practice group manager for financial lines.
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- February 20 2025
Markel names Alicia Leong head of marine liabilities in Singapore
She joins from Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets, Syndicate, where she spent close to 10 years as a marine liability underwriter.
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- February 19 2025
Howden Re taps Axa’s Emily Lo for Asia head of analytics role
Lo was general insurance pricing and product development director at Axa Hong Kong and Macau, having joined the company over eight and a half years ago from Swiss Re.
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- February 18 2025
Labuan Re names Zaid Aziz Ibrahim new CEO
Malaysian reinsurer also appoints Melissa Karim as acting head of underwriting.
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- February 18 2025
Australia’s insurance stocks fail to recover as opposition leader puts ‘sector on notice’
Opposition leader Peter Dutton followed up on his threat to break up insurers, which had led stocks to tumble on Monday.
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- February 18 2025
Swiss Re CorSo adds Aristya Wu as underwriter to APAC trade finance, working capital solutions team
Singapore-based Wu joins from Allianz Trade having also worked for Liberty Specialty Markets, Aon and AIA.
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- February 18 2025
Allied World appoints Hafiz Zakaria as APAC marine underwriter
Singapore-based Zakaria joins the carrier having spent over nine and a half years as an underwriter with AIG.
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- February 18 2025
Aon appoints Jennifer Richards as Asia Pacific CEO
Richards will take up the role vacated by Anne Corona and will relocate from Australia to Singapore in the coming months.
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- February 17 2025
Australian opposition leader threatens to break up insurers found to be overcharging
Peter Dutton tells Sky News the insurance sector needs more competition to make sure customers are 'not being ripped'.
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- February 14 2025
Lockton, Liberty, Hannover Re, Allianz Commercial, WTW: 8 APAC insurance people moves of the week
MS Amlin, Howden, Tokio Marine Kiln, Market Lane Insurance Group, Pen Underwriting and Marsh also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- February 13 2025
Cyclone Zelia set to hit Australian iron ore hub, 500mm rainfall expected
The category 4 storm, which is tracking towards Western Australia's Pilbara coast, has been declared a cyclone event by the ARPC.
