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- October 4 2024
Gallagher India taps ex-Aon veteran Ajit Singh Horra as MD, names four division heads
Horra joined from Aon Global Insurance Brokers where he was senior executive vice president. It also named Puneet Gehani as chief business officer, Dev Bhutani as head-strategy & client management, Saurabh Gupta as head-North region and promoted Hari Kamath to CFO.
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- October 3 2024
WTW reshuffles Philippines leadership with Aon hire
The broker has appointed Gerald Dolina as head of Philippines & head of corporate risk & broking, and promoted the incumbent, James Matti, to managing director, health, wealth and career.
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- October 3 2024
Chubb powers up ANZ energy & technical lines with HDI’s Jane Ravi
Sydney-based Ravi is responsible for leading the company's portfolio in her new role as manager for the Australia and New Zealand energy and technical lines business.
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- October 2 2024
HDI Global risk consulting arm announces two senior promotions in Australia
Jamie Haider has been promoted to risk engineering manager, Australasia, effective October 1 and Philipp Glanz will step up to the role of managing director for the global HDI risk consulting group.
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- September 30 2024
ARPC to raise premium rates for cyclone reinsurance pool
The 2024 pricing review of the cyclone pool premium rates targets the introduction of premium discounts for strata properties and maintaining the price algorithm to rate for new addresses registered since the previous review and address insurer feedback to make the pricing algorithm more consistent with market practise.
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- September 30 2024
Dual New Zealand promotes Richard Robinson to head of motor
Auckland-based Robinson has worked at the Howden-owned MGA for three years and was senior property underwriter before the latest appointment.
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- September 30 2024
Seadrif targets Asean expansion as it ramps up advocacy to tackle bottlenecks
While it has achieved success in Laos, a significant protection gap persists in the region, highlighting the need for improved data management and government support for effective disaster risk solutions, chairman Yoshihiro Kawai tells IAN.
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- September 30 2024
Japan P&I Club announces major leadership reshuffle
Riki Yamamoto, Kyoko Sakamoto, Yoji Tanaka and Shigeru Yamada are all part of the organisational reshuffle following the split of the Tokyo underwriting department into Tokyo underwriting department I and Tokyo underwriting department II.
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- September 27 2024
Sompo Japan sustains strong operating performance: AM Best
The insurer has demonstrated strong operating performance, reflected in consistent growth in premium income and a five-year average return-on-equity ratio of 8.9% for the fiscal years 2019 to 2023.
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- September 27 2024
Q&A: Sustainability considerations a key theme for Asean carriers, says Malaysian Re’s Azhari
The Malaysian reinsurer’s president and CEO Ahmad Noor Azhari lays out the regional insurance landscape and charts the carrier’s strategic ambitions in an exclusive chat with IAN.
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- September 26 2024
Lockton names new Singapore CEO as Frederic Boles steps up to a regional role
Deven Lim has been promoted to chief executive effective October 1 as the Boles will transition into the role of regional head of professional and financial risks and credit for Asia.
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- September 26 2024
Insurers need a multipronged approach to carbon transition: Zurich’s Hui
Beyond underwriting and investment initiatives, insurers can serve as advocates for climate action, leveraging their expertise to influence public discourse on sustainability, says Zurich HK chief executive Eric Hui.
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- September 26 2024
Generali GC&C bolsters Asia leadership with AIG and Lloyd’s hires
The insurer as appointed Winnie Chu from AIG as head of financial lines underwriting and Joshua Lynch from Lloyd's as head of business development.
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- September 25 2024
WTW appoints Sao Mai Nguyen as associate director for cargo, Asia
Nguyen will join the regional Asia cargo team within WTW's global marine business, according to an announcement by Oliver Scarr, head of cargo for Asia.
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- September 25 2024
Typhoon Yagi triggers Seadrif parametric pay out in Laos
The Asean risk pool initiatied the US$750,000 payout on September 20, which was five days after the peak of the flooding in the country's capital Vientiane.
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- September 24 2024
MIC Global partners with GIC Re to expand digital reinsurance in India
The latest partnership builds on an earlier collaboration with P&C carrier, The New India Assurance, as the micro insurer is ready to expand its solutions to more carriers in the country.
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- September 23 2024
Allianz Commercial India hires Shweta Gadia to boost financial lines and cyber offering
Mumbai-based Shweta will report directly to the India CEO CB Murali with matrix reporting to Jenny Wilhelm, Asia head of financial lines, cyber and distribution for the carrier.
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- September 23 2024
Korea’s Wise Insurance appoints Yubeom Kim as reinsurance team director
Before joining Wise, Seoul-based Kim worked at HIS Insurance for over seven years where he was most recently director.
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- September 23 2024
Starr’s Rachel Miao joins Aon as Asia director, marine, cargo & logistics
For her new role, Miao, who was most recently head of marine for China at Starr Insurance, will relocate to Hong Kong from Shanghai.
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- September 20 2024
NZ fire levy increase revised downwards amid funding review
The levy hiked to 12.8% in July and Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) was set for an additional 5.2% increase to 2029. However, the government has revised the percentage to 2.2%.
