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- August 1 2024
Marsh promotes Chris McDermott to Pacific head of specialty
Sydney-based McDermott was most recently Pacific head of private equity and M&A services (PEMA) for the broker.
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- August 1 2024
Munich Re’s Ajeet Phatak takes over as CEO for Korea
Phatak, who was previously head of client management for Munich Re Japan, was appointed in the new role following a wider regional leadership reshuffle earlier this year.
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- July 31 2024
APAC and Africa account for 33% of US$120bn global nat cat losses: Munich Re
The costliest natural disaster in the first half of the year is the Noto earthquake in Japan that amounted to an estimated US$10bn in losses.
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- July 31 2024
Lockton names Sean Solis as Asia chief financial officer
Solis, who was overseas finance managerat the broker, will relocate from London to Singapore for his new role, which he is taking over from Christoph Alsleben.
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- July 31 2024
HDI Global restructures Australian leadership amid Middle East expansion
Karina Rodriguez Diaz and Stevan Bonic takes over from Willem van Wyk and John Morrell, who will head HDI's new office in Dubai.
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- July 30 2024
HDI’s Asean and Australasia regional manager Willem van Wyk to head new Dubai office
The new hub will initially offer engineering, construction and property insurance products with other lines such as liability and marine being written from the insurer's Singapore office.
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- July 30 2024
Delta Underwriting expands into accident and health business with HDI hire
Based in Singapore, Lisa Leow will lead the development of portfolio strategy and growth for accident and health (A&H) complementary to existing business lines.
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- July 30 2024
Ausure acquires Queensland’s Coastsure Insurance Brokers
Coastsure will continue to operate as it has prior to the merger, but with access to more resources and a larger team of insurance broking specialists.
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- July 29 2024
WTW Indonesia appoints Aon’s Kemala Putri Anandyta to head its construction and mining business
In her new role, Anandyta will work closely with the Indonesia team and regional construction and natural resources teams.
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- July 26 2024
Marsh promotes Kane Sim to chief client officer for private equity and M&A, Pacific
In his previous role, Sydney-based Sim worked as the broker's head of transactional risk for the region.
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- July 25 2024
Allianz Commercial taps AIG’s Karlis Trops to head Asia cyber and tech PI
Trops has over 14 years of industry experience specialising in cyber and technology errors and omissions (E&O) insurance underwriting and risk assessments.
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- July 25 2024
BHSI elevates Sharkey, Veanes to D&O managers for Northern and Southern Australia
Before their promotions, Sydney-based Michael Sharkey was underwriting manager for commercial lines while Hayden Veanes was underwriting manager for executive and professional lines.
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- July 25 2024
Price Forbes expands Singapore financial lines team with Gallagher hire
Antonio Calder-Smith will relocate to Singapore from London and work to develop the broker's financial lines presence throughout the Asia Pacific region.
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- July 24 2024
Asia insurance rates decline 3% in Q2 led by finpro and cyber lines: Marsh
Rates drop for the second-straight quarter and widened from the 2% drop recorded in the first quarter. Led by D&O, finpro lines had the highest decline at 9%, while cyber rates declined by 6%.
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- July 24 2024
HDI Global hires Stuart Routledge as New South Wales marine underwriting manager
Sydney-based Routledge joins from RedSky Insurance where he was senior marine underwriter specialising in cargo insurance for over three years.
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- July 24 2024
Criterion secures capacity from Bridgehaven Specialty to target waste management and recycling
The "A" rated capacity enables the MGA to offer "significant line sizes" to the underserved demand for sustainable recycling covers across UK, Australia and New Zealand.
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- July 22 2024
BI claims in focus as carriers assess losses amid global tech outage
The event could impact other lines beyond cyber including tech errors and omissions, D&O, and insurers may see liability and supply chain disruption claims.
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- July 19 2024
Global tech outage could see claims snowball but insurers ‘wait-and-watch’
The impact on the industry will depend on the “waiting period” , however, there could be long-term BI and other complex claims.
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- July 19 2024
Agile appoints Matthew Rowan as group risk and compliance officer
In his new role, Sydney-based Rowan will oversee both the syndicate service company and MGA operations, handle the claims unit and work with broking partners.
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- July 19 2024
Marsh’s Pacific senior leaders Andrew Fluitsma and John Mutton depart
Mutton, who was the MD and head of corporate and commercial, has been on gardening leave since March, while former Honan CEO Fluitsma, who took over the role in March, is understood have left as well, IAN understands.
