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- November 3 2025
The Hartford ropes in financial lines specialist Chiaw Lean from Axa XL
He brings more than 20 years of experience spanning risk consulting and financial lines underwriting in the general insurance industry.
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- November 3 2025
Product initiatives, market positioning and investments driving Labuan Re’s growth: AM Best
Rating agency affirmes the company’s A- (excellent) rating with a stable outlook, driven by its very strong balance sheet, adequate operating performance, and a neutral business profile.
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- November 3 2025
Growth prospects intact for KB Insurance despite medical, motor lines pressures: AM Best
Rating agency affirmes KBI’s rating of A (excellent) with a stable outlook.
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- November 3 2025
Gallagher Re launches cyber reinsurance framework to bridge Asia Pacific capacity gap
Coinciding with the opening of the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference (SIRC), the framework is designed to connect cyber capacity with regional needs across market segments.
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- November 2 2025
NEVs, emerging business lines to drive growth for Chinese insurers amid economic slowdown: AM Best
Rating agency maintains its stable outlook on China’s non-life insurance segment, citing resilient premium growth supported by regulatory initiatives, product diversification, and expansion into new sectors.
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- November 2 2025
Taiwan’s new solvency regime seen posing limited risk to insurers: AM Best
Non-life insurance segment maintains its stable outlook driven by healthy operating profitability in 2024 and regulatory initiatives that support improvements in underwriting.
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- October 30 2025
Sompo Asia Pacific appoints Leo Jun Liu as chief consumer officer for China
Liu, who joins from AIG, will lead Sompo China’s consumer lines strategy and operating model to drive scale, profitability and sustainable growth.
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- October 30 2025
UIB Asia Reinsurance Brokers names Serene Chiam as treaty, retro director
She brings more than two decades of experience in the insurance and reinsurance sector.
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- October 29 2025
Kiwi P&I specialist Maritime Mutual accused of providing coverage to sanctioned oil: reports
Carrier denies breach amidst investigations over allegation of facilitating tens of billions of dollars of Iranian and Russian energy products since sanctions.
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- October 28 2025
JBA to open India office amid rising demand for flood risk data
The flood modelling specialist's new unit, JBA Risk Management India, will be based in Bangalore and led by managing director Mansi Kalra, who will relocate from Singapore.
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- October 27 2025
Axa Tianping P&C handed rating upgrade as portfolio rejig, parent support strengthen performance
S&P Global raised Axa Tianping’s financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings to ‘A’ from ‘A-’, with a stable outlook.
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- October 27 2025
India’s GIC Re appoints Hitesh Joshi as interim chairman and managing director
The appointment, which is for three months, comes after the retirement of Ramaswamy Narayanan in September.
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- October 27 2025
Hong Kong insurers’ H1 GWP at US$7.5bn, underwriting profit at US$180m: HKIA
The industry reported gross claims of US$3.3bn, while overall operating profit stood at US$840m, the regulator said.
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- October 23 2025
Asia insurance rates fall for seventh straight quarter: Marsh
Property, casualty, finpro, and cyber lines all saw rate reductions amid strong insurer competition and evolving risk landscapes, according to Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index.
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- October 23 2025
Pacific insurance rates drop 11% in Q3, led by property: Marsh
Globally, commercial insurance rates continued to soften in Q3 2025, with the Pacific region recording the steepest declines.
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- October 22 2025
Peak Re’s ratings unaffected by ownership changes: AM Best
US insurer Prudential Financial has divested its stake in Peak Re to KKR and Quadrantis Capital.
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- October 21 2025
Nuclear: Insurance sector’s role in the region’s nuclear renaissance
The biggest driver of nuclear expansion in Asia is the massive increase in power demand from data centres, while the real transformation will be driven by small modular reactor technology.
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- October 20 2025
Industry review, new corporate info drive Fitch upgrade for Construction Guarantee
While the rating agency expects CG’s capital strength to remain stable, COR rose to 126% in 2024 from 68% in 2022, driven by higher guarantee claims and additional reserves amid economic strain, high interest rates and rising construction costs.
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- October 17 2025
Dah Sing Insurance eyes medium-term growth through new initiatives: AM Best
The rating agency has upgraded the DSI’s outlook to positive from stable and affirmed its financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” (excellent).
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- October 16 2025
Australia’s cyclone pool delivers 37% premium cut in highest-risk areas: ARPC
Premiums and quote success rates improve across cyclone-prone regions, with SME policies seeing further reductions.
