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- July 15 2021
Marsh appoints WTW’s Indonesia head as South Asia client chief
Luke Ware will relocate from Jakarta to Singapore as he takes up the new role in Q4.
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- July 15 2021
FM Global makes two senior Asia promotions
Tan Hian Hong and Hamish Ravindran take on new underwriting and client service VP roles.
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- July 15 2021
APAC marine, aviation, transit premiums to hit US$14.5bn by 2025
GlobalData report says several insurers have withdrawn from the market after "years of unsustainable losses".
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- July 14 2021
Zurich promotes Junior Cho to Malaysia country head
The industry veteran is CEO of the insurer's Malaysia GI arm and succeeds Stephen Clark.
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- July 14 2021
Global Atlantic inks US$4.8bn Axa China/HK reinsurance deal
This is the US annuity and life (re)insurance player's first venture in the APAC region.
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- July 13 2021
Asia power & energy insurance renewals stable in Q2: Marsh
The global broker says the renewable energy sector is still “running hot” in the APAC region.
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- July 13 2021
Olympics’ spectator ban to cost reinsurers US$300–400m: Fitch
Reinsurers to pay for ticket and hospitality refunds after a state of emergency was declared in Tokyo.
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- July 12 2021
Beazley appoints APAC healthcare underwriter
Appointment of Prashansa Daga supports the expansion of the specialty player's medical & life sciences offering.
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- July 12 2021
Australia’s second BI test case gets August 30 start date
The case pits Allianz, IAG, Chubb, Guild and Swiss Re against a variety of small businesses.
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- July 9 2021
Sompo International creates APAC global risk team
Trey Martino to lead Singapore-based team targeting China, HK, India, Japan and Macau.
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- July 9 2021
Hong Kong’s trade credit insurer sees claims fall US$64m
The government body posted an underwriting profit of US$3m.
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- July 8 2021
Axa XL appoints Gilles Fromageot as Asia regional manager
The specialty insurer has also promoted Catherine Carlyon to Australia country manger.
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- July 8 2021
PVI Re ‘on track’ despite HDI ownership change
Vietnam reinsurer tells IAN its COR is around 90% after AM Best rating review.
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- July 7 2021
Improving risk management in India
To improve risk management, the first step is to create a risk-intelligent workforce.
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- July 7 2021
Aon/WTW: US judge schedules trial for November
District judge Reggie Walton blamed a backlog of cases from the pandemic.
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- July 6 2021
Axa XL appoints Asia Pacific and Europe casualty CUO
Marine Ress will start on October 1 and will be based in Paris.
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- July 6 2021
GSA Insurance Brokers to acquire Mega Capital
GSA is buying the rival broker's offices in New South Wales and Victoria.
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- July 5 2021
Aon/WTW: New Zealand regulator further delays decision date
The antitrust watchdog has extended the M&A approval deadline for a third time.
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- July 5 2021
BMS hires Aon financial lines veteran in Australia
Andrew McKenzie has been leading Aon's financial services group in the northern region.
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- July 2 2021
Bolttech raises US$180m for growth push
Insurtech operates in HK, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.
