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- September 2 2025
India’s Zurich Kotak General Insurance hires Birendra Mohanty as chief business officer
Mohanty, who joins from ICICI Lombard General Insurance, will oversee bancassurance, financial institutions group, SME, institutional and government businesses.
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- September 2 2025
Sompo elevates See Ju Chua to head of capital management for APAC
Chua will lead regional capital strategy and regulatory alignment from Singapore and will report to APAC chief financial officer Takashi Kurumisawa.
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- September 1 2025
China Re’s net profit up 11.4% in H1 FY25 even as P&C reinsurance hit by agri slowdown, overseas losses
P&C reinsurance segment, China Re’s largest unit, posted insurance revenue of CNY22.96 billion, down 2.2%, mainly due to weaker domestic agriculture premiums.
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- August 28 2025
Taiping Re’s profit surges 75% despite flat premiums
China Taiping reported a 12.2% rise H1 FY25 profit led by a sharp rise in reinsurance profitability and improved underwriting margins.
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- August 28 2025
Reinsurers see cost of capital decrease amid structural shifts: AM Best
Sound risk management, strategic use of technology, and a maturing partnership with alternative capital have subdued the cyclical nature of the reinsurance market.
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- August 27 2025
South Korea’s non-life insurers’ H1 FY25 net income tumbles 19%
Drop driven by erosions in insurance income, underscoring pressure from rising claims costs across major lines.
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- August 25 2025
Korea’s Lotte Insurance in regulatory crosshairs: reports
Regulator highlights the PE-backed insurer’s failure to manage liquidity risks, declining K-ICS ratio, poor management performance evaluations and investment performance.
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- August 21 2025
MG Non-Life’s bridge insurer set for launch as labour union agrees to 55% employee retention: report
Yebyeol Non-life, the temporary insurer set up to manage the troubled carrier's insurance contracts, is likely to be launched next month following an agreement with the labour union.
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- August 21 2025
ZhongAn interim profit soars as underwriting gains, COR drops to 95.6%
The Chinese online insurer reported underwriting profit of US$90m, up 109% year-on-year.
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- August 19 2025
Great Eastern shares to resume trading on Singapore bourse on Thursday
Completion of a bonus issue, following OCBC's unsuccessful take-private offer, has increased public shareholding to 11.76% after more than a year of trading suspension.
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- August 19 2025
Philippines’ Q2 insurance penetration hits 1.79% as non-life premiums surge 20%
The Insurance Commission credited the improvement to faster premium growth, with the non-life NWP for the first half of the year reaching US$694m.
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- August 16 2025
Merger of 3 Indonesian reinsurers could hurt local insurers: Fitch
Proposed consolidation of Indonesia Re, Nasional Re and Tugure is intended to streamline the state sector.
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- August 15 2025
DB Insurance profits hit by rising nat cat claims, rate cuts
South Korean insurer's underwriting profit fell sharply in the first half as losses mounted from natural disasters.
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- August 15 2025
Regulatory shifts drag down Lotte Insurance H1 2025 profits
Insurance operating profit for the half stood at KRW21.6 billion, reflecting the direct impact of these regulatory changes in the first quarter.
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- August 11 2025
Howden brings on board Shipowners’ Hari Subramaniam in Asia marine leadership role
Singapore-based Subramaniam has been appointed chief commercial officer for marine, cargo and logistics Asia.
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- August 11 2025
Aon names Murali Raj as complex property claims advocate for Asia
Singapore-based Raj joins from WTW, where he spent more than 13 years in senior claims leadership roles.
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- August 11 2025
State Bank of India mulls listing general insurance arm: reports
State-owned lender is planning to IPO SBI General Insurance and SBI Mutual Fund, chairman says.
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- August 8 2025
QBE H1 profit rises 27% to over US$1bn; COR improves to 92.8%
Australian insurer's GWP in the first half of the year grew 11% to US$13.82bn, buoyant on stronger performance in core segments offsetting the drag from crop and non-core exits.
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- August 8 2025
Gallagher acquires New Zealand’s Insure Taranaki
New Plymouth-based broker, founded in 2016, will trade under the Gallagher brand following the deal.
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- August 4 2025
Aon appoints Mandy Phan as head of production, Asia
Phan, who joins from Miller, will lead production strategy, portfolio management and underwriting engagement across Asia, partnering with the broker's commercial and reinsurance teams.
