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- April 12 2023
AIG Asia Pacific hires Cassandra Chua as a senior property underwriter
Based in Singapore, Chua, a former Swiss Re underwriter, specialises in property and casualty risks.
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- April 11 2023
Gallagher appoints Ralph Sherbahn as Asia financial lines leader
Sherbahn, who joins from Zurich, is based in Hong Kong and reports to North Asia CEO Thomas Wang.
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- April 11 2023
Taiwan regulator orders four insurers to raise capital or risk being taken over: report
Fubon, Tokio Marine Newa, Hotai and CTBC must restore their solvency levels by the end of June, or they would be taken over by the Financial Supervisory Commission within 90 days.
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- April 11 2023
AM Best upgrades CMB Wing Lung Insurance over CMI deal closure
The Hong Kong carrier to maintain a robust level of risk-adjusted capitalisation over the short to intermediate term.
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- April 11 2023
Enstar completes US$1.9bn LPT deal with QBE Insurance
The transaction covers a diversified portfolio of business, covering International and North America financial lines, European and North American reinsurance portfolios, and several US discontinued programs.
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- April 11 2023
Charles Taylor ties up with Korean loss adjuster
CTA works with a network of loss adjusting businesses around the world to offer its clients services where it does not have a regional presence.
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- April 10 2023
Nexus completes majority buyout of Spectrum Risk
Spectrum's presence within the MENA and Asia Pacific market fits with Nexus Underwriting's wider portfolio.
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- April 7 2023
Opinion: Indonesia’s 1998 riots and their impact on the (re)insurance market
Peter Phillips, chief client officer South Asia at Marsh, gives his views on how the events shaped political violence and terrorism cover.
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- April 7 2023
InsuranceDekho acquires Indian SME insurance distribution start-up
The insurtech has acquired Mumbai-based peer Verak after recently raising US$150m in a Series A funding round.
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- April 7 2023
Happy Easter from InsuranceAsia News
InsuranceAsia News (IAN) wishes all our readers a happy and healthy holiday period.
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- April 6 2023
Zurich quits climate alliance after Munich Re exit
Zurich says it remains 'fully committed . . . to supporting the net-zero transition'.
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- April 5 2023
Allianz Commercial elevates Phuong Ly to Australia chief general manager
Sydney-based Ly will lead the newly integrated division for the country serving both mid-sized and large businesses.
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- April 5 2023
Australian antitrust regulator questions benefits of Suncorp’s bank divestment
The company said the bank sale to ANZ will allow it to "improve its processes as well as enhances the capacity to attract capital" to support its insurance business.
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- April 4 2023
Easing capacity constraints offer hope for mid-year renewals: Aon
April renewals progressed in an orderly fashion as the reinsurance market has found itself on a more sustainable footing.
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- April 4 2023
Hannover Re names Firdaus Kasman as Korea team lead
Kuala Lumpur-based Kasman will also continue to head the reinsurer's affinity team with responsibility for Asean, South Asia, Korea and Japan.
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- April 4 2023
Allianz Trade makes Singapore B2B e-commerce tie-up in Asia first
The trade credit specialist has agreed to underwrite risks for buy-now-pay-later fintech Bueno.money, the first time it has entered this market in the region.
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- April 4 2023
Target Insurance withdraws review plea against Insurance Authority
The Hong Kong insurer, which has been ordered by the High Court to be wound up, has agreed to pay the regulator's costs of the tribunal proceedings.
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- April 4 2023
Chubb-parent deal to benefit Huatai P&C ratings: Fitch
Huatai P&C ceded about 29% of its premiums written in H12022 through several reinsurance treaties to a portfolio of reinsurers.
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- April 3 2023
QBE Asia names regional manager for claims operational governance
Kuala Lumpur-based Kamiseah Earnewati Wasli has been promoted to the role while Ken Siu to claims technical head for Asia.
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- April 3 2023
AUB and PSC postpone Tysers UK retail JV launch to May 1
The Australian brokers told the stock exchange that the start date has been delayed by a month as the deal finalisation continues.
