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- September 11 2025
Cargo market urged to focus with entire landscape under threat as US tariffs ‘make everybody nervous’
Cargo committee chair Mike Brews delivered the warning on the final day of the International Union of Marine Insurance’s (IUMI) annual conference in Singapore.
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- September 9 2025
Marine insurers warned of never-before-seen challenge, geopolitics changing landscape overnight as IUMI opens in Singapore
International Union of Marine Insurance’s (IUMI) annual conference kicked off on Monday in Singapore, with president Frédéric Denèfle and Singapore's minister of state for transport Baey Yam Keng addressing delegates.
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- September 5 2025
Lloyd’s looks to drive regional penetration, but conditions have to be right: Patrick Tiernan
CEO says the markets should recognise the need for flexibility, which requires collaboration with governments and regulators to establish systems that boost insurance penetration.
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- September 4 2025
Reinsurers feel the force of nat cat threat as pricing ‘passes its peak’ ahead of RVS
Fitch and Moody’s downgrade their outlooks ahead of the start of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.
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- August 26 2025
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: as enhanced EV risks rise, insurers urged to find ‘viable solutions’ with demand set to grow
Marine insurers are growing increasingly concerned over the risk posed by the transportation of electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries.
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- August 18 2025
Rising risks redefine marine insurer-clients relationships: IUMI’s Lars Lange
As the industry body prepares to host their annual conference in Singapore, sanctions and geopolitical risks continue to dominate concerns for carriers.
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- August 15 2025
Insurer warns of jumbo problems amid bulk cargo concerns at Asian ports
Ian Barr, chief claims officer at The London P&I Club, addresses the issue of flexible intermediate bulk containers, with particular problems noted in loading at some Chinese ports.
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- August 12 2025
With a US$3bn market on the horizon, a hydrogen-powered future creates ‘far-reaching’ implications for insurers
Product lines such as energy, natural resources, and liability are likely to see the biggest impact from hydrogen risks over the next five to 10 years, followed by property and marine, industry insiders tell InsuranceAsia News.
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- August 6 2025
Red Sea ‘hot topic’ creates opportunities for insurers, with capacity not a major problem despite Houthi escalation
Hannah Chua, legal director in Clyde & Co’s energy, marine, and natural resources team in Singapore, says the market has learned lessons from the past.
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- July 17 2025
Asian clients, suppliers facing choppy waters with cargo market braced to navigate intensifying geopolitical risks
Markel's Brook Styles and Wanshi Lin discuss the impact of the conflicts in the Middle East, plus the Russia–Ukraine war and the US tariff regime.
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- July 7 2025
New Australian MGA says collaboration key for D&O risks ‘no one else will touch’
Collaboration Underwriting, headed by Alistair Sandilands, will target hard-to-place and broader D&O risks.
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- July 3 2025
Regional risk concerns for ‘fourth utility’ as data centres seek answers to perils threat
Threat of cyber attack or system failure has been a focus for risk management systems, but physical risks, such as natural disasters, power failures and physical security risks, are often less understood.
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- July 1 2025
Nuclear fusion is the next frontier for insurers, but collaboration essential amid sustainable energy push
China, alongside the UK, US, and Germany, are the leading nations in the global drive to create fusion power.
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- June 24 2025
In unique Asia, underwriters look to stay dialed amid ‘unprecedented wave’ of cyber attacks
A surge in cyberattacks is likely behind a 14% rise in large cyber claims in Asia during the first half of last year, with a new report shining a light on attacks on the financial services sector.
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- June 16 2025
Asian and financial risks, cyber, silos on the agenda as insurers, risk managers face complex challenges
Geopolitical risks were at the heart of the agenda at the 2025 Airmic Conference in Liverpool, where risk managers from the UK, Ireland, and Europe gathered last week.
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- June 5 2025
With ‘no natural home’ for emerging risks, Gallagher seeks to offer sanctuary amid new energy transition
Broker’s head of energy transition, Ian Picton, says there are 12 different segments and various client topics around the risks faced amid the transition to new areas of energy.
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- May 30 2025
Even as Trump’s tariffs are halted by US court ruling, trade credit insurers had avoided a ‘knee-jerk reaction’
Ian Leslie, managing director and UK head of trade credit at Marsh Specialty, says insurers had been taking a wait-and-see approach even before a federal court dealt a major blow to the new US administration.
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- May 28 2025
With Australia, India and China inundated by record floods, voices swell to rewrite the nat cat lexicon
Floods in Australia have been widely described as a one-in-500-year event, but such categorisations are now being seen as harmful to the insurance industry.
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- May 22 2025
Clear resilience playbook, new DNA needed as climate challenge grows: Marsh’s Beverley Adams
Head of climate and catastrophe resilience tells InsuranceAsia News that as businesses, including in Asia Pacific, transition to a low-carbon future, insurers are increasingly being asked to play a part in the finance and risk management of projects.
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- May 19 2025
Blunt warning for Lloyd’s syndicates from incoming CEO, market urged to avoid ‘travesty’
With 15 Asian service companies in Singapore, Patrick Tiernan urges self-diagnose amid a fragile market, while CUO Rachel Turk warns of a 'critical junction'.
