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- August 8 2023
P&I player Hydor acquires EF Marine to create specialist MGA
The combined companies will control US$40m of GWP and operate from Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Oslo, Hamburg and Rotterdam.
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- August 7 2023
Exclusive: Euclid Transactional targets Asia launch
The M&A-focused New York-headquartered specialty MGA is set to open a Singapore office by Q1 2024.
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- August 4 2023
Qin Lu becomes Aon’s Greater China CEO
He was most recently Greater China chief executive at Aon Reinsurance Solutions and head of commercial risk solutions, China.
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- August 2 2023
Chubb reshuffles senior Asia Pacific P&C leadership
Chris Gough is leading P&C lines in Asia and Hayden Baker has taken over Gough's role as head of P&C for Australia & New Zealand.
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- August 1 2023
Axa XL bolsters north Asia marine team with two senior promotions
Shirley Kwok has been promoted to head of marine cargo, North Asia, with Gary Tin elevated to senior underwriter.
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- July 31 2023
WTW appoints Anthony Wong as director, large accounts, corporate risk and broking Asia
Wong will relocate to Singapore to work with the broker's strategic clients and develop large and complex accounts capability in the region.
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- July 24 2023
IFRS 17 brings mixed results for APAC carriers
While the new standard seems to have improved insurance results, impacts of external factors like interest rates have brought a greater need to explain the numbers to investors.
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- July 18 2023
Allianz Trade appoints Chris Markesteijn as APAC head of surety and guarantees
Markesteijn, who is relocating to Singapore, will replace Christopher Shortell who will move to the role of surety services director at Allianz Trade Americas.
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- July 17 2023
Exclusive: Ryan Specialty set for Asia foray with M&A unit
The MGA, Ryan Transactional Risk, has hired an AIG exec to lead the Singapore office, which will write business from across Asia Pacific.
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- July 12 2023
Zurich hires APAC head of strategy
Nitya Bhutani joins from consultancy Bain in Singapore.
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- July 11 2023
Meritz Korindo’s rating affirmed by Fitch despite low retention ratio
The rating agency has affirmed the Indonesian carrier's A+ rating and says there is sufficient capitalisation to offset the company's volatile underwriting performance.
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- July 10 2023
Axa XL expands Asia cyber team with Hong Kong cyber underwriter
Alejandro Vigil-Escalera has relocated from the (re)insurer's Madrid office to Hong Kong.
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- July 6 2023
New capacity, fewer deals dampen Asia Pacific W&I market
With rates softening due to increased competition and a slow M&A market, underwriters are offering broader coverage and showing more appetite for risk.
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- July 5 2023
West P&I Club makes six promotions in Asia Pacific
The club has named Singapore-based Eugene Cheng as senior claims manager, Pearl Chan as senior claims handler in Hong Kong, along with four others elevated in the claims and underwriting teams.
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- July 4 2023
Markel takes Swiss Re’s Kevin Leung as Asia Pacific CUO
Leung will lead the regional underwriting strategy from Singapore, reporting to Christian Stobbs, the syndicate's APAC managing director.
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- July 4 2023
Australia sees 25% rate hikes, higher retention levels at 1.7 renewals
Although the market has had more capacity coming in from cyclone reinsurance pool, the uncertainty in the lower layers has led to higher retention and increased attachment return periods.
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- July 3 2023
Generali promotes Blake Sowerby to head of special projects, finance – international
Hong Kong-based Sowerby will lead finance projects across Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Latin America for the Italian insurer.
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- July 3 2023
Exclusive: Castel-backed M&A specialist Transact Risk Partners set for Asia launch
The Dutch MGA's Singapore office will be led by senior underwriter Reuben Lee and is likely to start as early as August, IAN can reveal.
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- June 23 2023
Australasia cyber talent pool widens amid more buyers and high limits
Insurers are fast expanding their cyber underwriting teams in the region due to rising vulnerability to cyber-attacks and growing demand.
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- June 21 2023
Fusion Specialty promotes Katherine Simmonds to CEO for international markets
In her new role, Simmonds will be responsible for further developing Fusion’s presence in the UK, APAC and EMEA regions, including M&A, financial lines and other specialist insurance products.
