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- July 23 2024
WTW promotes Steven Torresan to APAC head of M&A practice
Sydney-based Torresan will work closely with Guy Miller and Andrew Stubbings, who will assume joint responsibility to co-head the M&A Australasia business in WTW’s financial & executive risks team.
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- July 23 2024
Tokio Marine, Sompo receive FSA’s report orders on customer data leak
In their responses to the regulator's requests, the carriers have promised to continue to investigate the information leak, determine the root cause, and take thorough measures to prevent recurrence.
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- July 22 2024
GSA ropes in Suncorp’s Christina Ludovice as head of claims
Sydney-based Ludovice will bring strategic support to the broker's claims team with a focus on negotiating expedited claims outcomes for the clients.
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- July 22 2024
BI claims in focus as carriers assess losses amid global tech outage
The event could impact other lines beyond cyber including tech errors and omissions, D&O, and insurers may see liability and supply chain disruption claims.
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- July 19 2024
Global tech outage could see claims snowball but insurers ‘wait-and-watch’
The impact on the industry will depend on the “waiting period” , however, there could be long-term BI and other complex claims.
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- July 18 2024
Specialty MGA Qubit ropes in Arbol’s Peter Xia as chief actuary, reinsurance
New Jersey-based Xia joins from parametric and climate specialist Arbol where he was chief pricing actuary.
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- July 17 2024
Mitsui Sumitomo-backed Haven Underwriting launches in Australia
Sydney-based MGA, founded by Barnaby Williams, will offer industrial special risk property cover.
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- July 16 2024
AUB targets New Zealand expansion through equity partnership with Northco
Northco’s management will retain a significant shareholding "to continue to adopt an entrepreneurial focus for the business".
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- July 15 2024
Trade credit insurers expect ‘harder’ market as insolvencies return to pre-Covid highs
A 'buyer’s market' prevails as claims have yet to exceed pre-pandemic levels. But rising geopolitical and trade tensions have boosted intra-Asia trade and insurance demand, with some carriers expanding investments in the region.
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- July 12 2024
Berkley Insurance Asia promotes Hank Yeo to financial lines senior underwriter
Singapore-based Yeo has been with the insurer since 2020, focusing on directors and officers liability, professional liability, and investment management insurance.
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- July 12 2024
Asia Pacific reinsurance market finds a new equilibrium
While the market is ‘finely balanced’ for now, its sustainability will depend on the loss activity in the remaining six months of 2024, according to reinsurance experts and analysts.
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- July 10 2024
Aon promotes Marguerita Silitonga to Indonesia president director of reinsurance solutions
Jakarta-based Silitonga will be responsible for driving growth and managing all operations in the country. She reports to Musa Adlan, executive director and head of Aon's Reinsurance Solutions in South-East Asia.
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- July 9 2024
Mapfre Re promotes Alberto Estévez Allegue to Tokyo chief representative officer
Estévez Allegue, who has been with the reinsurer for over 12 years, was most recently project development expert director at the carrier's APAC regional management based in Madrid.
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- July 8 2024
Tokio Marine Kiln taps Zurich’s Yang Yixiang as head of Asia Pacific A&H
The appointment is aligned with the specialty insurer's strategy of doubling its premiums written in the region through its Lloyd’s Asia platform by 2027.
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- July 8 2024
Australian MGA Artisan Underwriting partners with Liberty Specialty Markets on finpro cover
The MGA, set to launch in August, has signed a three-year binding agreement with the specialty insurer to provide financial lines cover for start-ups and SMEs.
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- July 5 2024
Pickup in India M&A deals set to trim insurance rates: Gallagher
As more carriers and managing general agents enter the market, rates are falling from over 3% to 1%-2.5%, with further reductions and wider coverage expected over the next 12 months, the broker said in its new report.
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- July 4 2024
Miller bolsters APAC treaty team with Mandy Phan joining from Guy Carpenter
Based in Singapore, Phan will join the team as a treaty broker.
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- July 4 2024
Hong Kong’s new RBC regime could trigger more industry consolidation: S&P Global
The higher compliance costs, coupled with earning swings due to market volatility, could lead to an increase in M&A in the sector and force some insurers to raise more capital, said S&P Global Ratings.
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- July 4 2024
Australia and New Zealand mid-year renewals see return to stable market: Aon
Reinsurance buyers were seeing ample capacity and flatter pricing, with many experiencing low-single digits reduction, according to the broker's latest reinsurance market dynamics report.
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- July 3 2024
Aon names Peter Cheesman as APAC head of analytics for risk capital
Cheesman's new expanded role will make him responsible for analytics for the region's commercial risk across both the insurance and reinsurance sectors in Asia Pacific.
