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- June 14 2025
Full capacity: Aviation insurance market faces perfect storm
In the latest issue of the Full Capacity newsletter, we look at Markel leadership changes, our exclusive on senior moves in the region, the regional medical malpractice market and our weekly round up of people moves.
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- June 13 2025
Air India crash: Tata AIG leads program jointly placed by Gallagher and WTW
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed minutes after take-off from India’s Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon with 242 people on board.
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- June 13 2025
Zurich Cover-More announces new CEO as Asia veteran David Fike prepares to retire
Jeff Rutledge will take over as chief executive of the Sydney-based travel insurer from July 1, while Emily Yoo has been handed an expanded role to lead integration with Travel Guard.
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- June 12 2025
Watershed moment as insurers told to cover jets stranded in Russia
AerCap, which owns 116 of the planes, was awarded US$1bn after the judge ruled that the cause of the loss was 'an act or order of the Russian government' and should be covered by war risks policies.
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- June 12 2025
Competition regulator greenlights Allianz Australia’s RAAI acquisition
ACCC found that other suppliers will continue to compete with, and constrain, a merged Allianz and RAAI after the acquisition.
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- June 11 2025
Kiwi insurer Tower confirms Paul Johnston as CEO
Johnston, who has been interim CEO since February, will start in the new role from Wednesday.
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- June 10 2025
Exclusive: Markel appoints Axa’s Chelsea Jiang as greater China CEO
Jiang was most recently the chief technical and innovation officer for general insurance in greater China at Axa Hong Kong and Macau.
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- June 7 2025
Full capacity: Asset-intensive life reinsurance: setting stage for a regulatory showdown?
In the latest issue of our Full Capacity newsletter, we look at Rokstone's Asia foray, loss adjuster M&A, insights into the Asian broking market, challenges to agri insurance and our weekly round up of people moves.
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- June 6 2025
Tokio Marine at ‘tipping point’ as it prepares to turn the page on its ambitious transformation plan
CEO Satoru Komiya says the group is eyeing growth from its domestic P&C business via a Japanese-style specialty insurance with low and stable CORs, mainly in the SME market.
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- June 5 2025
RGA concludes block reinsurance policies for Tokio Marine’s life arm
Reinsurance of whole life policies with Anshin Life follows a US$700m reinsurance block transaction completed in 2024.
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- June 5 2025
Resolution Life closes US$1bn Hong Kong block reinsurance deal
The first deal for the reinsurer in Hong Kong covers an in-force portfolio of participating whole life and annuity policies.
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- June 5 2025
Specialty MGA Rokstone drops anchor in Singapore with QBE’s Rama Chandran at helm
Backed by a multi-year, US$25m Lloyd’s capacity, the London-based (re)insurer's Asian business is expected to underwrite all marine classes.
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- June 5 2025
Swiss Re CorSo appoints Aimee Curtain as head of property & specialty for ANZ
Curtain takes over from outgoing head Luke Griggs as the commercial insurers continues its regional leadership shakeup.
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- June 4 2025
Bolttech closes US$147m series C fundraise from Sumitomo, Iberis Capital
Japanese trading house also enters JV with the insurtech to deliver embedded insurance programmes.
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- June 2 2025
Canopius boosts APAC casualty, financial lines teams with dual promotions
Brodie English has been promoted as head of casualty for Australia and New Zealand, succeeding Craig Elliot, while Rob Barnum has been named head of financial lines for APAC.
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- May 31 2025
Full capacity: Discipline meets discounts at mid-year renewals
In the latest issue of our Full Capacity newsletter, we look at Swiss Re CorSo leadership shakeup, Gallagher Re's China acquisition, Peak Re's Bermuda expansion and our weekly round up of people moves.
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- May 30 2025
Typhoons predicted to match 30-year average, but more intense hurricane season likely: Munich Re
In Northwest Pacific, an initial study estimates 25 named cyclones, 16 typhoons and nine severe typhoons in the highest 3–5 category in 2025.
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- May 29 2025
Exclusive: Swiss Re CorSo reshuffles APAC leadership as China CEO, Southeast Asia head depart
China CEO Jeffrey Pan will depart by the end of the year, while Singapore-based Didier Bélot will leave the company by the end of August.
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- May 29 2025
Berkley Insurance Asia hires AIG’s Vivian Chow as commercial PI lead
Chow will join the specialty (re)insurer in Hong Kong, as first reported by IAN, and will manage a newly established commercial professional liability practice.
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- May 28 2025
Peak Re expands to North America with Bermuda subsidiary led by Gene Zhang
With a focus on underwriting casualty reinsurance, Peak Re North America 'is a significant step in our group’s global growth strategy', group CEO Franz-Josef Hahn says.
