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- July 30 2025
Rising losses in benign cat year point to ‘background noise’ of climate change: Munich Re’s Tobias Grimm
APAC events highlight unpredictability of catastrophes, resulting in unprecedented amounts of rainfall, storms, wildfires and earthquakes in areas that have never experienced them, says the reinsurer's top climate expert.
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- July 29 2025
APAC H1 insured losses hit US$4.4bn, global claims top US$80bn: Munich Re
Earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in Australia, as well January quake events in China and Taiwan. were the major loss drivers in Asia Pacific.
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- July 29 2025
Critical mass achieved, MS Amlin focused on APAC consolidation after robust growth: CEO William Ho
He also tells InsuranceAsia News about the regional strategy for the Lloyd's carrier in light of changing market conditions, ANZ expansion and the future of its ILS platform, Phoenix Re.
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- July 28 2025
Marsh to acquire Mitsubishi Electric’s in-house insurance agency in Japan
Shares of Mitsubishi Electric Insurance Service will be transferred to the global broker in November.
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- July 28 2025
Aon’s John Morley joins Swiss crypto carrier 1B as CEO
Insurer plans to establish offices in Asia, including in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
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- July 26 2025
Full capacity: APAC rates dive – a call for caution?
This week's newsletter discusses the impact of rate reduction in the region, Allianz's re-entry into the Indian market, APAC construction inurance market new Lloyd's cyber consortium in Singapore, Consilium's regional foray, and IRDAI's new chairman.
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- July 24 2025
India appoints former finance secretary Ajay Seth as IRDAI chairman
The all-important regulatory post has been lying vacant for over four months, after the tenure of the previous chairman Debasish Panda ended in March.
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- July 24 2025
Specialty broker Consilium opens Singapore office, appoints Descartes’ Rob Drysdale as CEO
Cedent fac specilaist will initially focus on property, power and energy in the region.
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- July 24 2025
MS Amlin names Christiern Dart as CEO, Andrew Carrier moves to Mitsui Sumitomo group role
Dart, who joins from Brit, will start in January, with incumbent Carrier joining MSI as executive officer.
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- July 23 2025
Munich Re CEO Joachim Wenning to retire, succeeded by CFO Christoph Jurecka
Wenning, who has been leading the reinsurer from 2017, will step down at the end of the year.
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- July 23 2025
Chubb’s Asia P&C premiums grows 7.5% to US$2.5bn in H1 FY25
The Japanese general insurance arm of the global insurer increased its NWP by 7% year-on-year to US$201m in FY24.
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- July 23 2025
Tower discontinues multi-policy discounts as efforts to fix errors falls short
Kiwi insurer says it had made significant investments to upgrade its systems and processes following regulatory action.
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- July 23 2025
Allianz Commercial India branch will transfer to new Jio JV as fac desk
Treaty operations will be managed by Allianz Reinsurance, the company told InsuranceAsia News.
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- July 23 2025
Zurich takes Swiss Re’s Michael Szwajda as Singapore broker relationship lead
He will focus on deepening broker and customer relationships and driving growth for the insurer's commercial insurance portfolio, including Zurich Resilience Solutions opportunities.
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- July 23 2025
Inflation, nat cats weigh on APAC construction, sparking underinsurance as regional infrastructure opportunities build
Insurers are enhancing risk modelling capabilities to keep pace with the rising frequency, while innovating on products to serve the evolving market.
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- July 21 2025
Vietnamese (re)insurers brace for Typhoon Wipha, Hong Kong facing US$255m bill
Heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected across northern Vietnam, posing risks of flooding and damage, particularly in coastal areas.
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- July 19 2025
Full capacity: Could APAC be the next battleground for broker consolidation?
Private equity drivers broker consolidation as APAC emerges as the next growth hotspot.
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- July 18 2025
Tonga renews US$17m multi-peril cover with PCRIC
Renewed policy is expected to provide coverage for tropical cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, and droughts, and will have a US$1m premium contribution from the Tongan government.
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- July 16 2025
Aon promotes APAC veteran George Attard to global head of strategy for reinsurance in senior leadership rejig
Broker also announced appointments of Alfonso Valera as CEO of international for reinsurance, responsible for UK, EMEA and APAC, and Tomas Novotny as chairman of international for reinsurance.
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- July 16 2025
Global insured losses in H1 expected to reach US$100bn: Aon
Myanmar earthquake was the biggest uninsured loss, as insurers covered less than US$100m from the total economic damage of US$12bn.
