-
- July 1 2025
GIC Re hands Asta its Lloyd’s syndicate’s managing agency services
The agreement with the Davies-backed managing agency relates to the open and prior years of the Indian reinsurer's GIC syndicate 1947.
-
- July 1 2025
APAC 1.7 renewals see ‘significantly more reinsurance capacity than demand’: Gallagher Re
Loss-free cat programs in Australia and New Zealand saw 5-12.5% risk adjusted reductions, while loss-free risk programs saw rates down 2.5-10%.
-
- July 1 2025
BMS Australia snaps up Corporate and Commercial Insurance Brokers
Queensland-based broker specialises in risk management advice and insurance broking services to large, privately owned organisations.
-
- July 1 2025
Allianz Commercial names Alex Shi as regional head of liability
Shi joins from Allianz Insurance Singapore, where he was the chief underwriting officer.
-
- July 1 2025
Record capital, increased reinsurer appetite drive rate reductions at July 1: Aon
In Australia and New Zealand, property cat XoL renewals see up to low double-digit risk-adjusted reductions.
-
- June 28 2025
Full capacity: Rising threat of political polarisation
In the latest issue of the Full Capacity newsletter, we discuss our exclusives on regional people moves, FWD IPO and trends in the regional fine art and specie market.
-
- June 26 2025
Markel continues APAC build out with dedicated casualty underwriter in Singapore
Lloyd's carrier hires Allied World's Collin Sim, who previously spent 17 years at Gen Re.
-
- June 25 2025
Tokio Marine seeks ‘geographic diversity’, eyes US P&C expansion amid global acquisition push: report
New CEO Masahiro Koike says 'if there are good opportunities, we want to grab them'.
-
- June 24 2025
Hong Kong’s Nova announces senior leadership changes as MD Patrick Chan retires
Rebecca Au will take over as managing director, while Conrad Wong and Joseph Lee have been named chief commercial officers.
-
- June 24 2025
Allianz’s capital reduction plan stymied Income deal, says MAS
Singapore government struggled to reconcile the proposal with Income's representations when it carried over US$1.5bn in surplus during corporatisation.
-
- June 24 2025
Warburg Pincus in talks to divest 10% stake in India’s SBI General: report
Private equity firm is in discussions with other shareholders Premji Invest and State Bank of India for a deal that could value the general insurer at US$4.5bn.
-
- June 23 2025
Price Forbes appoints Suvimol Sathanart as Asia property chief
Singapore-based Sathanart, who joins from Direct Asia, will report to chief broking officer Julian Coates.
-
- June 23 2025
Samsung Re takes Gallagher Re’s Sie Liang Lau as head of cyber and casualty
Singapore-based Lau will lead build out of the reinsurer's portfolios across APAC and MENA, while supporting Samsung Fire & Marine's global cyber insurance ambitions.
-
- June 21 2025
Full capacity: Marine markets grapple with regional instability
In the latest issue of the Full Capacity newsletter, we discuss our exclusives on Marsh hires in Japan and Zurich's new underwriter, 1.7 renewals, aviation rates.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
