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- April 14 2025
Munich Re elevates Tim Tse to head of fac, corporate for Southeast Asia
He has been working at the reinsurer for 10 months, most recently as a senior engineering underwriter.
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- April 8 2025
APAC cyber premiums to top US$3bn by 2030: Munich Re
Reinsurer expects global market to more than double to US$32.4bn in the next five years, making it one of the most rapidly growing insurance sub-sectors.
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- February 24 2025
Munich Re names Hanh Nguyen head of treaty P&C underwriting for Southeast Asia, India
Nguyen has been deputy head since July, and will succeed Joachim Zagrosek on March 1.
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- January 26 2025
Ergo Thailand appoints AIG’s Isorasak Thesratanavong as CEO
He succeeds Till Boehmer, who will take over the newly created position as deputy CEO within Ergo Thailand.
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- January 9 2025
Munich Re Specialty Asia strengthens team with 2 senior hires
Appoints Hong Kong-based Bernadette Hung as fine arts and specie underwriter and Singapore-based Bee Tin Goh as cargo underwriter.
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- January 9 2025
2024 third costliest year on record with US$140bn insured losses: Munich Re
Japan earthquake, Typhoon Yagi and China floods were the largest events in Asia, aggregating to US$4.5bn in insured losses.
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- January 9 2025
Munich Re to hand Beijing branch reins to Adrian Goh, Steven Chang set to retire
Goh's appointment will be effective from April 1, with Chang to retire at the end of March.
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- December 2 2024
Yagi third costliest typhoon in Asia with US$1bn insured loss: Munich Re
Early estimates of the overall losses from the typhoon season are thought to be around US$22bn, with insured losses of US$2bn, the reinsurer said.
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- November 4 2024
Upcoming renewals should ‘maintain balance’: Munich Re
Hit by cat events, South-East Asian renewals will likely be stable to hard, says Hitesh Kotak.
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- October 14 2024
Secondary perils are the risk of the future: Munich Re’s Serene Chan
The reinsurer’s new Greater China P&C head discusses pricing trends, shift to non-proportional, cyber appetite and need for model robustness.
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- August 20 2024
Renewables fuel Munich Re Specialty Asia syndicate’s regional diversification strategy
Following the rebranding of all primary specialty insurance entities under one brand, Munich Re's APAC underwriting hub in Singapore is diversifying away from its traditional focus on marine and energy and also expanding into cyber, political risks, financial lines.
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- August 7 2024
Munich Re, SBI General Insurance to lead Indian state’s parametric rainfall cover
The Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority has appointed the two as the lead reinsurer and insurer to enhance the North-Eastern Indian state's resilience against excess rainfall.
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- August 1 2024
Munich Re’s Ajeet Phatak takes over as CEO for Korea
Phatak, who was previously head of client management for Munich Re Japan, was appointed in the new role following a wider regional leadership reshuffle earlier this year.
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- July 31 2024
APAC and Africa account for 33% of US$120bn global nat cat losses: Munich Re
The costliest natural disaster in the first half of the year is the Noto earthquake in Japan that amounted to an estimated US$10bn in losses.
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- July 17 2024
Munich Re elevates Thibault Imbert as principal for digital solutions P&C
He will support Munich Re's clients on their primary insurance challenges and ambition and report to Weihao Choo, head of consulting.
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- July 16 2024
Munich Re promotes Chris Baker to APAC cyber practice lead
Singapore-based Baker takes over the role from Serene Chan, who will head the carrier's P&C reinsurance business in Greater China.
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- July 16 2024
Munich Re’s Serene Chan takes charge as head of P&C reinsurance for Greater China
Chan, who was previously regional head of cyber for Asia Pacific with the reinsurer, was appointed in the new role following a wider regional leadership reshuffle earlier this year.
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- July 2 2024
Koo Kang Wuu joins Munich Re Syndicate Labuan as managing director
With a background in direct and facultative (re)insurance, Koo will be responsible for driving specialty insurance growth in Malaysia.
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- May 21 2024
Munich Re Singapore expands property team with Chubb hire
Adi Salleh, who joins as senior underwriter, has over 13 years of experience and worked across Malaysia, Korea, and Singapore.
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- April 18 2024
Munich Re names Hitesh Kotak and Roland Eckls as regional CEOs in major leadership reshuffle
The move will see new chief executives take charge in Japan, Korea, India and P&C heads for South-East Asia, Greater China.,
