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- April 22 2025
Steve Hutchinson to join Willis as P&C head for Hong Kong, Macau after 4-month Howden stint
Hutchinson, who had joined Howden as chief broking officer in January, will take over from Phil Timms, who will transition to a new role, as IAN first reported.
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- April 22 2025
Willis elevates Trent Williams to head of broking, global construction
Melbourne-based Williams has been head of carrier management for Asia Pacific and head of broking for Pacific at the broker since April last year.
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- April 22 2025
Willis bolsters India aviation, space team
Anant Pawar joins the WTW broking business from Aon India, where he was chief broking officer.
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- April 9 2025
2025 cat losses could cause Asia energy market shift: WTW
Current soft conditions follow a strong year for (re)insurers in the downstream and upstream energy sectors, but elevated cat activity could quickly tighten the market.
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- April 9 2025
WTW elevates Carlos Ortega as cyber leader for Hong Kong, greater China
Ortega, who was earlier lead for Hong Kong, has held senior roles across Asia and Latin America, focusing on financial and cyber insurance.
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- April 8 2025
South Asia flooding reveals risk of erratic monsoon patterns: WTW
Rain gauges across South Asia recorded unusually high totals last year, including in New Delhi in India, Lahore in Pakistan, Kathmandu in Nepal and Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
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- March 24 2025
WTW taps Ryan Transactional Risk’s Reuben Lee as associate director for broking, regional M&A
Lee had joined as senior underwriter in October following Ryan's acquisition of Transact Risk Partners.
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- March 12 2025
Christopher Lindsey joins Willis as MD for risk, analytics in Asia
Lindsey has been with WTW since September, having previously spent just over three years at rival Marsh.
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- March 11 2025
Willis hires Takashi Kato as head of marine for Japan
Tokio Marine veteran has over 20 years of experience in marine insurance.
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- March 3 2025
Civil unrest, crime to remain major threats in APAC in 2025: Willis
9% of clients reported incidents in the region in 2024, a gradual increase from 6% in 2023, amid a complex and multifaceted threat environment.
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- February 26 2025
‘Untainted appetite’, capacity remains for aviation programs despite high-profile losses
Aviation (re)insurance sector remains a buyer’s market, although uncertainty remains following high-profile losses in the US and South Korea.
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- February 24 2025
WTW hands Joule-Tobias Howard new role as lead fac broker in Asia
He has been with the broker for almost eight and a half years, and was most recently head of pacific property for Asia.
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- February 17 2025
Vietnamese coffee farmers receive first-ever payout from Willis’ parametric policy
The risk transfer solution, backed by the Natural Disaster Fund and in partnership with Bao Minh Insurance, uses satellite data to measure rainfall levels in the country’s coffee-growing regions.
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- February 12 2025
WTW expands CRB business in Japan with Marsh hire
Kohsuke Komorizono joins as head of risk and analytics, reporting to Roy Nakazawa, head of Japan and corporate risk and broking in the country.
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- January 22 2025
WTW hands Tushar Gupta expanded finex role in India
Mumbai-based Gupta will retain his current role as head of financial institutions for South-East Asia and India for the CRB business.
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- January 13 2025
WTW expands APAC cyber coverage with facility in Hong Kong, Singapore
Underwritten by QBE and Axa XL, solution will have a primary insurance capacity of up to US$15m.
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- January 13 2025
Marsh’s Jack Reuter Town joins WTW Asia large accounts practice
He joins team in Singapore as a strategic client leader, having spent the last five years with Marsh in Sydney.
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- January 8 2025
WTW appoints Marsh’s Ostwald Lam as associate director in Hong Kong
Lam, who has around 25 years of industry experience with expertise in claims, will focus on the broker's claims services.
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- December 17 2024
APAC finpro rates flat to 10% down in 2024: WTW
Asia Pacific saw 5-10% reductions for D&O and PI covers with crime staying flat and fund managers pricing flat or up to 10% down and cyber fluctuating within 5% in ANZ markets.
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- December 17 2024
Energy transition needs pragmatism over good intentions, says WTW’s Au
The broker’s regional climate practice lead calls for a nuanced approach which recognises the realities of moving to net zero within realistic time frames.
