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- January 13 2025
Malaysia’s Etiqa to maintain strong performance through disciplined underwriting, pricing: AM Best
Rating agency affirms financial strength of 'a-' (excellent) and long-term issuer credit rating of 'a-' (excellent) for Malaysian carrier Etiqa General Insurance, with a stable outlook.
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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
Coface names Karen Ong as head of commercial for Singapore
Ong has been at the trade credit insurer for over eight years, most recently as regional head of commercial operations.
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- January 9 2025
MSIG Singapore reshuffles pack, promotes new COO and CFO
Insurer names Sharon Teo as chief operating officer and Chock Ker Ching as chief financial officer.
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- January 8 2025
US-based The Hartford launches on Lloyd’s Singapore platform
Service company, to be led by Zhenghong Pan, will initially write financial lines and credit and political risks coverage through its Syndicate 1221.
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- January 7 2025
Chubb elevates Carles Tondo as head of property and technical lines in Singapore
In his new role, Tondo will be responsible for fire, terrorism, construction, power generation and energy.
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- January 7 2025
Adi Salleh returns to Samsung Re as senior property underwriter
Salleh had previously worked for nine years at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which included just over five years as a fac underwriter for its reinsurance arm.
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- January 7 2025
Chubb promotes James Brown to head of global broking for Asia
Singapore-based Brown was most recently head of Chubb's major accounts division Singapore.
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- January 7 2025
Markel hires Zurich’s Jack Taylor to lead new APAC broker engagement role
Singapore-based Taylor will report to the Lloyd's carrier's Asia Pacific managing director, Christian Stobbs.
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- January 6 2025
Coface names Supanwongse Weeraworawit as Thailand country manager
Bangkok-based Weeraworawit will report to the trade credit insurer’s Asia Pacific CEO Hugh Burke.
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- January 3 2025
Labuan Re names Zaid Aziz Ibrahim as officer in charge following CEO exit
Kuala Lumpur-based Ibrahim currently serves as the chief underwriting officer and has been with the company since 2020.
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- December 20 2024
bolttech raises US$100m+ Series C funding at US$2bn valuation
New round of funding led by Dragon Fund is supported by Baillie Gifford and Generali's private equity company Lion River.
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- December 20 2024
Roojai reignites DirectAsia Thailand acquisition
The deal for the Hiscox unit, which has been revived after being pulled in August, will strengthen the Asian carrier's Thai motor portfolio.
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- December 18 2024
Economy recovery, rate hikes and regulatory reforms to benefit Malaysian insurers: AM Best
The global rating agency has maintained a stable outlook on the country's non-life insurance segment.
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- December 18 2024
Scor hires Amy Fu as APAC commercial head for SBS insurance arm
"Newly created global commercial team is now complete", says Scor Business Solutions (SBS) chief commercial officer Benjamin Auray.
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- December 17 2024
Bolttech strengthens Asia leadership team
Insurtech appoints Andrew Cons as general manager for Indonesia and Mohamad Azhar Bin Jamal Mohamad as general manager for Malaysia, while also promoting Akiko Anzai as general manager for Japan.
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- December 16 2024
Allianz withdraws US$1.6bn offer to acquire Singapore’s Income Insurance
The pre-conditional offer was called off following the Singapore government's decision to block the deal.
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- December 16 2024
PetroVietnam to fully exit domestic insurance arm by end-2025
Petroleum firm plans to exit HDI Global-backed PetroVietnam Insurance Corporation (PVI) as part of a restructuring of state-owned companies.
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- December 16 2024
Delta Underwriting appoints Lucy Loh as Asia claims lead
Singapore-based Loh joins from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and will help the MGA support its recent A&H expansion.
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- December 16 2024
Chinese broker Huize plans Philippines, Singapore foray
The move is part of the Nasdaq-listed insurtech platform’s target to generate 30% of its total revenue from overseas markets by 2026.
