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- January 16 2025
Aon rejigs Asia transaction solutions team
Broker promotes Xianwei Lee to head of Mergers & Acquisitions & Transaction Solutions (AMATS) amid four changes to its Singapore-based team.
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- January 15 2025
APAC insurance M&A to be fuelled by regulatory scrutiny, private equity
While large insurers and brokers are set to enter new markets, smaller players will seek partners to strengthen their capital positions under new solvency rules, sources tell IAN.
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- January 14 2025
Everest partners RedRay to expand Asia medical malpractice liability coverage
Insurer appoints Singapore-based specialty MGA to quote and bind policies for the healthcare sector in the region.
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- January 13 2025
Gany Subramaniam returns to AIG as APAC head of agency, partnership distribution
Kuala Lumpur-based Subramaniam previously spent 16 years with AIG until March 2019.
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- January 13 2025
Economic troubles, geopolitical instability, climate change major challenges for 2025 (re)insurance market
Headwinds are forcing (re)insurers to adjust their pricing strategies, enhance risk assessment models and focus on sustainable investments, market sources tell IAN.
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- January 10 2025
Building in cat-exposed areas exacerbating insurance affordability: Munich Re climate specialist
With climate change accelerating, preparations must be made for flash floods and thunderstorms, as well as events in atypical places, chief climate scientist Tobias Grimm tells IAN.
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- January 9 2025
Coface continues APAC management rejig with 3 appointments
Chris Murphy becomes general manager of Hong Kong branch, with Ronald Chai succeeding him as regional head of mid-market, while Sarah Chu will assume the role of Taiwan general manager.
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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
Opinion: Booming MGAs can no longer be ignored, but regulatory spectre looms
MGAs must demonstrate robust risk selection and underwriting capability as regulators train their guns on the sector.
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- January 8 2025
Sompo beefs up APAC ranks with new chief claims officer
Pablo Diago takes up the Singapore-based role just over a year after joining from Crawford.
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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
Asia cyber pricing may bottom out, but London capacity adds pressure
While claims activity is relatively low, it could catch up, cautions Axa XL’s Samuel Bye, highlighting the increasing frequency of 'mini cats'.
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- January 6 2025
Guy Carpenter’s global property cat ROL index down 6.6% in first fall since 2017
Asia Pacific experienced the steepest decline at the renewals, down 7.2%, while the US fell by 6.2% and Europe by 5.3%, the broker said.
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- January 3 2025
Hong Kong-based MGA Hawkes Bay Underwriting resumes status as Lloyd’s coverholder
Resumption will enhance marine capacity to US$10 million, chief operating officer and head of marine specialty Manson Ma says.
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- January 3 2025
APAC 1.1 renewal dynamics tilt towards buyers: Gallagher Re’s Mark O’Brien
Reinsurers looking to write more and cedents holding limits or buying less drove down prices, said the broker's regional head.
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- January 2 2025
1.1 property cat renewals see up to 15% rate reductions
Increased reinsurer appetite and reinsurance capacity, as well as muted demand from cedents, signal a return to a soft market in Asia.
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- December 23 2024
1.1: property cat, casualty rates softening, terms and conditions hold
The market is paying more attention to war risk as geopolitical risks and continuing conflicts weigh on carriers.
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- December 19 2024
Growing scale of risk highlights need for proactive resilience strategies: Zurich Risk Solutions
Global head Dirk De Nil says evolving risk landscape and pressure from geopolitical tensions, AI and climate change require carriers’ involvement from project inception to find solutions.
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- December 18 2024
Charles Taylor brings on Paul Martelli as director, onshore energy and mining
He rejoins the company from McLarens, where he was an executive senior adjuster for construction, engineering and property.
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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.
