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- August 11 2025
MS&AD Holdings’ Q1 profit up 19% to US$1.6bn
The Tokyo-headquartered giant reported strong overseas topline growth, domestic business reports no nat cat losses.
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- August 11 2025
MSC Elsa 3 owner seeks to cap liability as Indian state government files US$1bn suit
The lawsuit by the owner of the container ship that sank off the India coast seeks to limit the amount of potential claims to US$14.2m citing the large number of claims already filed.
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- August 8 2025
Bridge Specialty hires Price Forbes’ Abhishek Chhajer as Asia chief executive
Brown & Brown-owned broking group has two brokers in the region, Singapore-based Acorn and Hong Kong-based Capstone.
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- August 8 2025
Amiga Specialty confirms first international expansion in Hong Kong
Specialty MGA appoints Ralph Sherbahn as managing director for financial lines in Asia Pacific.
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- August 8 2025
Capstone’s Dan Dibden launches crypto-focused broker in Hong Kong
Fraction will predominately focus on the digital asset ecosystem, assisting companies throughout Asia on risk transfer solutions.
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- August 8 2025
QBE H1 profit rises 27% to over US$1bn; COR improves to 92.8%
Australian insurer's GWP in the first half of the year grew 11% to US$13.82bn, buoyant on stronger performance in core segments offsetting the drag from crop and non-core exits.
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- August 8 2025
Howden Specialty Asia Pacific promotes Matthew Savitt
Singapore-based Savitt takes up the role of managing director and head of natural resources.
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- August 8 2025
HDI expands Hong Kong engineering team with double appointment
Steven Tang and Chris Yang join from global reinsurer Scor.
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- August 8 2025
India’s Equirus Raghnall appoints Aman Gaur as national head for risk engineering
Mumbai-based Gaur joins having spent the last 11 months as a consultant engineer within the Asia-Pacific division at FM.
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- August 8 2025
Gallagher acquires New Zealand’s Insure Taranaki
New Plymouth-based broker, founded in 2016, will trade under the Gallagher brand following the deal.
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- August 8 2025
Opinion: No handouts, please!: How long should the taxpayer foot the bill for India’s partly bad, partly good insurance market?
Reports suggest the government is once again considering a capital injection for its three state-owned domestic insurers are concerning.
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- August 7 2025
Tokio Marine’s Q1 results handed domestic nat cats boost, strong overseas results
Domestic COR improved by 13.3 points to 86.2% in Q1 FY25, while international non-life businesses' topline grew 4.3% year on year.
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- August 7 2025
Zurich’s APAC H1 non-life GWP grows 14% to top US$2bn
Growth driven by motor and SME portfolios, commercial insurance expansion in India and Malaysia and digital partnerships.
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- August 7 2025
Losses from Hong Kong’s record-breaking rainfall less widespread than 2023 black rainstorm: Sedgwick
Claims from Tuesday's downpour are expected to arise from damage to cars, facilities in buildings, hospitals, warehouses, resorts, theme parks, and construction sites, according to Alex Tang, director at Sedgwick Hong Kong.
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- August 7 2025
Australia’s Community Broker Network expands to New Zealand with Folio tie-up
Under the terms of the deal, Folio will retain its platform and technology operations.
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- August 7 2025
Canopius ‘once again’ boosted by APAC growth in H1
APAC unit's written premium grew by 33% in the first half of 2025, slightly outpacing the group's overall growth of 31%.
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- August 7 2025
K-Sure provides US$350m guarantee for purchase of 6 Korean tankers by US shipping firm: report
Support includes US$300m buyer credit guarantee for International Seaways and a US$50m refund guarantee for K Shipbuilding.
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- August 7 2025
Australian MGA Blue Zebra eyes commercial lines expansion, earning its stripes overseas
Managing director Colin Fagen tells InsuranceAsia News about plans to expand into liability, management liability, marine and professional indemnity, and to also license its proprietary platform to MGAs and insurers overseas.
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- August 6 2025
Heavy rain, floods, landslides leave insurers counting losses across Hong Kong, China, India
Torrential rain this week caused substantial damage and disruptions.
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- August 6 2025
‘Fraught with uncertainty’, Swiss Re sees 2025 nat cat losses exceeding US$150bn
Wildfires and thunderstorms drove an exceptionally busy first half for natural catastrophe losses, according to the Swiss Re institute.
