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- September 30 2025
Chris Mackinnon to leave Lloyd’s in 2026 to pursue new opportunities
He has been head of Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa (APMEA) since March.
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- September 30 2025
UIB Asia recruits Le Tram Nguyen as executive director for treaty and retro
Industry veteran joins the Singapore-based reinsurance broker from Hannover Re, where she most recently led Indochina operations.
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- September 30 2025
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred accounts for over 90% of pool claims since inception, ARPC says
Cyclone pool received 101,888 claims from the cyclone that affected Queensland and New South Wales during February and March, totalling to US$650m.
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- September 30 2025
Market Lane launches specialty reinsurance MGA
The Lane Re will offer facultative solutions to the Australian and New Zealand commercial property market, said group CEO David Porteous.
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- September 30 2025
Opinion: ‘Dib dib dob dob’: Hong Kong’s disaster risk management leads the way, highlighted by subdued Super Typhoon Ragasa losses
Most powerful tropical cyclone of the year to date impacted Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, Taiwan and the Philippines last week.
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- September 30 2025
Athene enters block reinsurance deal with Sony Life
Deal will reinsure in-force block of US dollar denominated whole life insurance policies and retrocede all mortality risk associated with the block to Swiss Re.
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- September 29 2025
Sony’s financial services arm closes up 16% after rare direct listing
Financial services arm of the Japanese conglomerate includes life insurer Sony Life and property and casualty carrier Sony Assurance, as well as Sony Bank.
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- September 29 2025
Hong Kong’s curtailed Super Typhoon Ragasa economic losses under US$400m: report
Claims mainly from wind and flooding, with water damage across all affected territories, David Seng, technical and strategic projects director at Sedgwick in Asia also tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- September 29 2025
Aon names Koachakorn Panyangam as power specialty director for Asia
Singapore-based Panyangam joins Aon Global Risk Consulting having previously spent over five years at FM.
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- September 29 2025
Mapfre Re targets billion-euro Asian GWP milestone: Javier Sánchez Cea
Spanish reinsurer places Asia Pacific at the heart of its growth strategy, with life reinsurance in China and India as key drivers, alongside casualty, says chief regional officer.
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- September 29 2025
Aon hires Shinji Kuriyama as APAC enterprise client leader in Japan
Tokyo-based Kuriyama, who joins from BNP Paribas, will lead the broker's relationships with Japanese clients globally.
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- September 28 2025
Nova drives 24% FY25 growth amidst China expansion
Hong Kong-listed FSE Lifestyle Services’ insurance arms posted a 23.9% jump in revenue for FY25, powered by new placements and growth by Beijing Nova.
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- September 26 2025
Everest taps Simon Lim to lead APAC multinational network strategy
Lim, who joins the firm following a long tenure at AIG, will support the expansion of multinational capabilities across the region.
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- September 26 2025
Tower replaces IAG as Westpac New Zealand’s underwriter
Tower will underwrite Westpac’s house, contents, car and vehicle insurance products for an initial term of five years starting from July 1, 2026.
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- September 26 2025
Marsh promotes Maurice Gatto to head of global placement for Pacific
Gatto succeeds Scott Eccleston, who became the broker's head of risk management for the Pacific.
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- September 26 2025
DB Insurance clinches US$1.65bn deal for US specialty carrier Fortegra
The Korean insurer will acquire a 100% of the Warburg Pincus-backed Tiptree subsidiary.
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- September 26 2025
Malaysian (re)insurance broker HLAP expands to Vietnam with business development director hire
Vietnam-based Kieu An has over 30 years of insurance experience and will report directly to CEO Lee Warner.
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- September 26 2025
Super Typhoon Ragasa’s impact less than feared in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau
Despite widespread reports of property losses, claims from the strongest storm of the year are expected to be much smaller than that from Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018, loss adjusters tell IAN.
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- September 26 2025
Addressing protection gap requires collaborative effort, says HKIA’s Stephen Yiu
Unleashing social values of insurance to narrow the protection gap and deepening financial inclusion is essential for stable market growth, he said addressing an HKCIB conference.
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- September 26 2025
Aon India names Harpreet Sidhu head of financial services and professions
Sidhu was co-heading this unit since 2016, with stints across multiple verticals serving large, complex and institutional clients.
