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- December 15 2025
Helvetia snaps up Alex Lee as Asia claims manager
Singapore-based Lee joins from Mapletree, having also worked for Chubb and Marsh.
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- December 15 2025
Liberty Specialty Markets’ cyber lead Angela Messih confirms BHSI switch in 2026
Sydney-based Messih has been with Liberty Specialty Markets since May 2016, most recently as cyber lead and senior claims specialist for professional and financial risks.
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- December 15 2025
Korean Re to benefit from strongest-level capitalisation, dominant home-market position: AM Best
AM Best affirms its A (Excellent) rating with a stable outlook, citing robust balance sheet strength, strongest‑level capitalisation and solid market leadership.
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- December 15 2025
AIG hires Everest’s Scott Leney as APAC regional president, succeeding Chris Colahan
Leney will start in the new role from February 1, taking over from Colahan, who is joining Chubb.
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- December 15 2025
‘Enabling, not disrupting’: bolttech’s data-driven push to close the global protection gap
CEO Rob Schimek outlines how the Singapore-born insurtech is sharpening its strategy, pivoting to profitability-led growth while mapping out its next expansion moves and capital-raising plans.
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- December 15 2025
Chubb appoints Chris Colahan as head of APAC commercial property and casualty
Colahan will join Chubb in February from AIG, where he has been regional president for APAC since 2023.
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- December 15 2025
Cory Chow joins Sedgwick as managing director of Asia global specialty marine
Hong Kong-based Chow has over three decades of experience in marine loss adjusting with Charles Taylor.
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- December 15 2025
Vietnam reduces requirements for insurance market entry
Move is part of an effort by Vietnam to reduce administrative burdens on local insurers, according to a press release by reinsurer Hanoi Re.
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- December 15 2025
India’s cabinet approves 100% FDI for insurance companies
Bill is expected to become law by the end of India's winter session of parliament on Friday.
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- December 12 2025
Rising cost of Queensland, New South Wales hailstorms creates ‘challenging months ahead’
Market has seen a high volume of claims across a widespread area, along with water ingress and related property damage, spanning domestic and commercial sectors.
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- December 12 2025
Manulife successfully completes re-domiciliation from Bermuda to Hong Kong
Insurer was the second after French rival AXA’s Hong Kong and Macau arm to apply for the new company re-domiciliation regime after it was introduced in May.
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- December 12 2025
AM Best positive on New India Assurance amid ‘improving’ risk management
The rating agency has affirmed the financial strength rating of India's largest non-life insurer of B++ and its long-term issuer credit rating of bbb+.
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- December 12 2025
Australian broker Steadfast denies Blackstone approach
According to a report, the US private equity titan was considering making an AUS$4.6bn takeover bid for Australia’s largest insurance broker.
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- December 12 2025
Tai Po fire loss ‘managable’ for China’s Qianhai Re, AM Best says as it reaffirms ratings
Ratings agency cites Chinese reinsurer’s 'very strong' balance sheet and profitability.
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- December 11 2025
Perth bushfires put lives and homes under threat, as Moody’s warns of a complex situation
Cat modeller says recent bushfires in New South Wales highlights the complexity of managing bushfires risk in Australia and the risk of secondary ignitions.
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- December 11 2025
Typhoon Odette survivors in the Philippines sue Shell seeking corporate liability for climate-related losses
The lawsuit, filed in London, argues Shell’s historic emissions materially intensified Super Typhoon Odette’s landing in December 2021.
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- December 11 2025
Arch Insurance Australia unveils key leadership appointments
Joe Donovan has been named deputy regional manager, while Marita Elliott has been promoted to head of underwriting operations and compliance.
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- December 11 2025
China Re nominates Zhu Xiaoyun to become first female president
She is set to replaces Zhuang Qianzhi, who had been approved as chairman.
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- December 11 2025
Aon taps Marsh’s James Harmer as head of global and corporate for Australia
Harmer spent over three years as a broker with Aon's political risk and structured credit team in London until October 2013 before he moved home to Sydney in 2014.
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- December 11 2025
ACCC opposes IAG’s deal for RAC Insurance
Australia's antitrust regulator says the deal would undermine competition in Western Australia in home and motor insurance, but the insurer intends to contest the decision.
