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- November 28 2025
Exclusive: Hong Kong housing estate fire property claim could top US$200m, with China Taiping the sole insurer
Hong Kong firm provides the master property insurance for the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, as well as contractors’ all-risk policy, including third-party liability, and employee compensation cover.
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- November 27 2025
Kiwi insurer Tower posts ‘exceptional’ FY25 results
Tower benefits from low natural catastrophe losses to post a record underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) of NZ$107.2 million (US$61.35 million).
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- November 27 2025
Suncorp on the hook for US$230m from Queensland hail
Insurer has received just over 10,000 claims, with approximately 5,000 in home and 5,000 in motor.
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- November 27 2025
Lloyd’s Chris Mackinnon to lead Munich Re Specialty’s push into Australia
Lloyd's regional director for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa will join the German reinsurer in the first half of 2026.
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- November 27 2025
Sedgwick promotes Aruna Chandrapalan to Singapore CEO
Nigel Cook retains his leadership role as head of major and complex loss, having held a dual role for the last two years.
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- November 27 2025
Tighter solvency regimes, market disruptions driving Asian demand for structured solutions: Swiss Re’s Kaspar Mueller
Capital motivation, volatility protection and leveraging capital for growth are key motivations for cedent's seeking structured programs, the reinsuer's CUO for structured solutions says.
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- November 26 2025
Japan P&I announces 5% premium hike for 2026 renewal amid geopolitical tensions, inflationary pressure
Increase applies for owners’ and charterers’ entries, while rates for Japanese coastal vessels will increase by 10% and FD&D will also see a rise of 5%.
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- November 26 2025
Steadfast COO Noelene Palmer departs as Australian broker makes role redundant
Move is part of the broker's expense management initiatives announced in October, company tells IAN.
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- November 26 2025
Roojai seeks ‘strategic M&A opportunities’ after US$60m fundraise
Thai digital insurer closed series C funding round led by private equity firms Apis Partners and Asia Partners.
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- November 26 2025
Claims top 27,000 after giant hail battered Queensland, New South Wales
Insurance Council of Australia declared an insurance catastrophe after thousands of homes were left without power and residents suffered damage to property.
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- November 26 2025
ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Fina as clean up begins across Northern Territory, Western Australia
Tropical Cyclone Fina crossed the western Australian coast on Monday night as a category 3 system, before being downgraded to a tropical low on Tuesday afternoon.
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- November 26 2025
Exclusive: Canopius’ Asia Pacific CUO Yann Marmonier departs
Lloyd's carrier confirms to InsuranceAsia News that Singapore-based Marmonier has left the specialty (re)insurer.
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- November 26 2025
HDI Global names Ecton Chung as senior underwriter for engineering in Singapore
He has over 18 years of professional experience in the insurance and reinsurance industries, and joins from Mapfre.
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- November 25 2025
ICA declares insurance catastrophe after giant hail batters Queensland
Insurers are also 'closely monitoring and prioritising' claims from the Northern Territory and Western Australia following Tropical Cyclone Fina.
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- November 25 2025
Proxy advisory firms split over DB Insurance’s Fortegra acquisition
Glass Lewis and Egan-Jones urge Tiptree shareholders to vote against the deal, while Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended that investors approve the acquisition during next month's vote.
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- November 25 2025
Nick Slessor takes the reins at GT Insurance
Tony Dodd has also stepped into the new leadership role of chief commercial officer having served as CEO from January 2020.
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- November 25 2025
vrs Adjusters names Sydney Soo as APAC director
Singapore-based Soo joins the vrs APAC team having most recently worked as head of claims for the region at Swiss Re.
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- November 25 2025
Arvind Laddha appointed president of Ace Insurance Brokers
He brings two decades of experience in health assurance, consulting, and insurance brokerage firms.
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- November 25 2025
Singapore must be ‘go-to-place’ for Asian clients, WTW Asia cargo head Oliver Scarr says
Facing increasing competition from London market, the hub needs to provide solutions to complex and challenging marine risks as accounts migrate.
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- November 24 2025
India edges closer to 100% FDI limit in insurance: reports
Government to introduce a bill during the parliament’s winter session, which starts on Monday, seeking to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit from 74%.
