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- January 10 2025
Zurich promotes APAC chief underwriting officer to global claims role
Singapore-based Debra Burford confirms to IAN she will relocate to Zurich at the start of the second quarter of the year.
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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
Munich Re Specialty Asia strengthens team with 2 senior hires
Appoints Hong Kong-based Bernadette Hung as fine arts and specie underwriter and Singapore-based Bee Tin Goh as cargo underwriter.
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- January 9 2025
Tibet earthquake payments top US$60,000 from Chinese insurers
- Earthquake
- China
- China Continent P&C
- China Pacific Insurance P&C
- China Re
- China Taiping
- PICC Property and Casualty
- Ping An
- Sunshine Insurance
88 reports, with a total of 20 claims, have been made to insurers, including PICC, China Continent, China Taiping and Sunshine.
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- January 9 2025
Munich Re to hand Beijing branch reins to Adrian Goh, Steven Chang set to retire
Goh's appointment will be effective from April 1, with Chang to retire at the end of March.
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- January 9 2025
Coface names Karen Ong as head of commercial for Singapore
Ong has been at the trade credit insurer for over eight years, most recently as regional head of commercial operations.
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- January 9 2025
MSIG Singapore reshuffles pack, promotes new COO and CFO
Insurer names Sharon Teo as chief operating officer and Chock Ker Ching as chief financial officer.
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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 8 2025
WTW appoints Marsh’s Ostwald Lam as associate director in Hong Kong
Lam, who has around 25 years of industry experience with expertise in claims, will focus on the broker's claims services.
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- January 8 2025
Sri Lankan insurers to improve underwriting profitability amid key shifts: Fitch
Insurers are looking to enhance practices and shift focus to more profitable non-motor segments, global rating agency says.
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- January 8 2025
US-based The Hartford launches on Lloyd’s Singapore platform
Service company, to be led by Zhenghong Pan, will initially write financial lines and credit and political risks coverage through its Syndicate 1221.
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- January 8 2025
Renewable energy transition strategic focus in Asia, Charles Taylor says
Nearly US$100trn of infrastructure needs to be built worldwide over the next 25 years, including in Japan, Taiwan, China and Vietnam, says Stephen Thorpe, managing director for Asia at the global loss adjuster.
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- January 7 2025
China’s big 3 motor insurers poised for further growth as NEVs pick up pace: AM Best
People’s Insurance Company of China (PICC), China Pacific Property Insurance and Ping An Insurance command over 70% of the motor premium share in China.
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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
Adi Salleh returns to Samsung Re as senior property underwriter
Salleh had previously worked for nine years at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, which included just over five years as a fac underwriter for its reinsurance arm.
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- January 7 2025
Chubb promotes James Brown to head of global broking for Asia
Singapore-based Brown was most recently head of Chubb's major accounts division Singapore.
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- January 7 2025
Markel hires Zurich’s Jack Taylor to lead new APAC broker engagement role
Singapore-based Taylor will report to the Lloyd's carrier's Asia Pacific managing director, Christian Stobbs.
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- January 6 2025
Coface names Supanwongse Weeraworawit as Thailand country manager
Bangkok-based Weeraworawit will report to the trade credit insurer’s Asia Pacific CEO Hugh Burke.
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- January 6 2025
IRDAI seeks a listing roadmap from large insurance carriers: report
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India wants large carriers, including Bajaj Allianz, Kotak Mahindra Life and HDFC ERGO, to present a plan to list on the country’s bourses within the next two to three years.
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- January 6 2025
Lockton taps Price Forbes’ Christina Ong as Asia executive director
Singapore-based Ong will help strengthen specialty offerings in the region, the broker said.
