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- April 22 2025
Steve Hutchinson to join Willis as P&C head for Hong Kong, Macau after 4-month Howden stint
Hutchinson, who had joined Howden as chief broking officer in January, will take over from Phil Timms, who will transition to a new role, as IAN first reported.
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- April 22 2025
MS&AD to invest up to US$5bn to double North America profits: report
Japanese insurer plans to continue its aggressive investment strategy moving forward, CEO Shinichiro Funabiki tells Bloomberg.
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- April 22 2025
Malaysia’s MNRB Holdings mulls hiving off takaful insurance businesses: report
Allianz Malaysia and Bank Rakyat are said to be keen on taking over Takaful Ikhlas Family and Takaful Ikhlas General.
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- April 22 2025
Chubb appoints Janene Blizzard as head of APAC A&H
Blizzard, who has 30 years of insurance experience including 16 years with Chubb, will relocate from London to Singapore.
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- April 22 2025
Euclid Transactional adds tax underwriting in APAC with EY hire
M&A-focused MGA appoints Wai Ling Low as senior vice-president and tax underwriter in Singapore.
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- April 22 2025
Willis bolsters India aviation, space team
Anant Pawar joins the WTW broking business from Aon India, where he was chief broking officer.
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- April 21 2025
South Korea to expand insurance coverage for uninsured crops following wildfires: report
Government plan to introduce US-style disaster guarantee system for small farmers and forest crops.
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- April 21 2025
Gallagher India hires Sunny Goel as head of liability and growth projects
Delhi-based Goel will lead the expansion of Gallagher India's liability and reinsurance portfolio, while also establishing new specialty and niche areas.
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- April 17 2025
Seadrif, PCIRC among risk pools to receive US$5.3m joint grant for climate and disaster risk financing and insurance
Global Shield Solutions Platform will provide funding to allow four risk pools globally to establish a learning network, create a global facility for risk data and analytics, and initiate an employee exchange programme.
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- April 17 2025
Premium hikes to boost Japan’s big four insurers’ domestic profitability: Moody’s
The profitability will improve gradually supported by fire and motor lines, which account for about 70% of net premiums written by Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, Sompo Japan Insurance and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance.
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- April 17 2025
Exclusive: Integra regional MD Tony Chapman to join Crawford
Singapore-based Chapman will start in a newly created role as head of global technical services for Asia in May, IAN understands.
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- April 16 2025
Markel to buy P&I specialist MGA Meco
The MGA with presence in Shanghai, London and Dubai will integrate into the specialty (re)insurer but will continue to operate through its brands Charterers P&I Club, Transmarine and Aurora P&I.
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- April 16 2025
India’s ICICI Lombard profit after tax up 30.7% to US$301.2m, COR improves to 102.8% in FY25
The carrier's GWP for the period increased by 10.4% to US$3.3bn.
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- April 15 2025
Peak Re takes China Re’s Claudia Chong as vice president
New role spans multiline treaty underwriting, contract wordings review, treaty structure solutions, data analytics and pricing.
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- April 15 2025
Aon expands Asia M&A and transaction solutions team with director hire
Singapore-based Cindy Yeo joins the team led by Xianwei Lee as director of transaction solutions for Asia.
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- April 15 2025
Kshitij Chirimar joins Arundo Re as senior underwriter for Indian subcontinent
Delhi-based Chirimar previously held strategic positions at Verity Knowledge Solutions and Ace Insurance Brokers.
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- April 14 2025
Peak Re’s outlook upgraded to positive on declining contagion risk from Fosun: Moody’s
The rating agency said that it expects the reinsurer's underwriting profitability will remain solid over the next 12-18 months.
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- April 14 2025
Generali GC&C taps Tokio Marine Asia’s deputy CEO as global head amid major restructure
Philippe Vezio relocates to Milan having spent the last six years in Singapore.
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- April 14 2025
Marsh Hong Kong promotes Andy Wong to specialty MD, consultancy group leader
He previously held the role of senior vice president, leading the practice of credit specialties and Marsh's consulting service for insurers.
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- April 14 2025
Munich Re elevates Tim Tse to head of fac, corporate for Southeast Asia
He has been working at the reinsurer for 10 months, most recently as a senior engineering underwriter.
