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- November 14 2025
Starr appoints Zurich veteran Celia Wong to lead the financial lines practice in Hong Kong
She joins after spending over 14 years at Zurich, where she last held the position of underwriting practice lead for financial lines since April 2022.
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- November 12 2025
Bale Gao joins Lockton as vice president for marine, specialty, and reinsurance
Hong Kong-based Gao joins from WTW, having spent just over three years as a marine manager.
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- November 11 2025
Sompo eyes bigger piece of the pie, with Hong Kong’s ‘vibrant’ IPO boom creating opportunities for D&O insurance
Insurer wants to continue to scale up its APAC financial lines business in 2026, Emily Poh, head of financial lines for APAC, tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- November 10 2025
DB Insurance’s Fortegra deal faces Tiptree shareholder opposition
Minority shareholder Veradace Partners has alleged that the US$1.65bn sale is at an 'inadquate valuation' and out of line with shareholders' interests.
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- November 6 2025
Exclusive: Nexus’ Hong Kong, Labuan underwriting business acquired by Huntington
Nexus will continue to write accident and health business from the region, while the property and marine risks will be written from Dubai.
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- November 5 2025
Marsh completes acquisition of Mitsubishi Electric Insurance Service, appoints Ichiro Seino as president and CEO
As part of Marsh Japan, the company will now operate as MEIS Insurance Services (MEIS), with Ichiro Seino named president and CEO of MEIS.
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- November 4 2025
Japan’s Tokio Marine subsidiary buys US-based Ignyte’s Collector insurance unit for US$615m
Business employs about 250 people and recorded a gross written premium of US$164m (JPY25.9bn) in FY24.
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- November 4 2025
China Taiping to sustain quality growth with prudent investment strategy: Fitch Ratings
Fitch says China Taiping’s consolidated credit quality has been raised to a, from a-, reflecting the group’s sustained capital strength, resilient profitability and 'most favourable' company profile.
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- November 3 2025
SIRC: Trillion-yen loss year in Japan a matter of ‘if not when’, says Swiss Re’s Atsuhiro Dodo
Demand for natural catastrophe insurance continues to grow, driven by heightened risk awareness following recent quakes and inflation, says the country head for the global reinsurer.
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- November 3 2025
Growth prospects intact for KB Insurance despite medical, motor lines pressures: AM Best
Rating agency affirmes KBI’s rating of A (excellent) with a stable outlook.
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- November 2 2025
NEVs, emerging business lines to drive growth for Chinese insurers amid economic slowdown: AM Best
Rating agency maintains its stable outlook on China’s non-life insurance segment, citing resilient premium growth supported by regulatory initiatives, product diversification, and expansion into new sectors.
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- November 2 2025
Taiwan’s new solvency regime seen posing limited risk to insurers: AM Best
Non-life insurance segment maintains its stable outlook driven by healthy operating profitability in 2024 and regulatory initiatives that support improvements in underwriting.
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- October 31 2025
Peak Re hires Korean Re veteran Eun Jeong Lee as senior retrocession vice president
Lee relocates from Singapore to Hong Kong after spending over two years as deputy branch manager for Korean Re.
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- October 31 2025
Hong Kong’s Cyberport aids Otonomi’s US$5m Series A funding round
Oversubscribed round for the New York City-headquartered blockchain-enabled parametric insurance platform was also led Hivemind Capital, Rothschild & Co Asset Management, ATX Venture Partners, and Portline Capital.
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- October 30 2025
China empowers mainland insurers to issue sidecars in Hong Kong
NFRA notice on ILS seeks to enhance catastrophe risk management capabilities of Chinese insurers and strengthen Hong Kong's position as an international risk management hub.
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- October 27 2025
Axa Tianping P&C handed rating upgrade as portfolio rejig, parent support strengthen performance
S&P Global raised Axa Tianping’s financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings to ‘A’ from ‘A-’, with a stable outlook.
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- October 27 2025
Hong Kong insurers’ H1 GWP at US$7.5bn, underwriting profit at US$180m: HKIA
The industry reported gross claims of US$3.3bn, while overall operating profit stood at US$840m, the regulator said.
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- October 23 2025
London P&I Club opens representative office in Shanghai
The new office in Mainland China is led by Wenjia Gao and reflects the club's long term commitment to Asia, according to chairman John Lyras.
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- October 22 2025
Peak Re’s ratings unaffected by ownership changes: AM Best
US insurer Prudential Financial has divested its stake in Peak Re to KKR and Quadrantis Capital.
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- October 22 2025
Exclusive: BHSI faces claim after Hong Kong’s Chinachem Tower fire
Willis is understood to be the broker, while Charles Taylor is the loss adjuster.
