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- August 21 2025
ZhongAn interim profit soars as underwriting gains, COR drops to 95.6%
The Chinese online insurer reported underwriting profit of US$90m, up 109% year-on-year.
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- August 20 2025
Aspen shares rally in premarket trading on reports of Sompo merger talks
New York-listed Bermudian (re)insurer is reportedly seeing interest from the Japanese insurance group.
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- August 18 2025
HDI Global appoints Mani Tsang as claims manager in Hong Kong
Tsang joins the commercial and specialty lines insurer from Axa XL, where she was the senior claims specialist since April 2022.
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- August 18 2025
Howden Re names Candy Wong as head of Hong Kong treaty
Veteran Hong Kong reinsurance broker joins from Guy Carpenter.
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- August 15 2025
DB Insurance profits hit by rising nat cat claims, rate cuts
South Korean insurer's underwriting profit fell sharply in the first half as losses mounted from natural disasters.
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- August 15 2025
Regulatory shifts drag down Lotte Insurance H1 2025 profits
Insurance operating profit for the half stood at KRW21.6 billion, reflecting the direct impact of these regulatory changes in the first quarter.
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- August 15 2025
Vesttoo creditors launch lawsuit against Aon, CCB for fraudulent conduct
The complaint alleged Aon’s IP-linked product's transactions were the primary cause of Vesttoo’s downfall, while it also sought damage from CCB for forgery of letters of credit.
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- August 14 2025
Sompo’s Q1 P&C profit up 37% on strong domestic performance
Japan unit reports 96.1% COR, a 7.2 percentage points improvement from 103.3% a year ago on strong fire and motor results.
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- August 14 2025
Hyundai Marine & Fire’s H1 profit falls 46% due to lack of previous year’s windfall
South Korean insurer’s profit plunged as underwriting losses mounted, despite stronger investment returns.
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- August 13 2025
Samsung Fire & Marine’s H1 insurance profit down 16% at US$730m
South Korea’s largest carrier’s insurance revenue was up 9.4% to US$6.7bn, while reinsurance revenue increased by 89% to US$363m.
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- August 12 2025
Chinese lessor Avmax secures US$29m from Liberty-led insurers for planes lost in Russia
Company had leasing contracts with Russian carriers for three Dash 8 turboprop regional airliners, which are now irretrievable due to sanctions.
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- August 11 2025
Hong Kong goes up the gears, hands Chinese carmaker SAIC regulatory approval for captive
Second authorisation of its kind in 2025, reflecting signs of momentum building to develop Hong Kong into a captive domicile, regulator says.
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- August 11 2025
Willis hires Brian Fung as associate director for greater China M&A
Hong Kong-based Fung joins after four years at Aon.
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- August 11 2025
MS&AD Holdings’ Q1 profit up 19% to US$1.6bn
The Tokyo-headquartered giant reported strong overseas topline growth, domestic business reports no nat cat losses.
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- August 8 2025
Amiga Specialty confirms first international expansion in Hong Kong
Specialty MGA appoints Ralph Sherbahn as managing director for financial lines in Asia Pacific.
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- August 8 2025
Capstone’s Dan Dibden launches crypto-focused broker in Hong Kong
Fraction will predominately focus on the digital asset ecosystem, assisting companies throughout Asia on risk transfer solutions.
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- August 8 2025
HDI expands Hong Kong engineering team with double appointment
Steven Tang and Chris Yang join from global reinsurer Scor.
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- August 7 2025
Tokio Marine’s Q1 results handed domestic nat cats boost, strong overseas results
Domestic COR improved by 13.3 points to 86.2% in Q1 FY25, while international non-life businesses' topline grew 4.3% year on year.
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- August 7 2025
Losses from Hong Kong’s record-breaking rainfall less widespread than 2023 black rainstorm: Sedgwick
Claims from Tuesday's downpour are expected to arise from damage to cars, facilities in buildings, hospitals, warehouses, resorts, theme parks, and construction sites, according to Alex Tang, director at Sedgwick Hong Kong.
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- August 7 2025
K-Sure provides US$350m guarantee for purchase of 6 Korean tankers by US shipping firm: report
Support includes US$300m buyer credit guarantee for International Seaways and a US$50m refund guarantee for K Shipbuilding.
