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- September 2 2025
Policybazaar for Business expands to UAE, Qatar, Oman, Sri Lanka
Indian reinsurance broker, which offer fac and treaty placements spanning property, marine, liability, cyber and climate-linked risks, seeks to build a pan-Asian and Middle Eastern reinsurance presence, as first reported by IAN.
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- September 2 2025
Asean trio top IUMI’s emerging ‘wish list’ ahead of Singapore conference
International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) secretary general Lars Lange also discusses addressing emerging risks from geopolitics, technology, and sustainability as the industry gathers for the annual conference.
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- September 1 2025
Product recall cover in the spotlight as US bans Indonesian shrimp over ‘disturbing’ Fukushima radiation link
US Food and Drug Administration has cracked down on imports from BMS Foods, but the link with Japan’s nuclear power plant has been questioned.
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- August 29 2025
Cat bond market enjoys record-breaking boom as ILS capacity hits US$121bn: Aon
The 12 months to the end of June was the 'most active' period ever for the ILS market, according to Aon Securities’ annual ILS report.
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- August 27 2025
Sompo to acquire Aspen for US$3.5bn
Japanese insurer will pay a 35.6% premium for NYSE-listed Aspen shares in the all-cash deal.
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- August 26 2025
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: as enhanced EV risks rise, insurers urged to find ‘viable solutions’ with demand set to grow
Marine insurers are growing increasingly concerned over the risk posed by the transportation of electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries.
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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 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.
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- August 6 2025
Howden Re secures Dubai licence for Middle East, South Asia push
Dubai International Financial Centre operation will focus on its treaty, facultative and MGA reinsurance offerings across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia regions.
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- August 6 2025
Red Sea ‘hot topic’ creates opportunities for insurers, with capacity not a major problem despite Houthi escalation
Hannah Chua, legal director in Clyde & Co’s energy, marine, and natural resources team in Singapore, says the market has learned lessons from the past.
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- August 1 2025
Markel to divest US$1.2bn global reinsurance renewal rights to US carrier Nationwide
Markel's global reinsurance division will enter run-off with a large number of underwriters moving to Ryan Re, which will be delegated by Nationwide to manage all renewal policies.
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- July 31 2025
‘It’s a trust game’: with cyber claims spikes front and centre, alternative solutions offer cover for growing threat
Comments follow placement of innovative ‘surge’ reinsurance with Arch Capital Group.
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- July 30 2025
Insurance market dynamics present ‘unique, temporary’ window of opportunity for insurance buyers: Aon
Increased capacity, improving terms and competitive pricing continues across wide swaths of the market, broker’s Global Insurance Market Insights report says.
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- July 28 2025
Aon’s John Morley joins Swiss crypto carrier 1B as CEO
Insurer plans to establish offices in Asia, including in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
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- July 24 2025
MS Amlin names Christiern Dart as CEO, Andrew Carrier moves to Mitsui Sumitomo group role
Dart, who joins from Brit, will start in January, with incumbent Carrier joining MSI as executive officer.
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- July 22 2025
‘In a more global fashion’: MSIG Specialty Marine targets Asia P&I growth, Singapore underwriting launch
CEO Tom Oostra tells InsuranceAsia News' Between The Lines podcast that the region is getting stronger and stronger and is becoming a more important part of the global market despite a range of challenges facing the marine industry.
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- July 17 2025
Fusion Specialty names Robert Underhill as head of Americas
New York-based Underhill previously led the M&A transactional liability business across the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia for nine years at Berkshire Hathaway.
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- July 16 2025
Ex-Lloyd’s CEO John Neal changes course, set to join AIG as president
Lloyd's had confirmed Neal’s departure for Aon in January, after he had served as CEO of Lloyd’s since October 2018.
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- July 16 2025
US$1.3bn Myanmar earthquake biggest non-US insured loss event in H1 2025 as global total tops US$84bn: Gallagher Re
‘Psychological threshold’ question, the report says, is when will the insurance industry face its first US$200bn nominal annual loss year?
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- July 11 2025
War risk premiums up ‘substantially’ after deadly Houthi attacks, Skuld says
War risk premiums have risen to about 0.7% of the value of a ship from 0.3% last week, according to a report by Reuters.
