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- June 19 2025
Marine insurers lift prices for Strait of Hormuz by 60% amid safety fears: FT
Cost of cover for a US$100m ship has risen from US$125,000 to US$200,000 since the start of the conflict between Israel and Iran last week, according to Marsh McLennan.
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- June 19 2025
Fitch upgrades QBE with reserve risk volatility set to ease, net income hits US$1.8bn in 2024
Rating agency upgrades insurer financial strength ratings of QBE Insurance Group's core subsidiaries to AA- (very strong), and QBE's long-term issuer default rating to A with a stable outlook.
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- June 19 2025
Wild weather claims surpass all of 2024 in just 5 months amid increasing severity, frequency: NRMA
Australian insurer says it received more than 32,000 wild weather-related damage claims in the first five months of 2025.
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- June 19 2025
Markel International appoints Muhammad Saber as operations manager for APAC
Singapore-based Saber joins from Liberty Specialty Markets where he was most recently operations team lead.
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- June 19 2025
Axa XL ships in QBE duo to boost Australia marine team
Ross Lawrenson joins as a senior marine underwriter and Sameen Naveed as a senior marine claims specialist.
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- June 19 2025
Global MGA United Risk completes acquisition of Australia’s Pinnacle Underwriting
Regional CEO Hayden Smith says the deal for the specialty facultative reinsurance MGA 'puts United Risk squarely within the top five largest MGAs in the world'.
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- June 18 2025
ACCC launches public review of IAG-RACQ deal, focuses on personal lines
The competition watchdog is conducting market inquiries as part of its standard merger assessment process.
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- June 18 2025
Allianz Trade promotes Helene Payen to Asia Pacific CFO
Payen will relocate from Spain to Singapore, succeeding Benoit Semelin who will become CFO for Northern Europe.
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- June 18 2025
WTW promotes Catherine Tait to New Zealand construction manager
Tait joined WTW in August as technical director for finex in New Zealand, having previously worked for the likes of Marsh, Willis and Aon.
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- June 18 2025
New Zealand ‘cannot afford’ to continue down current path as climate risks grow: IAG
IAG's 2025 climate change poll showed New Zealanders expect insurers to reflect the growing risk in the premiums of people who are exposed to natural hazards.
