Industry Segments: Financial Lines Page 3 / 7
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- December 14 2023
APAC financial lines underwriters search for pockets of profitability in underserved niches
While the market in the region remains extremely soft, carriers are betting on mid-market and SME D&O accounts, commercial PI and cyber-blended policies.
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- December 12 2023
Opinion: Navigating difficult waters for the Asia D&O market
A robust commitment by the regulators to adopt a stricter approach to enforcement means that this is by no means and easy class of business to write in 2024.
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- December 11 2023
Berkley promotes Ernest Teng as head of financial lines as Cassandra Lee departs
Singapore-based Teng will oversee the Singapore financial lines team and fac businesses from South-East Asia, Mauritius and Japan.
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- November 21 2023
AIG promotes Doris Chan to head of financial lines, Hong Kong & Macau
Hong Kong-based Chan will take over from Cynthia Sze, who was promoted to general manager for Hong Kong and Macau last month.
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- November 10 2023
QBE Asia hands Cynthia Huang additional charge as Taiwan desk lead
Hong Kong-based Huang, who is also the head of financial lines for the carrier, will be responsible for distribution and business development.
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- November 7 2023
Asian insurance pricing hits financial lines headwinds, flattening cyber rates: Marsh
Except for a 2% growth in property, almost all other lines in APAC either remained flat or declined, according to Marsh Q3 global pricing index.
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- November 6 2023
Miller taps Lockton’s William Seccombe to lead Asia financial lines
Singapore-based Seccombe will focus on building a team of experts across all financial lines, enhancing the broker’s global product offering and reach across the sector in APAC.
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- October 24 2023
BHSI promotes Sami Jaghbir to Queensland underwriting manager
Brisbane-based Jaghbir will develop the carrier's regional market presence across all business lines, reporting to Mark Lingafelter, president of Australasia.
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- October 24 2023
Beazley’s financial lines offering riding on new products in APAC
The Lloyd's player is looking beyond just bringing capacity but providing added value, says regional manager Nicholas Tey.
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- October 17 2023
Newline builds out Australia team with two new hires
Professional indemnity underwriter Arion Reuter and administration and underwriter support officer Arthi Govindarajan have recently joined the carrier's Melbourne office.
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- October 13 2023
Envest snaps up majority stake in London Australia Underwriting
LAUW, a Sydney-based MGA, writes over US$20m of GWP in professional and financial lines through Lloyd’s syndicates.
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- October 4 2023
Fusion-owner Pop Holdings hires Shannon Murphy as group CIO
Murphy has three decades of experience in senior technology roles, including at AIG, ING and Axis in Asia Pacific.
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- October 3 2023
Beazley expands financial lines team in Asia with underwriter hire
Chye Chia Wen has joined the Lloyd's (re)insurer's office in Singapore taking the FL team to six strong.
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- September 7 2023
Chubb elevates David Hamill to financial lines manager for Australia and New Zealand
Sydney-based Hamill was most recently state manager for New South Wales, Australia.
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- September 5 2023
BHSI makes Edwin Sim executive & professional lines head in Singapore
Sim will report to Scotland Walsh-Riddle, BHSI's Hong Kong-based regional head of executive & professional lines.
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- September 5 2023
BHSI Australia appoints Hayden Veanes as underwriting manager for professional lines
Melbourne-based Veanes was most recently senior underwriter with the company, specialising in directors & office and financial institutions.
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- August 18 2023
Axa XL’s Ewen McKay to head international financial lines for Australia
Sydney-based McCay was most recently product leader - management liability for the French carrier.
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- August 15 2023
Aon promotes Harry Edwards to Asia regional director for intellectual property solutions
Singapore-based Edwards will lead the D&O strategy and team in the region, responsible for placing APAC and US exposed management liability insurance programmes into the London market.
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- August 14 2023
Zurich makes two senior promotions in Hong Kong
Justina Tang (pictured left) is elevated to head of commercial claims and Christy Chau (pictured right) becomes head of direct, financial institutions and partnership.
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- August 9 2023
PSC snaps up specialty MGA Ensurance for US$16.5m
The ASX-listed firm specialises in professional and financial lines with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.