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- May 30 2025
Howden bolsters Asia marine practice with Markel hire
Zita Fok joins the broker in Hong Kong as divisional director for marine, cargo and logistics.
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- May 30 2025
‘No protection’: 9 out of 10 farmers affected by NSW flood are uninsured
Insurers have received 7,383 claims related to floods as of Friday, according to the Insurance Council of Australia, although farmers are unable to obtain flood cover, according to an insurance adviser in one of the hardest-hit towns.
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- May 30 2025
Even as Trump’s tariffs are halted by US court ruling, trade credit insurers had avoided a ‘knee-jerk reaction’
Ian Leslie, managing director and UK head of trade credit at Marsh Specialty, says insurers had been taking a wait-and-see approach even before a federal court dealt a major blow to the new US administration.
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- May 28 2025
Aon promotes Mary-Catherine Hamill to head of construction in Australia
She has been with Aon for over nine and a half years, most recently as specialty solutions placement leader.
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- May 26 2025
Cornerstone Risk Group expands sport, entertainment team with director hire
Russell McCauley will lead the line for the Ardonagh Group-backed Australian insurance broker.
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- May 26 2025
Chubb’s ANZ head of global brokers to retire after 41-year career
John French, who also holds the additional role of colleague development ambassador for ANZ, has worked at Chubb in APAC for 28 years.
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- May 22 2025
Clear resilience playbook, new DNA needed as climate challenge grows: Marsh’s Beverley Adams
Head of climate and catastrophe resilience tells InsuranceAsia News that as businesses, including in Asia Pacific, transition to a low-carbon future, insurers are increasingly being asked to play a part in the finance and risk management of projects.
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- May 21 2025
Marsh appointed broker for Royal Australian Navy’s maritime insurance program
Program may include six new Hunter-class frigates, three Hobart-class destroyers, 11 new general-purpose frigates, six new large optionally crewed surface vessels, as well as naval infrastructure precinct in South Australia.
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- May 20 2025
Gallagher India appoints Venu Matoory as oil, gas and petrochemical risk specialist
Mumbai-based Matoory will be driving growth in the specialised segment of crude, chemical, and gas tankers, using his on-ground experience as an ex-mariner.
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- May 19 2025
Howden India continues M&A insurance team expansion with Marsh hire
Shreya Iyer joins the broker in Mumbai as co-head of transactional risk.
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- May 16 2025
Gallagher ships in Aon’s Sanjay Mehra as head of marine in India
Mumbai-based Mehra previoulsy worked for Aon, Marsh, K.M Dastur, Howden and ICICI Lombard.
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- May 13 2025
Howden Asia hires ecosystems industry veteran Daniel Fairweather
Singapore-based Fairweather was previously executive director at Gallagher and divisional director at WTW.
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- May 12 2025
McLardy McShane acquires authorised representative Stewart Insurance
Melbourne-based broker has been a corporate authorised representative of McLardy McShane for about 10 years.
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- April 30 2025
Exclusive: BMS to shut down South Korea, Japan offices
Market sources tell IAN that most of the staff working in both offices of the M&A specialist broker will be let go.
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- April 29 2025
Pamela Beilby returns to Allianz Australia as national relationship manager
Sydney-based Beilby will be responsible for developing and executing national strategic partnership plans across key broker segments within Allianz.
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- April 28 2025
Howden Australia names new head of surety
Tony Cengic will relocate from London to Melbourne, having spent the last 10 years with Subsea 7.
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- April 22 2025
Steve Hutchinson to join Willis as P&C head for Hong Kong, Macau after 4-month Howden stint
Hutchinson, who had joined Howden as chief broking officer in January, will take over from Phil Timms, who will transition to a new role, as IAN first reported.
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- April 22 2025
Willis elevates Trent Williams to head of broking, global construction
Melbourne-based Williams has been head of carrier management for Asia Pacific and head of broking for Pacific at the broker since April last year.
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- April 22 2025
Willis bolsters India aviation, space team
Anant Pawar joins the WTW broking business from Aon India, where he was chief broking officer.
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- April 14 2025
PSC expands in New Zealand with Sepio acquisition
Envest, which owns PSC, has several additional deals in the pipeline across New Zealand.
