Industry Segments: Insurers Page 1 / 12
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- August 29 2025
Parametric insurance must simplify to boost public sector adoption: Seadrif’s Benedikt Signer
Executive director of the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility outlines its mission to enhance insurance adoption in public sectors by simplifying product design and addressing market gaps.
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- August 28 2025
Taiping Re’s profit surges 75% despite flat premiums
China Taiping reported a 12.2% rise H1 FY25 profit led by a sharp rise in reinsurance profitability and improved underwriting margins.
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- August 28 2025
QBE CFO Inder Singh resigns, to depart for banking role in 2026
Singh will remain with QBE while the company undertakes a search for a new chief financial officer.
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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 27 2025
PICC P&C underwriting profit surges 45% to US$2bn on motor, property gains
China's large non-life carrier posted a combined ratio of 94.8%, a 1.4 percentage point improvement.
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- August 26 2025
Ping An P&C H1 topline up 7%, COR down to 95.2%
Chinese carrier’s premium income increased US$23.6bn.
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- August 26 2025
Zurich Malaysia promotes Yuan Feng Hoo to chief pricing actuary
Hoo, who has also been handed head of technical excellence role, has previously held multiple P&C leadership positions with the insurer.
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- August 26 2025
QBE taps veteran Stephen Geisler to succeed Ronak Shah as South Asia CEO
Marsh's Ross Bethell has also been appointed as head of partnerships for Asia, with both set to report to QBE Asia CEO Rob Kosova.
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- August 25 2025
Korea’s Lotte Insurance in regulatory crosshairs: reports
Regulator highlights the PE-backed insurer’s failure to manage liquidity risks, declining K-ICS ratio, poor management performance evaluations and investment performance.
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- August 23 2025
Axa XL India hires Bipin Titus as senior underwriter
Titus joins AXA XL India after a decade at ICICI Lombard.
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- August 22 2025
Regina Wiedmann promoted to Zurich Insurance’s CFO for Japan P&C
Wiedmann has relocated from her previous role with Zurich in Singapore to Tokyo following the appointment.
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- August 22 2025
Berkley names Kenneth Cheong as deputy head of marine for Asia
Singapore-based Cheong was most recently underwriting manager for marine cargo at HDI Global for nearly 12 years.
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- August 21 2025
MG Non-Life’s bridge insurer set for launch as labour union agrees to 55% employee retention: report
Yebyeol Non-life, the temporary insurer set up to manage the troubled carrier's insurance contracts, is likely to be launched next month following an agreement with the labour union.
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- August 21 2025
Allianz Commercial appoints Tom Gilmore as head of farm underwriting in Australia
Sydney-based Gilmore, who has been with Allianz for six years, takes charge as a review and simplification of the insurer’s agri product is underway.
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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 21 2025
APRA targets promoting cost-effective reinsurance to general insurers
Australian regulator's 2025-26 corporate plan says it will release details on its proposals in the first half of FY26, and in the latter half, it will report the results of its climate vulnerability assessment for the general insurance sector.
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- August 21 2025
US tariffs haven’t really landed on P&I, West’s David Griffiths says, as China’s influence grows
Singapore-based senior manager of underwriting also discusses China's influence on the maritime industry, environmental regulations impacting Asian shipping, and the growing systemic problem of the shadow fleet.
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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 20 2025
Allianz Trade appoints Tetsushi Kitano as Thailand country manager
Kitano, with over 17 years at the trade credit insurer in Japan and Hong Kong, will continue to lead the Japan desk for Asean countries.
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- August 20 2025
Liberty promotes Ann Dang to APAC chief of staff
She will work closely with APAC president Mathew Jackson to deepen client relationships.
