Industry Segments: Insurers Page 18 / 23
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- June 12 2025
SBI General Insurance appoints Mohd Arif Khan as deputy CEO
Khan joins the carrier from the State Bank of India, where he was most recently general manager.
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- June 12 2025
Brett Kenyon joins construction team at Gallagher-owned specialist MGA Pen Underwriting
Kenyon joins the Australian underwriting agency as a senior underwriter from Sura Engineering.
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- June 12 2025
QBE Asia first carrier to join IFC’s resilience program to close APAC protection gap
International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Building Resilience Index (BRI) program focuses on hazard mapping and a resilience assessment framework and evaluates climate-related risks for real-estate projects and portfolios.
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- June 11 2025
Samsung Fire & Marine to buy additional 21% stake in Canopius
Transaction will increase the Korean insurer's total share to 40%.
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- June 11 2025
Australia’s NTI names Janelle Greene as CEO
Greene, currently NTI’s chief customer officer, will succeed veteran Tony Clark, who has served as CEO for 18 years.
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- June 10 2025
Allianz Commercial appoints Hydor as MGA for APAC marine liability insurance
Hydor will quote and bind policies for all marine liability products, including property, handling equipment, hull and machinery, port craft and service boats.
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- June 10 2025
BHSI Australia expands into life science, biotech, pharmaceutical management liability
The new policy, designed for the research and development ecosystem, covers directors and officers, scientific and medical advisory boards and private capital raisings and is not excluded in the event of insolvency.
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- June 9 2025
Kiwi insurer Tower strengthens tie-up with key external loss adjusting partner Sedgwick
Chief claims officer Steve Wilson says the partnership will provide Tower with additional support from Sedgwick’s loss adjusters across New Zealand and the Pacific.
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- June 9 2025
Chubb hands James Brown expanded role as head of major accounts for Asia
Singapore-based Brown will focus on driving business direction of the division, while remining in his current position as global broking head in the region.
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- June 9 2025
Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance domestic operations performance to remain stable: AM Best
The rating agency has affirmed financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and long-term issuer credit rating of “aa” (Superior) to MSI.
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- June 9 2025
Putting Markel on the map: International president Andrew McMellin eyes US$500m APAC premiums written by 2030
Specialty insurer also targets US$5bn of premiums across its international markets, while trying to get a 50/50 balance between London and non-London books of businesses.
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- June 9 2025
Manulife unit to re-domicile to Hong Kong from Bermuda in November
Second insurer after Axa to shift its base under Hong Kong's new company re-domiciliation regime.
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- June 9 2025
New Zealand’s Natural Hazards Commission secures US$6.3bn in reinsurance cover
The cover, renewed on June 1, includes NZ$225 million from a multi-year catastrophe bond issued in 2023.
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- June 5 2025
RGA concludes block reinsurance policies for Tokio Marine’s life arm
Reinsurance of whole life policies with Anshin Life follows a US$700m reinsurance block transaction completed in 2024.
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- June 5 2025
QBE appoints Sebastian Tjornelund as interim head of marine for Asia
Tjornelund succeeds Rama Chandran, who is leaving to head specialty MGA Rokstone's new office in Singapore.
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- June 5 2025
Swiss Re CorSo appoints Aimee Curtain as head of property & specialty for ANZ
Curtain takes over from outgoing head Luke Griggs as the commercial insurers continues its regional leadership shakeup.
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- June 4 2025
Chubb veteran Bilal Chohan joins Everest Insurance to ‘kick off’ risk engineering practice
Sydney-based Chohan will focus on property, energy, and construction portfolios covering local and international markets.
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- June 4 2025
South Korean non-life insurers face capital pressure as liabilities rise: AM Best
Long-term insurance premium growth may face headwinds from macroeconomic uncertainties, while intensified competition could undermine sustainable growth as the market becomes saturated.
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- June 3 2025
India’s non-life premiums could rise to US$38bn in FY26: ICRA
Report also notes private insurers could expand market share to 70% by FY27, up from 68% in FY25.
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- June 3 2025
India’s 3 state-owned insurers need close to US$2bn to remain solvent: ICRA
Combined solvency ratios remained weak at negative 0.85 times as of December, compared to the regulatory minimum of 1.50.
