Industry Segments: Insurers Page 9 / 10
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- May 7 2025
Korean non-life carriers’ overseas branches see net income surge to US$95m
Increase attributed to base effect of natural catastrophes in 2023, including Typhoon Mawar in Guam and a wildfire in Hawaii.
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- May 7 2025
APAC insurers remain resilient amid trade tensions, volatile markets: S&P
However, rising tariffs, market volatility, and currency fluctuations could strain earnings and slow premium growth.
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- May 6 2025
Olivia Clark jets into Singapore as Everest’s senior APAC aviation underwriter
Clark relocates from London, having previously worked at Chubb and Nexus Group.
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- May 6 2025
Howden promotes Leo King to regional fac role
A company veteran, King was most recently an executive director, a post he had held for more than four years.
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- May 6 2025
Allianz Trade’s Rodrigo Jimenez to succeed Paul Flanagan as Asia Pacific CEO
Jimenez, who is currently regional commercial director for northern Europe with the trade credit insurer, will take charge on October 1.
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- May 5 2025
Sompo appoints Wei Beng Toh to APAC operational excellence role
Toh, who joins from Manulife as assistant vice president, will report to Kent Leong, head of regional project and commercial operations in APAC.
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- May 5 2025
Insurers call for advancing Australia’s resilience as Labor Party secures second term
Constructive collaboration between government, industry, and communities is essential in the face of more frequent and severe extreme weather, the Insurance Council of Australia says.
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- May 5 2025
Chubb promotes Titus Samuel to head of power and construction for Asia
Singapore-based Samuel, who has been the head of power generation and utilities since 2017, adds a focus on the construction sector.
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- May 4 2025
MSIG Asia expands digital, corporate capabilities with 3 leadership appointments
Adrian Hill has been appointed chief digital and consumer officer, Enny Halim as chief corporate officer and Pearline Soh as head of digital marketing.
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- April 30 2025
Allianz Commercial Australia appoints Mark Sutton head of client engagement
Sydney-based Sutton joined Allianz Australia in 2013, and he was most recently the head of partnerships and distribution for personal injury.
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- April 29 2025
China United Property Insurance to maintain stable underwriting margin: Fitch Ratings
Global ratings agency affirms insurer financial strength rating of BBB+ with a stable outlook.
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- April 23 2025
Korean regulators may transfer MG Non-Life insurance contracts: reports
Samsung Fire & Marine, DB, KB, Hyundai Marine & Fire and Meritz Fire & Marine are reviewing a plan to form a joint due diligence corporation to takeover the struggling insurer's policies.
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- April 22 2025
MS&AD to invest up to US$5bn to double North America profits: report
Japanese insurer plans to continue its aggressive investment strategy moving forward, CEO Shinichiro Funabiki tells Bloomberg.
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- April 7 2025
Tokio Marine to net US$1.2bn from Mitsubishi share buyback
TMNF plans to tender its entire holding in the conglomerate as part of the Japanese insurer's plan to divest cross-holdings.
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- April 1 2025
Bain Capital exits Tower investment via US$50m block deal
Kiwi insurer's largest shareholder sells 19.941% stake for US$0.74 per share.
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- March 28 2025
Mitsui Sumitomo agrees to acquire 15% in WR Berkley for about US$3.8bn
Japanese insurer will buy the shares through open market purchases or private transactions with third parties and expects to complete the acquisition by March 2026.
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- March 27 2025
Sompo expands into Europe with licences for Netherlands, Belgium
Extends the Japanese group’s offerings in continental Europe, where it also operates in Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland.
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- March 20 2025
Regulators approve Samsung Fire & Marine’s transition to subsidiary of Samsung Life
Non-life carrier will maintain independent management and have a separate board of directors.
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- March 19 2025
Ping An’s P&C FY24 net profit up 68% to US$2bn, COR improves to 98.1%
Chinese carrier’s insurance revenue rose by 4.7% year-on-year to US$45.4bn.
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- March 19 2025
Review panel urges Australian insurers to implement General Insurance Code recommendations on pricing
The ICA, in its action plan released earlier this week, had disagreed with pricing-related recommendations of the independent panel’s final report.
