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- May 22 2025
Lloyd’s elevates Janus Cheung to head of market development for Asia
Singapore-based Cheung has been with Lloyd's for almsot two and a half years.
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- May 21 2025
Canopius adds professional lines underwriter in Australia
Mark Butterworth joins the Lloyd’s carrier in Melbourne from Dual Australia.
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- May 19 2025
Blunt warning for Lloyd’s syndicates from incoming CEO, market urged to avoid ‘travesty’
With 15 Asian service companies in Singapore, Patrick Tiernan urges self-diagnose amid a fragile market, while CUO Rachel Turk warns of a 'critical junction'.
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- May 8 2025
Patrick Tiernan appointed Lloyd’s CEO, succeeding John Neal
Current chief of markets will start in the new role from June 1.
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- May 7 2025
Asia firmly in Markel’s sights as it seeks to ‘equip, empower’ amid global leadership shake up
Lloyd’s underwriter continues the hunt for an Asia Pacific CEO to succeed Christian Stobbs, who is returning to the UK.
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- April 29 2025
Australia’s 1688 Underwriting gains Lloyd’s coveholder approval
Sydney-based MGA can act as an agent for Lloyd’s syndicates in Australia.
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- April 14 2025
Canopius appoints Andrew Ziolkowski to lead ANZ
He succeeds Craig Elliot, who has served as interim head of the Australia business since December 2024.
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- April 11 2025
London market ‘dismayed’ as Blueprint 2 testing delay could stretch to 2027
Leading figures backed the move to push back the transformational initiative, but one leading figure tells InsuranceAsia News the implementation could go beyond next year.
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- April 8 2025
Markel’s Stobbs confirms ‘desire’ to return to UK by end of 2025
'I’ll miss being in the region, though I’ll certainly keep cheering the team on from the headquarters,' Markel's Asia Pacific managing director says.
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- April 3 2025
Opinion: As changes at the top leave Lloyd’s exposed, does opportunity knock for Asia?
CEO John Neal is leaving this year, but a replacement has not been found, while the market is also getting a new CFO and chairman at the start of May.
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- March 31 2025
MS Amlin expands in Australia with Sydney office, appoints head of ANZ
New office will be led by Matt Botfield, who joins carrier from Aon.
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- March 31 2025
Chaucer FY24 GWP tops US$3bn, reports 87.55% COR
The 17% GWP growth in the latest financial year for the China Re-owned Lloyd’s syndicate was fuelled by a 26.7% expansion in its treaty book.
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- March 28 2025
Lloyd’s coverholder Salt appoints Lee Maureen Santiago as marine underwriter
Sydney-based industry veteran previously worked at Allianz Marine and Transit Underwriting Agency for over 12 years.
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- March 26 2025
Carbon credit specialist Kita expands capacity to US$24m
MGA's capacity is provided by Chaucer, Munich Re Syndicate, RenaissanceRe and Tokio Marine Kiln.
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- March 25 2025
Lloyd’s coverholder Salt promotes Iain Sharples to head of underwriting
He has been with the Australian MGA since April 2023, having previously worked at Zurich Financial Services Australia and Thomas Miller.
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- March 21 2025
Lloyd’s looks beyond Asia for growth: John Neal
APMEA platform’s 2024 GWP was up 9% year-over-year at US$9.5bn, while global premiums were up 6.5% to US$72bn.
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- March 19 2025
‘Narrower, deeper’: US specialty insurer not resting on its laurels with energy, marine, specialty plans for Asia
The Hartford opened its third operation in Asia earlier this year, with Hartford Underwriting Agency CEO Carl Bach telling InsuranceAsia News that it also has one eye on adding cyber to its offering in the region.
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- March 13 2025
Carbon specialist Kita expands into Australia
Chaucer-backed Lloyd's coverholder had entered Singapore in January last year.
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- March 11 2025
Frontier launches new kidnap, ransom, extortion coverage with Travelers capacity
The MGA will offer the product across APAC with limits of up to US$15m per event and US$30m in aggregate.
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- March 6 2025
Storm in a teacup? Market divided over underwriting solar risk for ‘unprepared world’
Modelled impact for Asia Pacific from a sudden and intense burst of radiation and energetic particles from the Sun is pegged at US$375bn and US$428bn for greater China.
