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- August 14 2025
Sompo’s Q1 P&C profit up 37% on strong domestic performance
Japan unit reports 96.1% COR, a 7.2 percentage points improvement from 103.3% a year ago on strong fire and motor results.
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- August 4 2025
Generali rebrands Indian JVs following Central Bank of India’s stake acquisition
Life insurance business will be rebranded as Generali Central Life Insurance, and general insurance business as Generali Central Insurance.
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- July 31 2025
Tysers appoints Desmond Cheok as associate director for P&C in Singapore
Cheok previously worked at Sompo International as APAC casualty underwriting leader.
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- July 30 2025
Insurance market dynamics present ‘unique, temporary’ window of opportunity for insurance buyers: Aon
Increased capacity, improving terms and competitive pricing continues across wide swaths of the market, broker’s Global Insurance Market Insights report says.
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- July 30 2025
Vietnam insurers poised for further growth despite climate, reinsurance pressures: AM Best
Ratings agency, while maintaining a stable outlook for the sector, said trade uncertainty and slower economies in key export markets could dampen commercial insurance demand.
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- July 28 2025
Hong Kong P&C market posts US$112m underwriting profit in Q1 2025: HKIA
The SAR's direct insurers posted an underwriting profit of US$140m, while the inward reinsurance segment posted an underwriting loss.
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- July 23 2025
Zurich takes Swiss Re’s Michael Szwajda as Singapore broker relationship lead
He will focus on deepening broker and customer relationships and driving growth for the insurer's commercial insurance portfolio, including Zurich Resilience Solutions opportunities.
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- July 23 2025
Inflation, nat cats weigh on APAC construction, sparking underinsurance as regional infrastructure opportunities build
Insurers are enhancing risk modelling capabilities to keep pace with the rising frequency, while innovating on products to serve the evolving market.
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- July 2 2025
Korea mulls restarting MG Non-Life sale process, but will persist with liquidation process: reports
KDIC said it has reached agreement with insurer's labour union to pursue both the transfer of insurance contracts to five non-life insurers and the sale.
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- June 24 2025
Sompo names Alasdair Walker Hong Kong CEO as Li Sheung Kin set to retire
Walker will be responsible for driving Hong Kong’s profitability and capabilities as a key commercial business hub in Asia Pacific, reporting into regional insurance CEO Kenneth Reilly.
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- June 19 2025
Fitch upgrades QBE with reserve risk volatility set to ease, net income hits US$1.8bn in 2024
Rating agency upgrades insurer financial strength ratings of QBE Insurance Group's core subsidiaries to AA- (very strong), and QBE's long-term issuer default rating to A with a stable outlook.
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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
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
Kiwi insurer Tower confirms Paul Johnston as CEO
Johnston, who has been interim CEO since February, will start in the new role from Wednesday.
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- May 27 2025
GIC Re’s FY25 underwriting loss at US$403m, COR improves to 108.8%
Carrier’s net profit for the financial year rose by 3.1% to US$784.3m, while GWP grew by 10.7% to US$4.8bn.
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- May 22 2025
Axa XL gives Jamie Chambers expanded role as greater China CEO
Chambers will continue to lead Hong Kong business while also taking on broader leadership responsibilities across China, Macau, and Taiwan.
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- May 20 2025
Tokio Marine Group’s FY24 NWP up 10% to US$36.7bn
Top-line results in line with the projections and strong due to rate increases domestically and internationally, product revisions for fire and motor and expanded specialty lines sales.
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- May 20 2025
Sompo posts record profits, bolstered by overseas business
Japanese group’s international business' underwriting income grew by almost six times to US$399m in FY24.
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- May 19 2025
Ping An P&C’s underwriting profitability better than domestic peer average: AM Best
AM Best affirms an insurer rating of A (excellent) with a stable outlook.
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- May 19 2025
Canopius expands APAC leadership with double appointment
Singapore-based Chen Zhang and Channing Chiu will report to APAC and MENA CEO Soon Keen Lee.
