Industry Segments: Specialty Page 3 / 16
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- February 28 2024
Hong Kong reiterates pledge to develop as ILS hub in 2024-25 budget
The city's financial secretary repeated its goal of developing insurance-linked securities such as cat bonds, and attracting captives as key to developing its specialty insurance market.
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- February 26 2024
Markel appoints Ng Yao Hua as cyber security analyst in Singapore
Ng will support Markel’s cyber underwriting capability in the region, reporting to Simon Moi, head of professional and financial risks for Asia.
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- February 19 2024
Axa XL appoints AIG’s Chris Cheng as Hong Kong head of casualty
Cheng will be responsible for developing casualty portfolio across Hong Kong, China and Macau.
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- February 7 2024
Pacific Prime acquires Malaysia’s MIT Insurance Brokers from Johor Corp
The deal between the global insurance brokerage and Malaysia's state development corporation will see MIT Insurance Brokers integrate into Pacific Prime Consultants Malaysia.
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- February 1 2024
Australian MGA Market Lane hires Evan Ainslie from Lloyd’s as head of strategy
In his new role, Sydney-based Ainslie will introduce innovative solutions that align with current offerings and demands of the market.
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- January 31 2024
Philip Johnson named CEO designate for Price Forbes Asia
Johnson will take over from Stephen Britten, who will become executive chairman of the Ardonagh Group (re)insurance broker, in September this year.
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- January 29 2024
Specialty MGA Fusion partners Antares, Beazley and Everest for SME finpro cover in Asia
The insurers will support Fusion's management liability, professional liability, and investment managers insurance offerings, as well as its standalone D&O liability insurance tailored for SMEs.
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- January 24 2024
Election-packed 2024 revs up appetite for political risk cover
While the appetite for global programs has significantly reduced, single-country appetite remains relatively deep and is expected to see a boost in the product’s popularity over the coming months.
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- January 19 2024
Volante’s Steven Harwood joins Fusion Specialty as managing partner in Japan
Tokyo-based Harwood was most recently Asia Pacific at Acrisure-backed specialty MGA Volante.
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- January 16 2024
Alex Tarantino to succeed retiring HDI Global Singapore CEO Graham Silton
The specialty insurer has also named Sydney-based Andrew Cochrane as underwriting manager, liability, for Australasia.
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- January 8 2024
Howden doubles down on equine sector with Australian specialist broker buy
The broker acquired Sydney-based bloodstock intermediary Silks Insurance following a string of acquisitions in the bloodstock market in 2023.
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- January 5 2024
WTW strengthens its corporate risk & broking business in Singapore with two senior promotions
Ernest Heng (pictured left) has been promoted to head of specialty while David Ng (pictured right) becomes head of client services.
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- January 4 2024
(Re)insurers to keep an eye on inflation, climate risk and geopolitical tensions in 2024
Expectations for a recovery in growth, orderly renewals, improved supply-demand dynamics, easing of retro market conditions point to a shift in sentiments and the industry’s resilience.
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- December 21 2023
January 1 renewals seeing ‘flattish pricing’, better terms
Political risk and war will see the most challenging conversations with capacity available for other classes as reinsurance or retro markets have not been too affected by 2023 catastrophes.
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- December 18 2023
Lisa Mitchell joins Markel as head of claims as Australia build-out completes
Mitchell's appointment marks the completion of the initial phase of building out the specialty insurer's Australian operations.
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- December 14 2023
APAC financial lines underwriters search for pockets of profitability in underserved niches
While the market in the region remains extremely soft, carriers are betting on mid-market and SME D&O accounts, commercial PI and cyber-blended policies.
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- December 8 2023
Howden names Wallace McLean’s Nigel Wallace as New Zealand CEO as brokers complete merger
The broker's current CEO René Hattingh will become head of technical delivery, initially concentrating on servicing clients in the scheme and affinity space and reporting directly to Wallace.
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- December 5 2023
Azure Risk hires Mai Nguyen as senior manager, marine broker
Hong Kong-based Nguyen will report to Anmol Sawlani, chief executive, and support renewals and new business development.
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- December 1 2023
Gallagher launches Taiwan brokerage with Brian Wang in charge
The 15-member Taipei-based team will offer property & casualty, marine, construction, cyber, trade credit, financial lines, energy and employee benefits services.
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- November 28 2023
Berkshire Hathaway ropes in Alex Zhang as senior property underwriter
Zhang, prior to this move, had spent over 17 years with QBE Insurance, most recently as senior underwriter.
