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- October 29 2025
Canopius names Michelle Rudd as APAC COO, expands Australian casualty team
Twin appointments in Sydney will see Rudd overseeing operational strategy and performance across the region, while Vanessa Hall joins the casualty underwriting team
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- October 23 2025
Asia insurance rates fall for seventh straight quarter: Marsh
Property, casualty, finpro, and cyber lines all saw rate reductions amid strong insurer competition and evolving risk landscapes, according to Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index.
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- October 23 2025
Pacific insurance rates drop 11% in Q3, led by property: Marsh
Globally, commercial insurance rates continued to soften in Q3 2025, with the Pacific region recording the steepest declines.
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- September 15 2025
Jasmine Wan joins Berkley Insurance Asia as head of casualty for greater China
Hong Kong-based Wan joins after spending over eight and a half years with QBE.
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- August 22 2025
Regina Wiedmann promoted to Zurich Insurance’s CFO for Japan P&C
Wiedmann has relocated from her previous role with Zurich in Singapore to Tokyo following the appointment.
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- August 15 2025
Canopius adds Jinnan Tang to Singapore casualty treaty team
Tang joins the Lloyd's carrier from MS Amlin and will report to Andrew Parker, head of casualty treaty APAC.
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- July 28 2025
Delta Insurance promotes Natasha Plesnik to casualty manager
New Zealand-based Plesnik previously worked as a senior underwriter for the specialist underwriting agency.
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- July 14 2025
Starr Insurance hires PeiQi Lee as head of casualty, Asia Pacific
Singapore-based Lee will be responsible for managing technical underwriting in the Asia casualty team and driving profitable growth in the region.
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- July 1 2025
Allianz Commercial names Alex Shi as regional head of liability
Shi joins from Allianz Insurance Singapore, where he was the chief underwriting officer.
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- June 26 2025
Markel continues APAC build out with dedicated casualty underwriter in Singapore
Lloyd's carrier hires Allied World's Collin Sim, who previously spent 17 years at Gen Re.
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- June 23 2025
Samsung Re takes Gallagher Re’s Sie Liang Lau as head of cyber and casualty
Singapore-based Lau will lead build out of the reinsurer's portfolios across APAC and MENA, while supporting Samsung Fire & Marine's global cyber insurance ambitions.
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- June 2 2025
Canopius boosts APAC casualty, financial lines teams with dual promotions
Brodie English has been promoted as head of casualty for Australia and New Zealand, succeeding Craig Elliot, while Rob Barnum has been named head of financial lines for APAC.
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- May 29 2025
Berkley Insurance Asia hires AIG’s Vivian Chow as commercial PI lead
Chow will join the specialty (re)insurer in Hong Kong, as first reported by IAN, and will manage a newly established commercial professional liability practice.
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- May 28 2025
Peak Re expands to North America with Bermuda subsidiary led by Gene Zhang
With a focus on underwriting casualty reinsurance, Peak Re North America 'is a significant step in our group’s global growth strategy', group CEO Franz-Josef Hahn says.
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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 16 2025
HDI builds out North Asia liability team with TaeHan Kim as underwriting manager
Joining from Scor Australia, Kim will be based in the specialty (re)insurer's Hong Kong office.
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- April 2 2025
Petronas faces potential US$5m hit from Malaysia pipeline explosion
National energy company’s captive, Energas, provides up to US$18m of cover, IAN understands.
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- March 28 2025
AIG’s Vivian Chow set to join Berkley Insurance Asia in Hong Kong
Chow will join the specialty (re)insurer in Hong Kong, as first reported by IAN.
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- February 14 2025
Commercial rates harden in Taiwan, Japan while rest of Asia declines: Marsh
Composite insurance rates in Asia continued a downward trend, declining by 3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, marginally higher than the global average.
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- February 6 2025
Berkley expands in India’s GIFT City with CUO appointment
Ashaya Kantawala joins the carrier from Tata AIG, where he was national head for casualty lines.
