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- July 2 2025
WTW appoints Mark Thompson as regional construction director for Asia
Thompson will be based in Hong Kong, having recently relocated from Sydney, where he previously held the role of broking director for construction across the Pacific region.
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- July 2 2025
QBE Asia amps up wholesale team with 2 senior leadership appointments
Wholesale insurer has named Hong Kong-based Cynthia Huang head of Taiwan and Greater China desk (facultative reinsurance) and Singapore-based Young Jun Lee as head of wholesale Asia, construction and engineering.
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- June 18 2025
WTW promotes Catherine Tait to New Zealand construction manager
Tait joined WTW in August as technical director for finex in New Zealand, having previously worked for the likes of Marsh, Willis and Aon.
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- June 13 2025
HDI Global reshuffles APAC engineering team
Haris Michaels will relocate from Sydney to Singapore, with Stevan Bonic taking over as engineering underwriting manager for Australasia.
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- June 12 2025
Brett Kenyon joins construction team at Gallagher-owned specialist MGA Pen Underwriting
Kenyon joins the Australian underwriting agency as a senior underwriter from Sura Engineering.
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- June 6 2025
Clifford Scott appointed head of construction at New Zealand’s Mecon Insurance
Scott, who took up the role officially last week, was previously the CEO of Growing Spectrum New Zealand.
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- June 4 2025
Chubb veteran Bilal Chohan joins Everest Insurance to ‘kick off’ risk engineering practice
Sydney-based Chohan will focus on property, energy, and construction portfolios covering local and international markets.
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- June 4 2025
McLarens acquires Melbourne-based boutique loss adjuster
Property & Forensic Assessing boosts McLarens’ construction, commercial property, and financial loss capabilities.
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- May 28 2025
Aon promotes Mary-Catherine Hamill to head of construction in Australia
She has been with Aon for over nine and a half years, most recently as specialty solutions placement leader.
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- May 15 2025
Vietnam’s PVI partners South Korea’s EGI for engineering guarantee insurance foray
Cooperation aims to create favourable conditions for South Korean construction enterprises to participate in infrastructure projects in Vietnam.
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- May 12 2025
Axa XL Australia hires trio to expand property, construction, energy claims team
Tylie Petrovski, Rebecca Williams and Ilija Bogoevski have joined the insurer in Brisbane and Sydney.
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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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- April 22 2025
Willis elevates Trent Williams to head of broking, global construction
Melbourne-based Williams has been head of carrier management for Asia Pacific and head of broking for Pacific at the broker since April last year.
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- April 9 2025
2025 cat losses could cause Asia energy market shift: WTW
Current soft conditions follow a strong year for (re)insurers in the downstream and upstream energy sectors, but elevated cat activity could quickly tighten the market.
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- March 18 2025
Axa XL announces key promotions in APAC, Europe construction and energy underwriting team
Paris-based Olivier Croese will lead the team, while Madrid-based Susana Huete Santos becomes regional product leader.
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- January 7 2025
Chubb elevates Carles Tondo as head of property and technical lines in Singapore
In his new role, Tondo will be responsible for fire, terrorism, construction, power generation and energy.
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- December 13 2024
Chubb taps Aon veteran Ben Holland as construction manager for ANZ
Melbourne-based Holland will strengthen the capabilities of the P&C leadership team and work closely with Jane Ravi, the carrier's energy & tech lines manager.
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- November 22 2024
Fidelidade Macau improves ROE on China border reopening, light rail transit project: Fitch
The rating agency has affirmed the P&C carri rating at 'A' (strong) with a stable outlook driven by the insurer's strategic importance to its Portuguese parent company.
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- November 7 2024
Asian specialty losses to be reflected in renewals: Swiss Re
The reinsurer’s specialty CUO Anne Lohbeck says engineering, inherent defect, cyber and credit & surety are growth drivers for APAC specialty book.
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- October 29 2024
South Korea’s Construction Guarantee faces stress from growing claims, 2023 COR at 125.36%: Fitch
The ratings agency has affirmed the cooperative surety insurer's financial strength rating at A (strong), with a stable outlook.
