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- August 10 2023
BMS Re appoints Sean Sperring to develop APAC facultative book
He is based in Singapore as a director and was previously a facultative property underwriter at Munich Re in Sydney.
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- August 7 2023
Gallagher makes two senior hires for Asia financial lines push
Robert Sinclair joins the broker as director, wholesale & reinsurance placement - Asia and Chongting Xia becomes associate director, financial lines, Greater China.
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- July 13 2023
Everest chopper crash signals turbulence for Nepal’s aviation fac market
IAN understands the helicopter crash this week that killed six people will cost reinsurers around US$2.5m and adds to a series of safety failures that will likely see prices and retentions soaring.
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- June 23 2023
WTW India appoints Anand Kolhe as exec vice-president, facultative reinsurance
Prior to this move, he was associate director with Gallagher’s Indian insurance brokerage arm Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers.
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- June 12 2023
Mitsubishi D&O cover in the spotlight as lawsuit looms against securities arm
The fallout of Credit Suisse's demise will have wider repercussions as the cover placed locally would have been facultatively reinsured in the international markets.
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- June 2 2023
Miller taps Lockton’s Craig McCoig-Lees for APAC reinsurance build-out
Singapore-based McCoig-Lees will support the broker's facultative and treaty offerings in the region.
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- June 2 2023
Volante targets treaty, fac and M&A cover with Lloyd’s Asia launch
The specialty player will be led by Amy Fu in Singapore with initial lines to include property, engineering, motor, casualty and marine.
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- May 5 2023
Frontier launches fac broker with ‘big Australia focus’
The wholesale broker will focus on finding capacity for hard-to-place risks such as crypto, cannabis, cyber and tech PI.
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- April 20 2023
Gallagher launches Japan commercial and wholesale fac broker
Takuya Aibe and Tetsuro Nakazawa have joined the broker from Marsh. Aibe becomes CEO of retail and Nakazawa CEO of wholesale and fac.
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- March 13 2023
Fac broker Reggie Choo to join Miller in Singapore
Choo joins Miller from Bowring Marsh at a time when facultative (re)insurance becomes increasingly in demand in Asia.
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- March 2 2023
Fac to the fore in Asia as treaty turbulence continues
"The general consensus is that people have not seen a market like this before," says Miller's Ron Whyte.
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- February 20 2023
Jansen Sulaeman returns to WTW for Asia fac build out
As head of business development, Singapore-based Sulaeman will help drive facultative reinsurance growth in the region.
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- January 27 2023
Axa XL appoints APAC & Europe head of captives and facultative underwriting
Marine Charbonnier was most recently the (re)insurer's global programmes & captives regional director for Europe.
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- November 24 2022
Miller bets on APAC with Singapore energy push
Matthew Hooker and Ron Whyte lay out the GIC-backed broker’s organic and inorganic strategy for the region.
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- October 19 2022
TMK eyes specialty growth in ‘complex, volatile’ Asia
Pavlos Spyropoulos says the target is to double regional GWP from US$100m in 2022 within five years.
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- June 29 2022
Acrisure Re signs India fac partnership with Mahindra Insurance Brokers
The deal will help Acrisure expand in India and Mahindra to access global markets.
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- November 11 2021
Ben Crookenden rejoins WTW as head of Asia facultative
Based in Singapore, this will be his second stint at the global broker.
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- July 29 2021
McGill and Partners hires Aon Re’s Asia head of fac
David Cousar will join McGill's facultative reinsurance team next year.
