Line of business: Financial Lines Page 1 / 10
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- July 3 2025
Markel appoints Joanna Quigan as senior underwriter for professional and financial risks
She will be based in Melbourne and report to Kym Beazleigh, head of professional and financial risks.
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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 30 2025
Beazley ropes in Estee Chong as financial institutions product specialist for Asia
Chong was previously head of casualty and long tail business at Chubb based in Singapore.
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- June 25 2025
Everest Insurance launches Korea desk, led by Brian Jee
Singapore-based Jee joined Everest two years ago from Chubb as a senior underwriter.
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- June 23 2025
Sharna Stallard returns to Agile as financial lines underwriter
Stallard has over 25 years of insurance experience with expertise across financial lines and general insurance broking.
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- June 23 2025
Willis bolsters India finex team with head of claims appointment
Gurugram-based Arushi Arora joins the broker from law firm Khaitan Legal Associates, where she represented clients, insurers and brokers on complex liability claims.
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- June 13 2025
Lockton bolsters Australia finpro team with senior hires
Craig Claughton joins the broker as national manage for financial institutions, while Dennis Moens will assume the role of client manager, both effective from early July.
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- June 6 2025
WTW appoints Amarpal Singh as cyber leader in India
Delhi-based Singh has also been named as north leader within the financial and executive risks (finex) division at Willis.
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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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- June 2 2025
Lockton taps Aon’s Darryl Lee as head of professional, executive risk
Singapore-based Lee previously worked at Aon for almost eight years, most recently as associate director for financial services and professions group/sales and marketing.
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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 28 2025
Markel Australia launches FI solutions, begins with expanded finpro cover for investment managers
Team will be co-led by senior underwriters Lan Pham, based in Melbourne, and Daisy Galvin, who has transferred to Sydney from London.
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- May 21 2025
Axa XL promotes Tavpraneet Singh to CUO for international financial lines, APAC and Europe
Singh will be responsible for the underwriting strategy for professional indemnity, management liability, financial institutions, cyber, and M&A.
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- May 21 2025
Canopius adds professional lines underwriter in Australia
Mark Butterworth joins the Lloyd’s carrier in Melbourne from Dual Australia.
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- May 13 2025
Zurich Singapore hands out 2 expanded property, financial lines leadership roles
Christy Yeo appointed head of property, and Wendy Ong appointed head of financial lines.
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- April 25 2025
With boots on the ground in Australia, CFC eyes strong growth, upselling opportunities
Following the acquisition and rebranding of Solution Underwriting, the MGA's Australia managing director Anita Lane looks to the future and reflects on the softening commercial insurance market.
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- April 24 2025
Pacific rates suffer largest global fall at 8% in Q1, Marsh says
Finpro pricing fell by 10%, while property and cyber declined by 9% and 8%, respectively.
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- April 24 2025
Asia insurance rates down 3% in Q1 2025, fifth straight quarter of decline: Marsh
Property rates down 3%, while casualty placements saw a 2% decline, and finpro and cyber rates fell by 8%, according to the broker's Global Insurance Market Index.
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- April 15 2025
Emerging ‘silent AI’ risk on underwriters’ minds, poised to trigger finpro liability claims
As businesses increasingly integrate AI technologies, insurers face the challenge of unintentional coverage gaps, reminiscent of ‘silent cyber’.
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- February 24 2025
Sompo reshuffles APAC commercial lines team in Singapore, Hong Kong
Kelly Koh, Victoria Soo and Szeto Ophelia will be 'instrumental in driving their respective lines of business across the region', according to the carrier.
