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- August 1 2025
FM announces key promotions in ANZ client service team
Melbourne-based Mairead Perkins steps up as vice president and assistant client service manager, while Sydney-based Ben Wyatt takes on the role of vice president and client service manager.
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- August 1 2025
AIG appoints Adrian Walker as head of commercial property and business pack for Australia
Sydney-based Walker joins from Swiss Re CorSo, where he was large commercial property underwriting lead for APAC.
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- July 29 2025
Chubb pays US$321m for Liberty Mutual’s Thailand arm
The acquisition of LMG Insurance was completed on April 1, with recognised goodwill of US$183m and intangible assets of US$57m, the insurer said in a stock exchange filing.
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- July 25 2025
India’s reinsurance market poised for massive growth, driven by infrastructure boom: Policybazaar for Business
Co-founder and chief business officer Tarun Mathur tells InsuranceAsia News that the one-stop digital insurance platform is also eyeing business expansion in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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- July 24 2025
QBE signs up Sure to distribute intermediated home cover in Australia
Australian insurer will no longer offer domestic householders’ insurance directly through its broker channel from the start of October.
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- July 11 2025
HDI appoints Alex Howell as property underwriting manager in Singapore
With 25 years’ global experience across property and energy, Howell will lead the property team across Southeast and South Asia.
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- July 9 2025
Canopius recruits Gallagher Re’s Micia Yong as APAC head of property and specialty treaty
Yong will be based in Singapore and and report directly to APAC and MENA CEO Soon Keen Lee.
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- July 3 2025
Aon names Keiko Seta as head of Japan desk
Seta joins having spent the last five years at Miller Insurance Services.
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- June 23 2025
Zurich Kotak launches commercial insurance division
The carrier will expand into commercial property, liability, marine, and engineering, covering a range of businesses from SMEs to large corporates.
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- June 23 2025
Price Forbes appoints Suvimol Sathanart as Asia property chief
Singapore-based Sathanart, who joins from Direct Asia, will report to chief broking officer Julian Coates.
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- June 17 2025
Exclusive: Zurich names Koji Okumura as senior property underwriter in Japan
Okumura earlier worked at Munich Re as an underwriter for almost 10 years, travelling between Japan and Hong Kong.
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- June 12 2025
QBE Asia first carrier to join IFC’s resilience program to close APAC protection gap
International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Building Resilience Index (BRI) program focuses on hazard mapping and a resilience assessment framework and evaluates climate-related risks for real-estate projects and portfolios.
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- June 5 2025
Swiss Re CorSo appoints Aimee Curtain as head of property & specialty for ANZ
Curtain takes over from outgoing head Luke Griggs as the commercial insurers continues its regional leadership shakeup.
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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
‘Exposed and vulnerable’: Australia’s wine industry in need of innovative solutions to cork protection gap
Parametric insurance is emerging as a viable alternative to traditional covers, addressing critical gaps for both large vineyards and single-vintage producers, according to underwriters and industry bodies.
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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
Beijing hail leads to US$44m insured loss from widespread motor, property damage
Local insurers have received at least 45,600 claims, with the majority related to motor, as of May 14, according to the Beijing Financial Regulatory Bureau.
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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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- May 12 2025
Allianz Commercial appoints Roy Kang as property underwriter in Tokyo
Kang previously worked at Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance for almost nine years, focusing on reinsurance underwriting.
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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.
