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- August 23 2025
Amid breakout year, Willis supercharges Japan team as broker eyes a bigger piece of the pie
Head of Japan Roy Nakazawa tells InsuranceNews Asia about hiring 22 professionals this year across risk and analytics, facultative reinsurance, marine lines as well as business development, large accounts and claims functions.
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- August 22 2025
Zurich, Liberty, Berkley, Charles Taylor, Howden Re: 12 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Howden Insurance Brokers Australia, HDI Global, Howden, Dual, Allianz Trade and Allianz Commercial also made personnel changes over the last week.
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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 22 2025
Berkley names Kenneth Cheong as deputy head of marine for Asia
Singapore-based Cheong was most recently underwriting manager for marine cargo at HDI Global for nearly 12 years.
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- August 21 2025
Allianz Commercial appoints Tom Gilmore as head of farm underwriting in Australia
Sydney-based Gilmore, who has been with Allianz for six years, takes charge as a review and simplification of the insurer’s agri product is underway.
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- August 20 2025
Allianz Trade appoints Tetsushi Kitano as Thailand country manager
Kitano, with over 17 years at the trade credit insurer in Japan and Hong Kong, will continue to lead the Japan desk for Asean countries.
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- August 20 2025
Charles Taylor names Gordon Tennant as director for marine technical services in Asia
Singapore-based Tennant will report to global managing director for marine technical services, Phil Osmotherley.
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- August 20 2025
Liberty promotes Ann Dang to APAC chief of staff
She will work closely with APAC president Mathew Jackson to deepen client relationships.
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- August 19 2025
Darren Woolnough rejoins Dual as head of specialty
Auckland-based Woolnough had spent three years as a senior underwriter with the Howden-owned MGA during his first stint.
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- August 19 2025
Howden taps Chris Hughes to lead New Zealand broking
Howden is reshuffling the leadership of its New Zealand broking business, with Nigel Wallace elevated to chairman.
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- August 18 2025
HDI Global appoints Mani Tsang as claims manager in Hong Kong
Tsang joins the commercial and specialty lines insurer from Axa XL, where she was the senior claims specialist since April 2022.
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- August 18 2025
Zurich veteran Mervyn Rea joins Howden as Pacific head of risk engineering
Melbourne-based Rea had spent over four decades at Zurich.
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- August 18 2025
Howden Re names Candy Wong as head of Hong Kong treaty
Veteran Hong Kong reinsurance broker joins from Guy Carpenter.
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- August 15 2025
Li Choo Kwek-Perroy returns to Great Eastern as MD
She will lead teams responsible for customer segments and experience, product development, digital platforms, brand, marketing and communications.
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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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- August 14 2025
Bridge Specialty reshuffles Asia leadership with David Ong elevated to Acorn chairman
Abhishek Chhajer takes over as Acorn International Network CEO, as first reported by InsuranceAsia News.
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- August 14 2025
India’s Zurich Kotak hires Sukesh Shetty as COO
Mumbai-based Shetty joins the firm following 15 years at SBI General Insurance, most recently as COO.
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- August 14 2025
Australian broker McLardy McShane seeks to ‘build the next generation’, unveils new look executive structure
Meg Long becomes CEO of McLardy McShane Partners, while Nick McLardy takes over as CEO of McShane Insurance Advisers.
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- August 13 2025
Aon’s reinsurance solutions promotes Jocelyn Po to Philippines head
Po has been at Aon's reinsurance solutions for almost 12 years.
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- August 12 2025
360 Underwriting hires CGU’s Pegah Vaghaye as Australian agencies’ COO
Sydney-based Vaghaye will oversee the optimisation of operational processes, integration of new agencies, and digital enablement initiatives.
