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- July 21 2023
AIG hires Chubb’s APAC P&C head as Australia CEO
Grant Cairns will also become head of Australia and New Zealand from the beginning of November and will report to Chris Colahan, AIG's APAC leader.
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- July 20 2023
Tokio Marine Kiln expands its cyber presence with Axa XL hire
Singapore-based Sam Bye will start in the role of a cyber underwriter from August 1 and report to APAC underwriting director Jamie Tang.
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- July 18 2023
Arch Australia strengthens property team with Allianz hire
Sydney-based Nick Wood has been appointed national property underwriting manager with responsibility for Australia and the Pacific region.
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- July 18 2023
Allianz Trade appoints Chris Markesteijn as APAC head of surety and guarantees
Markesteijn, who is relocating to Singapore, will replace Christopher Shortell who will move to the role of surety services director at Allianz Trade Americas.
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- July 17 2023
Chubb names Jeremy Leow as Asia PI and medical malpractice underwriting manager
The insurer has also appointed Wendy Lai to head its bancassurance partnership with Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong.
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- July 13 2023
HDI takes Markel’s James Guardino to enter Asian political & credit risk market
Guardino will report to Singapore managing director Graham Silton and Nick Robinson, HDI Global Specialty’s head of political and credit risk in London.
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- July 12 2023
Zurich in APAC leadership shake-up
Sean Walker and Liam Burrell to take on senior APAC commercial roles, Reginald Peacock becomes head of marketing development for Zurich Resilience Solutions, and Alex Morgan to head GI for Australia and NZ.
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- July 12 2023
Jacques de Vaucleroy proposed as next Swiss Re chairman
The board unanimously approved current vice-chairman de Vaucleroy's elevation following an extensive selection process launched since the departure of Sergio Ermotti in April.
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- July 12 2023
PasarPolis lands Allianz Indonesia CEO Peter Van Zyl as president
Jakarta-based Van Zyl will oversee the Indonesian insurtech's strategy as it looks to grow as a full-stack insurer.
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- July 12 2023
Zurich hires APAC head of strategy
Nitya Bhutani joins from consultancy Bain in Singapore.
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- July 11 2023
Gallagher appoints Victoria Ma as senior vice president for APAC practice group
Ma, who is a trade credit specialist, will provide services to Asia Pacific multinational businesses.
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- July 11 2023
Axa XL strengthens Asia construction team with new hire
Singapore-based Kheng Seong Lim, who joined from Sirius, has become a construction senior underwriter.
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- July 10 2023
Allianz Commercial hires AIG veteran Christian Sandric, Mark Mitchell set to leave
Sandric is joining on September 1 as managing director for Asia, with Mitchell, AGCS Asia managing director, leaving the group.
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- July 10 2023
Axa XL expands Asia cyber team with Hong Kong cyber underwriter
Alejandro Vigil-Escalera has relocated from the (re)insurer's Madrid office to Hong Kong.
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- July 6 2023
Charles Taylor expands Singapore hub with veteran Stephen Thorpe in key role
Thorpe moves into a hybrid role with additional responsibility as the loss adjuster's managing director, Asia, property, casualty and special technical risks.
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- July 5 2023
Axa XL expands Singapore cyber team with underwriting duo
Senior underwriter Chiaw Han Lean and underwriter Christopher Widjaya will join the carrier’s international financial lines team.
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- July 5 2023
West P&I Club makes six promotions in Asia Pacific
The club has named Singapore-based Eugene Cheng as senior claims manager, Pearl Chan as senior claims handler in Hong Kong, along with four others elevated in the claims and underwriting teams.
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- July 5 2023
Allianz Commercial Australia elevates Alison Brough as general manager-agencies
Sydney-based Brough was most recently head of underwriting services for the country, transitioning the commercial underwriting services team as part of the group restructuring.
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- July 4 2023
Markel takes Swiss Re’s Kevin Leung as Asia Pacific CUO
Leung will lead the regional underwriting strategy from Singapore, reporting to Christian Stobbs, the syndicate's APAC managing director.
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- July 4 2023
Guy Carpenter rejigs South-East Asia and Korea leadership
Bengt Johnsen is promoted to chairman, while Les Loh takes over as CEO.
