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- August 29 2023
Howden taps Aon’s Abhijit Sethi for India chief operating officer role
Sethi, who was chief broking officer for Aon, will oversee pan-India placements, and has been tasked to optimise business operations for the broker.
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- August 29 2023
Strata Community Insurance MGA hires Western Australia underwriter
Daniel Wales-Harding has relocated from London and will be based in Perth, reporting to Ian Mundy, state manager, Western Australia.
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- August 25 2023
Alex Todd joins Zurich as APAC head of short-tail lines
Singapore-based Todd was most recently Asia head of property at Chubb.
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- August 24 2023
PSC Insurance founder Paul Dwyer to become chairman as Brian Austin takes on Asia role
Austin will remain on the board as deputy chairman and become chair of the broker’s Asian businesses as profits start to flow in Hong Kong.
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- August 23 2023
Miller promotes Nigel Cross to Asia fac head, hands Matthew Hooker expanded role
Hooker will head client strategy in the region, while Cross, who steps down as head of Singapore, will assume an additional role leading the broker's regional underwriting market engagement.
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- August 23 2023
Sompo International snaps up Allianz’s Alasdair Walker to head APAC distribution
Walker will continue to be based in Singapore and report to Paul O’Neill, president of commercial lines, insurance, Asia Pacific.
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- August 23 2023
WTW appoints Adrian Chua as regional managing director for captives
Singapore-based Chua joins from Cigna Singapore, where he was the chief strategy officer.
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- August 23 2023
BHSI appoints senior underwriter – mining & energy in Sydney
Jonathan Hawkins was most recently property manager - mid-market for New South Wales at BHSI.
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- August 22 2023
Aon confirms Qin Lu to lead mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
Lu is overseeing risk and human capital and reinsurance, and will work with the broker's Greater China team which Aon describes as a 'sub-region' in APAC.
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- August 22 2023
BMS names Tim Hewitt as head of Japan
Hewitt, who has two decades of legal experience, will focus on inbound-outbound M&A activity as growth in the Japanese market accelerates.
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- August 18 2023
Axa XL’s Ewen McKay to head international financial lines for Australia
Sydney-based McCay was most recently product leader - management liability for the French carrier.
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- August 18 2023
Tamara Gabriel joins Berkley Insurance Australia as senior underwriter
She has joined the specialty player's facilities team from Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance.
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- August 18 2023
Sedgwick Australia consolidates engineering and construction under Andre Mataia
Mataia became the loss adjuster's head of construction for Australia in March.
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- August 17 2023
Chubb announces new country heads for Japan, Korea
Edward Kopp has been named regional president for the Far East and country president, Japan, and Janice Mo takes over as country president for Korea.
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- August 17 2023
Exclusive: Ted Hodgkinson exits BMS — sources
IAN understands the Hong Kong-based Asia chairman has left the global broker.
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- August 16 2023
Insurance Brands Australia appoints Scott Leis as chief executive
The Steadfast-owned broker also appointed Danielle Ritchie as chief operating officer and Rob Currenti as general manager for Insurance House.
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- August 15 2023
Aon promotes Harry Edwards to Asia regional director for intellectual property solutions
Singapore-based Edwards will lead the D&O strategy and team in the region, responsible for placing APAC and US exposed management liability insurance programmes into the London market.
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- August 14 2023
Clement Cheung reappointed CEO of Hong Kong Insurance Authority
Cheung, who has been heading the regulator since 2018, will serve another three-year term till August 14, 2026.
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- August 14 2023
Axa XL appoints Aijiao Ruan as senior underwriter in Hong Kong
Ruan was previously at China Zenith Insurance Brokers, a Beijing-headquartered Lloyd's coverholder, for 15 years.
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- August 14 2023
Aon appoints head of Philippines reinsurance arm
Jun Galita has close to three decades of experience in the (re)insurance market.
