Prudential announces leadership shuffle
October 6 2016 by InsuranceAsia News-
Great Eastern privatisation deal falls short of compulsory acquisition threshold
- July 13
Trading in Great Eastern shares will be suspended after OCBC failed to garner enough shares from minority shareholders, putting the take-private bid and the insurer's listing status in a stalemate.
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Berkley Insurance Asia promotes Hank Yeo to financial lines senior underwriter
- July 12
Singapore-based Yeo has been with the insurer since 2020, focusing on directors and officers liability, professional liability, and investment management insurance.
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Sompo ropes in AIG’s Bill Zhang as consumer lines president for APAC
- July 11
Zhang will be responsible for leading the consumer lines strategy and operating model across Asia Pacific, reporting to Kenneth Reilly, APAC CEO of insurance.
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Tokio Marine Kiln taps Zurich’s Yang Yixiang as head of Asia Pacific A&H
- July 8
The appointment is aligned with the specialty insurer's strategy of doubling its premiums written in the region through its Lloyd’s Asia platform by 2027.
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Guy Carpenter | Private equity’s reshaping of the Asian life sector has further to run
PE-backed reinsurers provide access to asset classes and investment expertise that often don’t exist within the traditional carriers themselves.