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- September 15 2025
Aon hires Vincent Chow as claims advocacy director in Singapore
Chow was previously a lawyer with Kennedys in Hong Kong.
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- September 12 2025
Perils cuts Cyclone Alfred loss estimate to US$1.25bn
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Afred struck Australia's Southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales in February and March, leaving over 300,000 homes and businesses without power.
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- September 12 2025
Berkley Insurance Asia appoints Jennifer Yeoh as marine claims manager
With extensive in maritime claims, Yeoh will enhance the (re)insurer's claims operations and support its continued growth.
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- September 9 2025
Indonesian protests to result in ‘substantial’ losses, but PV market capacity not a concern
Claims likely to arise from riot, strikes, civil commotion and malicious damage perils from the protests which started in late August, sources told InsuranceAsia News.
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- September 4 2025
Typhoon Wipha, flooding unlocks US$2m Seadrif parametric payout in Laos
Payout was made under the new sovereign parametric insurance policy issued by the Asian risk pool in May, which features an annual aggregate trigger.
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- August 27 2025
Hanoi flooding from Typhoon Kajiki expected to result in limited commercial claims
While the windstorm has caused significant damage, it did not hit the industrial areas, unlike Typhoon Yagi last year.
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- August 27 2025
Analytics: Lloyd’s Asia surpasses US$1bn GWP milestone in 2024 amid double-digit growth
Offshore fund demonstrates strong performance despite challenges in the Singapore unit and varied underwriting results across business lines.
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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 14 2025
Crawford eyes India, China potential amid regional consolidation drive: Scott Reichelt
Asia president also tells InsuranceAsia News about the appointment of Tony Chapman as head of global technical services in Asia, the importance of training younger talent, and new nat cat trend events in unexpected locations.
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- August 12 2025
Chinese lessor Avmax secures US$29m from Liberty-led insurers for planes lost in Russia
Company had leasing contracts with Russian carriers for three Dash 8 turboprop regional airliners, which are now irretrievable due to sanctions.
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- August 11 2025
Aon names Murali Raj as complex property claims advocate for Asia
Singapore-based Raj joins from WTW, where he spent more than 13 years in senior claims leadership roles.
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- August 11 2025
MSC Elsa 3 owner seeks to cap liability as Indian state government files US$1bn suit
The lawsuit by the owner of the container ship that sank off the India coast seeks to limit the amount of potential claims to US$14.2m citing the large number of claims already filed.
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- August 7 2025
Losses from Hong Kong’s record-breaking rainfall less widespread than 2023 black rainstorm: Sedgwick
Claims from Tuesday's downpour are expected to arise from damage to cars, facilities in buildings, hospitals, warehouses, resorts, theme parks, and construction sites, according to Alex Tang, director at Sedgwick Hong Kong.
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- August 6 2025
Heavy rain, floods, landslides leave insurers counting losses across Hong Kong, China, India
Torrential rain this week caused substantial damage and disruptions.
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- August 5 2025
Chubb promotes Matthew Dick to head of claims for ANZ
Since joining Chubb in 2007, Dick has held a range of specialty claims leadership roles in the UK and APAC.
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- August 5 2025
Beijing flood losses to be ‘substantial’ as region braces for more rain
Insurers have received 65,000 reports of losses following last month's extreme rain, with an estimated insured loss of US$277m, according to regulatory data.
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- July 30 2025
Rising losses in benign cat year point to ‘background noise’ of climate change: Munich Re’s Tobias Grimm
APAC events highlight unpredictability of catastrophes, resulting in unprecedented amounts of rainfall, storms, wildfires and earthquakes in areas that have never experienced them, says the reinsurer's top climate expert.
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- July 29 2025
Japan, Korea wildfires mark turning point in regional climate risk understanding: Willis
Insured losses from nat cats 'will very likely' exceed US$100bn again this year, the broker said in a half-year report.
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- July 23 2025
Deadly Ha Long Bay boat capsize insurance payouts to top US$500,000: reports
At least 37 people died after the Wonder Seas capsized during bad weather in Vietnam on Saturday.
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- July 22 2025
South Korea flood motor claims rise to US$22m: report
At least 17 people died in floods and landslides caused by the torrential rain, which started last week and intensified over the weekend.
