Subject: Strategy Page 1 / 28
-
- June 9 2025
Manulife unit to re-domicile to Hong Kong from Bermuda in November
Second insurer after Axa to shift its base under Hong Kong's new company re-domiciliation regime.
-
- June 5 2025
Specialty MGA Rokstone drops anchor in Singapore with QBE’s Rama Chandran at helm
Backed by a multi-year, US$25m Lloyd’s capacity, the London-based (re)insurer's Asian business is expected to underwrite all marine classes.
-
- May 28 2025
Markel Australia launches FI solutions, begins with expanded finpro cover for investment managers
Team will be co-led by senior underwriters Lan Pham, based in Melbourne, and Daisy Galvin, who has transferred to Sydney from London.
-
- May 28 2025
Peak Re expands to North America with Bermuda subsidiary led by Gene Zhang
With a focus on underwriting casualty reinsurance, Peak Re North America 'is a significant step in our group’s global growth strategy', group CEO Franz-Josef Hahn says.
-
- May 23 2025
Axa ‘among the first’ to utilise new Hong Kong re-domicile regime, to move Bermudan unit
Hong Kong government passed the inward company re-domiciliation regime last week.
-
- May 19 2025
Canopius expands APAC leadership with double appointment
Singapore-based Chen Zhang and Channing Chiu will report to APAC and MENA CEO Soon Keen Lee.
-
- May 9 2025
India to revive plan to merge 4 general insurers: report
Merger would create a non-life carrier with the highest market share in India and help the government’s mission of 'insurance for all' by 2047.
-
- May 8 2025
Taiwan’s FSC revises digital insurer regulation to boost innovation, reduces capital requirement to US$16.5m
Key changes include allowing physical service locations and permitting foreign digital carriers to apply for a licence.
-
- May 8 2025
IAG to centralise specialist functions of intermediated businesses CGU and WFI
As part of the revamp, the Australian insurer has appointed Fiona Geddes as executive general manager operations.
-
- May 7 2025
Asia firmly in Markel’s sights as it seeks to ‘equip, empower’ amid global leadership shake up
Lloyd’s underwriter continues the hunt for an Asia Pacific CEO to succeed Christian Stobbs, who is returning to the UK.
-
- May 5 2025
Product recall specialist BluNiche to enter China with new capacity
The London MGA, backed by Chaucer capacity, has secured an increase in its underwriting capacity for 2025.
-
- April 30 2025
Exclusive: BMS to shut down South Korea, Japan offices
Market sources tell IAN that most of the staff working in both offices of the M&A specialist broker will be let go.
-
- April 22 2025
Exclusive: Swiss Re Corporate Solutions to shut Hong Kong office, surrender licence
Commercial insurer will consolidate operations servicing Chinese corporations into its mainland offices, IAN can reveal.
-
- April 16 2025
Markel to buy P&I specialist MGA Meco
The MGA with presence in Shanghai, London and Dubai will integrate into the specialty (re)insurer but will continue to operate through its brands Charterers P&I Club, Transmarine and Aurora P&I.
-
- April 14 2025
Generali GC&C taps Tokio Marine Asia’s deputy CEO as global head amid major restructure
Philippe Vezio relocates to Milan having spent the last six years in Singapore.
-
- April 1 2025
MS&AD Group’s M&A activity affordable, to help earnings: S&P
The merger of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance may lead to elimination of overlapping business activities.
-
- March 31 2025
MS Amlin expands in Australia with Sydney office, appoints head of ANZ
New office will be led by Matt Botfield, who joins carrier from Aon.
-
- March 31 2025
Hong Kong’s Peak Re makes India foray with GIFT City branch
Office in the offshore special economic zone will be led by Sudhir Salian, managing director and head of India.
-
- March 28 2025
MS&AD to merge Mitsui Sumitomo and Aioi Nissay Dowa by April 2027
Merger aims to create a domestic non-life carrier with leading market share, the Japanese insurance group said.
-
- March 18 2025
Bajaj Finserv to evaluate listing of insurance arms after Allianz exit: report
The financial services group is not looking for another partner to run the non-life and life businesses, and it will relieve Allianz from a non-compete clause, chairman Sanjiv Bajaj said.
