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- October 20 2025
Industry review, new corporate info drive Fitch upgrade for Construction Guarantee
While the rating agency expects CG’s capital strength to remain stable, COR rose to 126% in 2024 from 68% in 2022, driven by higher guarantee claims and additional reserves amid economic strain, high interest rates and rising construction costs.
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- October 15 2025
QBE Re taps Berkley Re’s Cindy Foo as head of treaty for Asia in regional growth push
In the newly created role, Singapore-based Foo will report to Abdallah Balbeisi, executive director of Europe and growth markets.
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- October 3 2025
AIG-backed Lloyd’s syndicate Talbot names APAC fine arts, specie underwriter
Tracy Mia Toh joins from parent company AIG, where she was the senior business development manager since July 2023.
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- October 3 2025
HDI Global appoints Kunihiko Suzuki as senior liability underwriter for Japan
Suzuki has over a decade of experience in casualty underwriting and reinsurance management.
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- October 1 2025
XS Global to expand into APAC, names new CEO and casualty underwriting manager
Appointments of Steven Barnett and Wendy Law come as XS Global, part of The Rainmaker Group, is set to begin operations in the region.
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- September 18 2025
Siân Mullane returns to AIG as senior property underwriter in Australia
She has specialised in property underwriting for most of her career, which has spanned the UK, New Zealand and Australia.
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- September 11 2025
Victor Insurance Australia names William Tien as underwriter
Tien previously spent over five years as an underwriter for Strata Community Insurance.
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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 21 2025
Allianz Commercial appoints Tom Gilmore as head of farm underwriting in Australia
Sydney-based Gilmore, who has been with Allianz for six years, takes charge as a review and simplification of the insurer’s agri product is underway.
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- August 13 2025
Australia’s Envest targets heavy motor fleet sector with new agency
Led by managing director Pat Miller, TLI Underwriting is set to launch on August 31 to deliver specialised, BHSI-backed insurance solutions.
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- August 12 2025
360 Underwriting hires CGU’s Pegah Vaghaye as Australian agencies’ COO
Sydney-based Vaghaye will oversee the optimisation of operational processes, integration of new agencies, and digital enablement initiatives.
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- August 7 2025
Australian MGA Blue Zebra eyes commercial lines expansion, earning its stripes overseas
Managing director Colin Fagen tells InsuranceAsia News about plans to expand into liability, management liability, marine and professional indemnity, and to also license its proprietary platform to MGAs and insurers overseas.
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- August 1 2025
Starr Insurance elevates new APAC president and COO
Sean Chen has been promoted to president of APAC operations, with Derek Narvacan named chief operating officer.
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- August 1 2025
AIG appoints Adrian Walker as head of commercial property and business pack for Australia
Sydney-based Walker joins from Swiss Re CorSo, where he was large commercial property underwriting lead for APAC.
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- July 29 2025
Catherine Soyka joins Everest’s Singapore reinsurance team
Soyka joins from Chaucer Group as an assistant vice president for reinsurance underwriting for Oceania.
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- July 28 2025
Construction Guarantee’s underwriting losses to continue for the short to medium term: AM Best
Korean insurer has reported two consecutive years of underwriting losses in 2023 and 2024, as well as another loss in H1 2025.
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- July 28 2025
Delta Insurance promotes Natasha Plesnik to casualty manager
New Zealand-based Plesnik previously worked as a senior underwriter for the specialist underwriting agency.
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- July 24 2025
Asia insurance rates drop 5% in Q2 2025, sixth straight quarter of decline: Marsh
Property rates down 5%, while casualty placements saw a 2% decline, and finpro and cyber rates fell by 7%, according to the broker's Global Insurance Market Index.
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- July 24 2025
Pacific rates continue to decline, falling 11% in Q2: Marsh
Property rates drop by 13%, casualty falls 5%, while finpro and cyber see drops of 10%.
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- July 23 2025
Steadfast Group-owned Miramar ropes in AIG veteran Michael Mackenzie as head of underwriting technical services
Melbourne-based Mackenzie spent over nine years at AIG, having also worked for the likes of Allianz, Zurich, Chubb, and CGU.
