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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.
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- July 7 2025
New Australian MGA says collaboration key for D&O risks ‘no one else will touch’
Collaboration Underwriting, headed by Alistair Sandilands, will target hard-to-place and broader D&O risks.
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- June 30 2025
Generali promotes Jonathan Wong to GC&C Asia head of marine underwriting
He replaces Kelvin Chan, who had held the role since June 2019.
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- June 30 2025
Delta revamps operational structure, appoints Dinesh Murali as New Zealand CUO
Kiwi MGA also hands underwriting operations manager Simone Batty a new role as general manager of portfolio and distribution.
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- June 23 2025
Sharna Stallard returns to Agile as financial lines underwriter
Stallard has over 25 years of insurance experience with expertise across financial lines and general insurance broking.
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- June 19 2025
Axa XL ships in QBE duo to boost Australia marine team
Ross Lawrenson joins as a senior marine underwriter and Sameen Naveed as a senior marine claims specialist.
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- June 19 2025
Global MGA United Risk completes acquisition of Australia’s Pinnacle Underwriting
Regional CEO Hayden Smith says the deal for the specialty facultative reinsurance MGA 'puts United Risk squarely within the top five largest MGAs in the world'.
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- June 12 2025
QBE to underwrite MGA Blue Zebra’s Australian motor business
New capacity provider replaces Youi, which has decided to move away from broking channel.
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- June 12 2025
Competition regulator greenlights Allianz Australia’s RAAI acquisition
ACCC found that other suppliers will continue to compete with, and constrain, a merged Allianz and RAAI after the acquisition.
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- May 27 2025
Beazley strengthens APAC team with double promotion
Singapore-based Kwang Hoon Song and Steven Hatton have been handed expanded marine and political, accident, and contingency risks roles by the specialty insurer.
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- May 26 2025
AIG’s Grant Cairns to join Nigel Fitzgerald’s MGA as founding partner in Australia
Cairns will join Steadfast Group COO's new digital, AI-driven underwriting business, set to launch in Q4, in October.
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- May 21 2025
Axa XL promotes Tavpraneet Singh to CUO for international financial lines, APAC and Europe
Singh will be responsible for the underwriting strategy for professional indemnity, management liability, financial institutions, cyber, and M&A.
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- May 15 2025
Philippines’ P&C growth supported by rising demand, stabilised reinsurance capacity: AM Best
However, underwriting performance is subject to greater volatility due to the country's increased nat cat exposure.
