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- December 19 2023
Zurich relocates New Zealand exec as Victoria state manager
Brett Wainhouse will start in his new Melbourne-based role in January 2024 after spending nearly a decade at the insurer's Auckland office.
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- November 28 2023
Vietnam’s relaxed foreign investment rules could bolster M&A: AM Best
AM Best maintains stable outlook on the South-East Asian country's non-life insurance sector, but challenges remain due to slowing economic growth.
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- November 28 2023
Berkshire Hathaway ropes in Alex Zhang as senior property underwriter
Zhang, prior to this move, had spent over 17 years with QBE Insurance, most recently as senior underwriter.
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- November 27 2023
HDI Global onboards marine underwriting manager in Melbourne
Joel Richards joins from Australian specialist transport insurer NTI, where he was most recently national strategic underwriter - marine.
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- November 24 2023
Axa Hong Kong gets Casper Kam as casualty underwriter
Prior to this move, Kam was servicing Asia clients for AIG as its underwriting manager - casualty department.
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- November 22 2023
Chubb Australia names Andrew Whitlock as senior casualty underwriter for major accounts
Whitlock, who was most recently senior casualty underwriter for corporate and construction at Chubb's London office, will relocate to Sydney to assume his new role.
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- November 21 2023
Volante takes China Re’s Liu Song as treaty director
Singapore-based Song will be the Lloyd's player's portfolio director responsible for treaty business in South-East Asia, Greater China, and South Korea.
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- November 20 2023
Japan’s big three script domestic underwriting rebound
Rate increases, absence of Covid-19, large nat cat losses and increased investment income help Tokio Marine, MS&AD and Sompo improve their earnings in the first half of FY 2023.
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- November 9 2023
Berkley Insurance Australia names Kirsty Owens as national e-business manager
Greater Adelaide-based Owens will report to BIA chief executive officer Tony Wheatley.
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- November 9 2023
PICC is second largest fossil fuel insurer with US$1.45bn premium income in FY 2022
According to a report by Insure Our Future, global insurers earned around US$21.25 billion in 2022 from fossil fuels with the Lloyd’s market collectively contributing US$1.6 - US$2.2 billion.
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- November 6 2023
Cautious approach on Aswata’s reinsurance dependence and panel: Fitch
The rating agency has affirmed an insurer rating of AA(idn) with a stable outlook, primarily driven by its high capitalisation and sustained high underwriting profitability.
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- October 25 2023
Allianz Commercial names Jude Cross as Asia head of property
He will report directly to Christian Sandric, regional managing director, Asia with a matrix reporting line to Michael Martin, global head of property.
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- October 25 2023
Yingda Taihe Property Insurance to report solid underwriting results going forward: Fitch
The rating agency has affirmed an insurer rating of A (strong) for the company with a stable outlook.
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- October 25 2023
Philippe Bouchet returns to Axa XL as head of art expertise, APAC & Europe
After leaving the carrier in 2021, Paris-based Bouchet rejoins to support the implementation of fine art and private clients strategy in Europe, Asia and Australia, in close partnership with regional and local underwriting and distribution teams.
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- October 24 2023
Zurich to underwrite RentCover’s landlord policies in Australia
Existing customers will have their policy underwritten by Zurich at renewal and new customers from December 1, 2023.
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- October 24 2023
Chubb veteran Ben McGregor named head of property for APAC & Japan
Singapore-based McGregor will be responsible for the insurer's property line of business in the region from December 1, reporting to Paul McNamee, regional president of Asia Pacific.
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- October 24 2023
Taiwan non-life insurers to fully recover from pandemic challenges by year-end: AM Best
The rating agency maintained a negative outlook on Taiwan’s non-life insurance segment, citing increased reinsurance costs and a decline in the asset base.
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- October 24 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets hires Cristin Li as senior underwriter
Hong Kong-based Li will look after the insurer's war and terrorism portfolio in north Asia.
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- October 19 2023
Samsung Tugu to gain from Korean investments in Indonesia: AM Best
AM Best has affirmed the Jakarta-headquartered insurer a rating of A- (excellent) with a stable outlook after it posted a five-year average combined ratio of 57%.
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- October 19 2023
AIG appoints Logan Perry as casualty manager, specialty in New Zealand
Auckland-based Perry was most recently casualty underwriting manager for Chubb and will report to Stephen Ward, head of casualty, Asia Pacific at AIG.
