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- July 2 2025
WTW elevates Mark Thompson as regional construction director for Asia
Thompson will be based in Hong Kong, having recently relocated from Sydney, where he previously held the role of broking director for construction across the Pacific region.
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- July 2 2025
‘Reinsurers have been quite clear that they’re still looking to grow’: Gallagher Re’s Heather Bone
At the July 1 renewals, while supply was abundant, demand is falling given increasing consolidation in Australia’s insurance industry.
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- July 1 2025
Ben MacCarthy returns to Marsh as insurer consulting group leader for Asia
Singapore-based MacCarthy joins from WTW, where he worked for almost four years, most recently as head of casualty for Asia.
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- July 1 2025
Chaucer hires Emily Brand as deputy class underwriter for energy in Singapore
Brand, who relocates from London, will be responsible for supporting the underwriting strategy for the Lloyd's carrier's energy business.
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- June 30 2025
Chubb Japan promotes Akira Hayasaka to head of claims services division
Tokyo-based Hayasaka, who was formerly head of commercial claims for the carrier, will report to CEO Edward Kopp.
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- June 30 2025
Howden Australia appoints Eliza Grant as head of M&A insurance
Sydney-based Grant previously worked at Marsh for four years, most recently as head of transactional risk for private equity and M&A services for the Pacific.
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- June 27 2025
Japanese general insurers’ FY24 COR improves by 0.9 percentage points to 96%: GIAJ
Net written premium rose 4.9% to US$66.5bn while underwriting profit fell 28.6% to US$874.4m, according to a report of General Insurance Association of Japan, covering 31 member companies.
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- June 27 2025
‘Asia is core to our strategy’: Swedish Club out to ‘broaden footprint’, with China and India on the radar
Underwriting director Thorbjörn Emanuelsson also tells InsuranceAsia News about the challenges facing the P&I club, including the dark fleet and Donald Trump's tariffs.
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- June 25 2025
Miller hires Martin Dimas as head of Indonesia desk
Dimas will be based in Singapore, leading the growth of the Indonesian reinsurance business across all lines.
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- June 25 2025
Everest Insurance launches Korea desk, led by Brian Jee
Singapore-based Jee joined Everest two years ago from Chubb as a senior underwriter.
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- June 25 2025
Trade credit insurance in high demand amid uncertain times, but pricing anomaly emerges: Coface’s Hugh Burke
Amid a relatively benign claims environment, pricing is still soft, but the APAC CEO says it should increase as 'it's not aligned to the risks we're taking anymore'.
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- June 24 2025
Allianz Australia names Luke Whenman as chief claims officer
Sydney-based Whenman was previously Suncorp's executive general manager for motor claims.
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- June 23 2025
Zurich Kotak launches commercial insurance division
The carrier will expand into commercial property, liability, marine, and engineering, covering a range of businesses from SMEs to large corporates.
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- June 20 2025
Further war rate adjustments expected amid intensifying Middle East conflict, Swedish Club warns
P&I club also anticipates increased focus on compliance-related issues in order to identify certain increased risk elements.
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- June 19 2025
Markel International appoints Muhammad Saber as operations manager for APAC
Singapore-based Saber joins from Liberty Specialty Markets where he was most recently operations team lead.
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- June 19 2025
Strait of Hormuz tanker collision highlights dark fleet dangers, but not seen as war event
Adalynn and Front Eagle collided on Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel.
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- June 18 2025
Allianz Trade promotes Helene Payen to Asia Pacific CFO
Payen will relocate from Spain to Singapore, succeeding Benoit Semelin who will become CFO for Northern Europe.
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- June 18 2025
South Korean insurers’ K-ICS ratio falls below 200% for the first time, standing at 197.9%
The ratio for non-life insurers decreased by 3.4 percentage points to 207.6% at the end of March compared to 3 months earlier, while that of life insurance companies fell 12.7 percentage points to 190.7%.
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- June 17 2025
‘Quite orderly’ 1.7 ANZ renewals seeing double-digit rate cuts amid plentiful capacity
Reinsurers, though, have little appetite to reduce first loss retention levels, sources told InsuranceAsia News.
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- June 17 2025
Exclusive: Zurich names Koji Okumura as senior property underwriter in Japan
Okumura earlier worked at Munich Re as an underwriter for almost 10 years, travelling between Japan and Hong Kong.
