The global broker is building its in-country expertise amid significant expected growth in the country’s insurance sector

Purnama joins from Guy Carpenter where she was managing director covering Vietnam and the Philippines

Sale of motor business in Singapore and Thailand part of strategy to focus on core markets

A recent case demonstrates the importance to insurers of clearly informing insureds of exclusion clauses in prescribed policies and the possible implications of not doing so

Loss aggregator pegs insured losses at ¥125.9bn for typhoon that hit Japan in September last year

Broker hires Lockton Re executive Richard Broad to support reinsurance expansion across the region

Car shipments from China are the country’s fastest-growing trade, with a 23% climb in volume shipped this year

Specialty insurer is set to open three new offices in the country as it targets the growing tech sector there

Apex acquisition ‘greatly accelerates’ international broker’s strategy in the Pacific region

Sovereign risk transfer project launched by the Insurance Development Forum, the United Nations Development Programme and the German government to benefit nearly 17,000 smallholder farmers over two years

QBE-owned marine insurer hires Tjornelund to lead P&I underwriting for Asia and Baggett as senior underwriter

Members of the public have been told to prepare for ‘destructive winds’

A key difference is driven by shake damage with fire contributing only 7% of the losses

Global insurer promotes regional manager Sean Chen

Broker names Bozidar Ljubisavljevic executive director for marine in Singapore

Vicky Sarjeant joins from Canopius Asia where she was energy underwriter for the region