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Hong Kong’s Peak Re to maintain favourable underwriting profitability: AM Best September 5 2025 by InsuranceAsia News Hong Kong-based Peak Re is expected to maintain favourable underwriting profitability over the short-to-intermediate term, according to AM Best.Favourable underwriting profitability is expected to co… To continue reading the full article and get full access to the InsuranceAsia News platform, please enquire about a subscription. Your company may already have a corporate license in place. Already a Subscriber? Please Login Join the mailing list Designed to help you stay ahead, our daily newsletter provides a round-up of the latest news and insights, delivered…

Australia’s Triple T Insurance Services joins Envest’s Resilium network September 5 2025 by Aidan Gregory Envest, the Ardonagh-backed Australian broker network, has added a new firm to its Resilium Partners network and merged four of its Western Australian partners into a single entity.In a statement on … To continue reading the full article and get full access to the InsuranceAsia News platform, please enquire about a subscription. Your company may already have a corporate license in place. Already a Subscriber? Please Login Join the mailing list Designed to help you stay ahead, our daily newsletter provides a round-up of the…

Exclusive: Howden snaps up 40-year Marsh veteran Rebecca Poon September 5 2025 by Mithun Varkey Howden has hired Marsh managing director Rebecca Poon as chief client officer for Hong Kong, InsuranceAsia News can reveal.Poon (pictured) will be based in Hong Kong and will formally join Howden aft… To continue reading the full article and get full access to the InsuranceAsia News platform, please enquire about a subscription. Your company may already have a corporate license in place. Already a Subscriber? Please Login Join the mailing list Designed to help you stay ahead, our daily newsletter provides a round-up of the…

Lloyd’s looks to drive regional penetration, but conditions have to be right: Patrick Tiernan September 5 2025 by Jon Guy Lloyd’s CEO Patrick Tiernan has said the market is keen to do more to access new and emerging economies but added that to do so, regulators and governments need to create the right conditions.“Lloyd’… To continue reading the full article and get full access to the InsuranceAsia News platform, please enquire about a subscription. Your company may already have a corporate license in place. Already a Subscriber? Please Login Join the mailing list Designed to help you stay ahead, our…

Fernando Fernandez has promised to “attack” mediocrity within the business, as the standard of Unilever’s top 200 leaders is assessed – with 25% expected to be replaced. Unilever CEO Fernando Fernandez says he is “fed up with pockets of mediocrity” at the FMCG giant, as he accepts the business lost focus on volume growth as its “fundamental metric”. Speaking at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference in Boston on Wednesday (4 September), Fernandez detailed the wide-ranging changes he has made to the business since he took over as CEO in February. Unilever has reduced its “white collar” workforce by 16%…

Being an effective marketer can take shape in many ways, but some skills and capabilities are more underrated – and overrated – than others. Curiosity, a formal business education and the ability to understand a P&L were highlighted as undervalued traits by three marketers speaking in the latest edition of Marketing Week’s webinar series The Lowdown. In line with this year’s Festival of Marketing theme, Seize the Opportunity, editor-in-chief Russell Parsons was joined by columnist and consultant Dr Helen Edwards, ISBA president Pete Markey and Magic Numbers founder and Marketing Week columnist Dr Grace Kite to discuss the skills and…

American Eagle Outfitters has credited brand and marketing – in particular the viral ‘Sydney Sweeny has great jeans’ campaign – for delivering its “second highest ever” revenue for a quarter. In its results for the second quarter ending 2 August, American Eagle Outfitters reported second quarter operating income of $103m (£89m), up 2% on the same period last year “exceeding expectations”. This is despite total net revenue declining 1% of $1.28n (£952.9m). Operating profit hit $103m (£76.6m), up 2% on last year. In a call with investors yesterday (3 September), CEO Jay Schottenstein said American Eagle’s autumn season is “off…

Cat bond issuance boom will roll into 2026: Moody’s September 4 2025 by Aidan Gregory Moody’s expects booming catastrophe bond issuance to continue into 2026 after record volumes this year.In a report on Thursday, Moody’s said that the record-breaking run of catastrophe bond issuance … To continue reading the full article and get full access to the InsuranceAsia News platform, please enquire about a subscription. Your company may already have a corporate license in place. Already a Subscriber? Please Login MORE FROM: Property & Casualty Join the mailing list Designed to help you stay ahead, our daily newsletter provides a…

MG Non-Life’s bridge insurer starts operations September 4 2025 by Mithun Varkey South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has transferred all of the insurance contracts and assets from MG Non-Life Insurance to Yebyeol Non-Life Insurance, the bridge insurer established ami… To continue reading the full article and get full access to the InsuranceAsia News platform, please enquire about a subscription. Your company may already have a corporate license in place. Already a Subscriber? Please Login MORE FROM: Property & Casualty Join the mailing list Designed to help you stay ahead, our daily newsletter provides a round-up of the latest news…

Heading up brand and consumer marketing, Heather Freeland joins LinkedIn from her role as chief brand officer at Adobe. LinkedIn has appointed its first chief brand officer to oversee brand and consumer marketing, as the professional networking site looks to take its brand communications “to the next level”. Heather Freeland joins from Adobe where she served as chief brand officer for almost three years, alongside her position on Spotify’s CMO Advisory Council. A former managing director at PR firm Widmeyer Communications, Freeland served as senior vice-president at Digitas for over six years before departing in 2008 to join MTV Networks…