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Facebook Tweet Email Link Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. In our travel roundup this week: the Japanese city firebombed by the US just hours before the end of World War II, the mysterious origins of the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, plus four lifetime friends recreate the photo they took on a UK beach more than 50 years earlier. East Anglia was selected by Lonely Planet as one of its top places to visit in 2025 and now there’s…
Welcome to Full Capacity, a weekly briefing on all the most important developments of the past week with a personal take on the news from our editor-in-chief, Mithun Varkey, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Captive ambitions. Hong Kong’s push to become a leading captive insurance hub is gaining momentum – but is it moving fast enough? The recent approval of SAIC Motor Insurance, a captive insurer for Chinese state-owned automaker SAIC Motor Corporation, marks the sixth captive licensed in the city. The addition of SAIC Motor Insurance is a positive sign – it shows that Hong Kong’s regulatory framework is attracting interest.…
More than one in four (28%) UK social media users say they use YouTube more than they did a year ago, according to YouGov’s annual media consumption report. YouTube saw the biggest increase in use across all social media platforms, ahead of Instagram (25%) and TikTok (21%). Among Gen Z, this rises to 38% of respondents who report using YouTube more than a year ago. Zooming in on the past month, 65% of all social media users have used YouTube, rising to 80% among Gen Z. The platform’s appeal is not confined to younger demographics, with a majority of Baby…
Li Choo Kwek-Perroy returns to Great Eastern as managing director, group integrated propositions and platforms August 15 2025 by Joana Nguyen Singaporean insurer Great Eastern has appointed Li Choo Kwek-Perroy as managing director, group integrated propositions and platforms, effective September 15, according to a LinkedIn update.In this n… 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…
InsuranceAsia News wraps up the people moves from the insurance industry in Asia this week. 1. New Gallagher Re chairman for Southeast Asia, Taiwan and South Korea Gallagher Re has appointed Richard Jones as chairman for Southeast Asia, Taiwan and South Korea, confirming an exclusive report by InsuranceAsia News in February. Singapore-based Jones started at the broker this month. He was previously Asia reinsurance CEO for Aon since May 2019. He had previously been at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, where he spent more than three decades, most recently as chairman of Asia Pacific. Read the full story here. 2. Aon names new complex…
In 2024, months before the presidential election and long before the words “Alligator Alcatraz” became shorthand for President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, a little-known company in Indiana was pitching a sure-to-be controversial idea: a sprawling tent camp in El Paso, Texas, where people would be held in pens and surveilled from overhead by guards in wooden structures.The company, USA Up Star LLC, had never done detention work. As a disaster-response company that mostly set up tent camps after weather emergencies, it was nothing like the multibillion-dollar private prison operators that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement typically contracts with to detain…
Guinness’s Premier League ad ‘A Lovely Day’. Source: Diageo Guinness is aiming to take its sponsorship of the Premier League “from association to meaning” as its second year of being the official beer of the competition kicks off today (15 August). Last year, the Diageo-owned stout brand kicked off its first season sponsoring the Premier League with its “biggest ever global campaign”. The key goal for the partnership in its first year was to ensure the brand was top-of-mind for football fans and build its association with the sport. It has achieved that successfully, rising to become the number one beer…
Frontier Global taps Tokio Marine HCC for commercial PI capacity in Australia, New Zealand August 15 2025 by Joana Nguyen Financial lines and cyber-focused MGA and Lloyd’s coverholder Frontier Global Underwriting has secured a new binding authority from Lloyd’s Syndicate 4141, which is managed by specialty insurer Tokio … 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…
Regulatory shifts drag down Lotte Insurance H1 2025 profits August 15 2025 by InsuranceAsia News Lotte Insurance posted a net profit of KRW47.5 billion (US$33.6 million) in the first half of 2025, down 17.2% from the same period in 2024, due to the impact of one-off adjustments spurred by regulat… 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…
DB Insurance profits hit by rising nat cat claims, rate cuts August 15 2025 by InsuranceAsia News DB Insurance’s net profit fell 19.3% in the first half of 2025 as the South Korean insurer was impacted by rate reductions and rising cost of claims from natural catastrophes such as the wildfires in … 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…