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In this episode of the InsuranceAsia News podcast, editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey is joined by deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporter Joana Nguyen, and intern Aleyna Wang to discuss the latest developments shaping Asia’s insurance and reinsurance markets.   This week, Mithun speaks with Hitesh Kotak, CEO for Japan, India, South Korea, and Southeast Asia at Mu...

In this episode of the InsuranceAsia News podcast, editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey is joined by deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporter Roshan Nambiar, and intern Aleyna Wang to discuss the latest developments shaping Asia’s insurance and reinsurance markets.   This week, Mithun speaks with Trent Brown, CEO of Australian broker Knightcorp, about the role of tec...

In this episode of the InsuranceAsia News podcast, editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey is joined by senior correspondent Aidan Gregory and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar to discuss the latest developments shaping Asia’s insurance and reinsurance markets. This week, Mithun speaks with TA Ramalingam, managing director and chief executive officer of Valueattics Reinsurance, India’s first private...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets.   This week, Mithun sat down with Otonomi CEO Yann Barbarroux to discuss parametric cargo insurance and how the conflict in the Middle East is shaping the industries appro...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets.   This week, Mithun sat down with Testudo founder and CEO George Lewin-Smith to discuss AI liability risk and how they provide dedicated liability coverage for companies d...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporter Joana Nguyen discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets.   This week, Mithun sat down with Igloo co-founder and CEO Raunak Mehta to discuss the insurtech's value proposition, its growth and acquisition plans, and also how technology and AI are reshaping the insurance value ch...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This week, Aidan sat down with CyberCube CEO Chris Methven to discuss the development of the cyber insurance market in Asia Pacific, as well as CyberCube's growth plans for th...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This week, Mithun sat down with former Steadfast Group COO Nigel Fitzgerald, who recently launched a new MGA in Australia known as Kaibridge. Fitzgerald discusses the new MGAs...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets.   This episode features a special interview with Pavlos Spyropoulos, regional managing director for Asia Pacific at Tokio Marine Kiln. Pavlos discusses Lloyd's Singapore...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Phil Bilney, executive chairman of +8 Partners. Phil discusses Hong Kong’s role as a hub for marine insurance within Asia Pacific, and what the territory can...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporter and Joana Nguyen discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets.   This episode features a special interview with Mark Rueegg, CEO and founder of parametric specialist CelsiusPro. Mark discusses pushing the boundaries of parametric cover in Asia Pacif...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets.   This episode features a special interview with Kyle Schwaeble, the head of incident response for Asia Pacific at cyber security specialist S-RM. Kyle discusses the world of cyber incident response...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets.   This episode features a special interview with Andrew Smith, co-founder and COO of Swiss Re-owned water risk intelligence firm Fathom. Andrew discusses Fathom's approach to...

Deputy editor Andrew Mullen is joined by senior correspondent Aidan Gregory and reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a deep dive into the 1.1 renewals, plus other topics, including MS Amlin's Phoenix 3 Re renewal, the Bondi Beach attack, nat cats, Liberty Mutual streamlining its Singapore operations, M&A...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Hassan Omaish, CEO at Allianz Trade for Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. Hassan discusses rising insolvencies, disruptions to glob...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Rebekah Khew, the Asia Pacific director at Vivace Insurance Partners. Rebekah discusses the MGA landscape in the region, and opportu...

InsuranceAsia News deputy editor Andrew Mullen is joined by editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory and reporter Joana Nguyen to review the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference (SIRC). The team gives their personal highlights from the three-day event at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, plus delve deep into the main talking points and key takeaways from the 21...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporters Joana Nguyen and Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Rama Chandran, Singapore-based managing director and head of marine for Rokstone Underwriting. Rama, a seasoned marine underwriter, discusses the state of the ma...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory and reporter Joana Nguyen discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Stephen Wares, head of underwriting, international, Coalition, who discusses the state of the cyber market and the specialist MGA's growth ambitions....

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporter Joana Nguyen, and intern Roshan Nambiar discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Will Hiller, underwriter Tokio Marine GX, who discusses the TMGX proposition, broader renewable energy market and challenges...

Deputy editor Andrew Mullen is joined by editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporter Joana Nguyen, and intern Roshan Nambiar to discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Wei Wang, the chief executive at Rare Earth Insurance Partners, who shares his insights into the Chinese insurance market and wha...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey is joined in the newsroom by deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and reporter Joana Nguyen to discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets.   This episode features a special interview with Lars Lange, the secretary general of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), looking ahead to its...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey is joined in the newsroom by deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, and intern Roshan Nambiar to discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Fion Ko, associate director for fine art and specie at Willis, focusing on trends in the regional fine art and specie...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey is joined in the newsroom by deputy editor Andrew Mullen, senior correspondent Aidan Gregory, reporter Joana Nguyen and intern Roshan Nambiar to discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. This episode features a special interview with Martin Au-Yeung, vice president and client service manager for North Asia at FM, focusing mergi...

InsuranceAsia News editor-in-chief Mithun Varkey is joined in the newsroom by deputy editor Andrew Mullen and reporter Joana Nguyen to discuss the stories shaping the region’s (re)insurance markets. Our special interview is with Tom Oostra, CEO of MSIG Specialty Marine, focusing on the firm's plans for Asia following a recent rebrand. Other topics include the latest on Vietnam's PVI Insurance, the...