Continuum, a specialist risk advisory firm focussed on emerging industries, has announced a strategic partnership with Freed Capital Group, a licensed insurance broker in Hong Kong. As part of the partnership, Freed Capital has also made a strategic investment in Continuum.
Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel Group, has opened a new office in Perth and marked the event with the appointments of two Senior Underwriters, Mr Jerome Steyn and Mr Pierre Dagnee.
The two-week ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Iran and the US and Israel may signal regional stability and important first steps towards a gradual normalisation of flows.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has applied an additional A$2m ($1.4m) capital requirement to Sovereign Insurance Australia (SIA), an MGA.
More than four in five insurers (82%) in Singapore say they are ahead of their competitors in adopting digital systems, yet nearly all (98%) acknowledge that legacy technology is constraining business growth, according to research from Clearwater Analytics, a comprehensive investment management technology platform (CWAN).
Organisations globally are continuing to accelerate AI adoption, even as security and compliance risks remain well recognise, according to a study by TrendAI, the enterprise AI security division of Trend Micro.
Aon has announced two senior appointments to support the growing complexity and capital demands of digital infrastructure investment worldwide.
The heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank Group have agreed to form a coordination group to maximise their institutions' response to the energy and economic impacts of the war in the Middle East.
The Insurance Authority has announced the transition to the mandatory implementation of the Risk-Based Capital (RBC) framework, effective 1 January 2027.