Asia Reinsurance Brokers (ARB) has announced the appointment of Mr William Pang as managing director effective from 10 December 2019. Mr Pang will oversee ARB's business portfolio and teams across all territories. He will also be a member of ARB's Board of Management.
Mr Patrick Peck, most recently Chief Distribution Officer at AXA Life Insurance Singapore, has joined insurtech firm PolicyPal as Advisor.
AXA Insurance Singapore has announced three new appointments: Mr Jeremy Ong as chief customer and operations officer, Mr Julien Callard as managing director (retail) and Mr Mauricio Coarasa as chief financial officer. Mr Ong's and Mr Coarasa's appointments are effective immediately while Mr Callard's appointment is effective 1 November.
Seeking to strengthen its footprint in the Asia Pacific region, the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) has welcomed Pacific Prime Insurance Brokers founder and CEO Neil Raymond as a board member.
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has appointed Hyeji Kang as global head of reinsurance and catastrophe risk management, effective October 1. She succeeds Bernhard Arbogast, who will retire at the end of May 2020.
Pacific Life Re has promoted Tyson Johnston, head of client solutions for Australia, to general manager for Australia.
The Singapore Insurance Employees' Union (SIEU) has signed agreements with 23 unionised insurance companies to facilitate training for workers to prepare them for the future. The agreements were signed on 1 October 2019.
Climate change could impact up to 60% of world's wheat growing areas by the end of the current century compared to 15% today. Wheat supplies around 20% of all calories consumed by humans globally.
Human activities and the growing impact of climate change are increasing the incidences of landslides globally, which have claimed over 56,000 lives during the period 2004 to 2016.
Hackers are gearing up to launch attacks on IoT devices as there is likely to be a proliferation in the connected gadgets, both at homes and also in the organisations in the near future.