Swiss Re's Board of Directors has announced plans to nominate Mr Jean-Jacques Henchoz for election as a new, non-executive and independent member of the Board for a one-year term.
The attacks on Iran by the US and Israel, followed by retaliatory strikes by Iran on several countries allied to the US, including the UAE and Saudi Arabia, will have a profound impact on the insurance market at large. India is also likely to be significantly impacted.
Specialty (re)insurance broker Consilium has launched its Energy Risk Solutions Division, and also appointed Mr Johnny Hilliard as Managing Partner.
Gallagher Re has promoted Mr Richard Jones to the position of Chairman, APAC, and Mr Roshan Perera to the position of Managing Director, Head of APAC.
WTW has appointed Mr Fong Han Wei as Country Leader for Singapore, effective 1 March 2026.
Zurich Cover-More has appointed Mr Jon Ford as Head of Asia and Ms Tricia Lim as Head of Commercial Operations and Delivery, Asia.
HDI Global has promoted Mr Haris Michaels to the position of Head of Energy & Power Eastern Region at the Singapore branch, and Mr Mark Mackay to the position of Global Head of Energy & Power. Both positions are effective 1 March 2026.
FWD Hong Kong has appointed Ms Queenie Lam as Chief Marketing Officer for FWD Hong Kong & Macau.