Gisella Lobo is a Reporter at (Re)in Asia, covering the senior appointments, regulatory changes and strategic moves shaping Asia Pacific's insurers. Areas of specialty include people moves across life, non-life and broking, insurance regulation and public health schemes, and insurer deals in markets including India, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Southeast Asia.
He joins Lockton after a 15-year stint at Zurich Insurance, where he held various underwriting, portfolio management and executive leadership roles across the UK and Australia.
He brings more than 18 years of experience in the life insurance sector spanning risk management, actuarial science, financial risk and capital management.
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