Vipal Durge is Features Editor at (Re)in Asia, covering the deals and corporate strategy reshaping Asia Pacific insurance. Areas of specialty include M&A and market consolidation, insurer results and underwriting performance, and regulatory decisions across Australia, Japan, India and Southeast Asia.
India's long-delayed plans for a domestic P&I club have gained fresh urgency as the Strait of Hormuz blockade disrupts the country's energy cargo flows.
While bancassurance new business profit powered Prudential's FY2025 growth, the group has flagged transforming the agency channel as its "number one priority".
Fitch has identified correlated aggregation risk as the key near-term concern for specialty insurers, even as the agency maintains a broadly contained ratings outlook.
Ahead of the ACCC's Phase I review decision next month, IAG's renewed bid to secure regulatory clearance for RAC Insurance has drawn fresh opposition from Australia's motor trade body.
Legacy insurer has named Mark Fleiser as managing director of its new Australian operation, following the acquisition of a local insurer and a legacy portfolio from Zurich.
