Property, cyber and D&O buyers benefited from softer pricing in Q2, while underwriters applied greater scrutiny to casualty, auto and catastrophe-prone risks.
The Bangkok-based director joins from Allianz Ayudhya, where he ran the insurer's international private medical portfolio across individual, SME, and large corporate business.
The appointment adds a regional head to a practice the broker has been looking to expand since creating a global chief executive for the line 12 months ago.
Estimates from across the broker and ILS market point the same way, with losses expected to fall short of the quakes that struck the same prefecture a decade ago.