The IAG brand has handed out its opening round of locally decided awards in a flood-hit region of New South Wales, with emergency communications the dominant theme.
Fewer large catastrophe losses and a narrowing underwriting loss at the US subsidiary lifted the Japanese reinsurer's bottom line for a second straight year.
Commercial lines and higher sums insured are supporting premium growth, while conservative asset allocation is helping insurers absorb equity-market volatility.
The former SCOR chief keeps global charge of Capital and Advisory while taking on Latin America and the Caribbean alongside the Asia-Pacific businesses.
