James Ong, chief executive officer – Asia, provides commentary in this Insurance Asia News (IAN) article.
SINGAPORE, 18 April 2022 – Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, has appointed industry-leading expert Nigel Cook as its head of major and complex loss in Asia. In this role, Cook …
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has confirmed that around 60 containers were lost overboard and an additional 80 were damaged in a stack collapse on its containership Madrid Bridge last Friday. The ship was en route from Singapore to New York when the in…
Floods swept through the Klang Valley, parts of Selangor as well as the East Coast of Malaysia due to a one-in-a-100-year heavy rainfall from December 17 to 19. The effects of Typhoon Rai that lashed the Philippines and the high tides occurring durin…
Rai, locally known as Odette, rapidly intensified Thursday as it headed straight toward the eastern coast of the Philippines. The storm made landfall over Siargao Island, reaching sustained winds of 260 kph with gusts over 300 kph. The weather bureau…
Article by Paul Hough, CEO of Singapore and head of MCL for Asia, published in Insurance Asia News.
The Hong Kong Observatory issued a No 8 warning signal at 5:20 p.m. local time on Tuesday as Tropical Cyclone Kompasu, the second major storm to hit the city in four days, gathered strength. Recent forecasts call for Kompasu to be closest to Hong Kon…
Typhoon Chanthu slammed into the northern Philippines on Saturday, bringing destructive winds and heavy rains. The storm displaced thousands of people and left several communities flooded and without power. Now the storm is approaching Shanghai, wher…
Singapore, 17 August 2021 – Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, today announced the appointment of Catherine Cooper as director of business development for Asia. In this new rol…
Tropical Storm Nepartak heads toward Japan and the Olympic Games Tokyo is bracing for Tropical Storm Nepartak, which has already begun to disrupt some Olympic events. The storm developed late Friday, local time and is heading toward the island nati…
Severe flooding overwhelmed Zhengzhou, the capital of China’s central Henan province, after the equivalent of a year's average rainfall fell in just three days. The event led to the evacuation of about 100,000 people, the rescue of more than 500 peop…
Tropical Depression Choi-Wan (named Dante locally) intensified into a tropical storm on May 31 as it entered the Philippines. Since, hundreds have been displaced by flooding and landslides in southern and central regions. Additionally, 3,000+ passeng…
Singapore, 29 March 2021 – Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced the appointment of Linda Sim as head of its forensic advisory services division in Asia. Linda is a char…
SINGAPORE 9 February 2021 - Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, today announced the appointment of loss adjusting industry experts Eugene Goh and Darren Ting to its growing team …
JAKARTA, 11 December 2020 - Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, has announced new leaders for its operations in Indonesia following Paul Hough’s appointment as CEO Singapore effe…