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Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Lucy Fraser as Cyber Risk Analyst
24th July 2025
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global specialty insurer, has announced the appointment of Lucy Fraser as Cyber Risk Analyst. The appointment supports TMK’s continued expansion of its cyber risk offerings at a critical time, following a series of high-profile attacks—particularly against the retail sector, including the April 2025 attack on ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Alex Dugand as Strategy Officer
30th April 2025
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global specialty insurer, has announced the appointment of Alex Dugand as Strategy Officer. TMK is an international insurer known for its specialist underwriting expertise, outstanding claims service, and innovative products. Dugand has been with TMK for nearly 20 years, joining in 2007 as a Reinsurance Underwriter. Since then, ... Read the full article
TMK appoints Oliver Delaney as Departmental Head of Liability
17th April 2025
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global specialty insurer, has announced the appointment of Oliver Delaney as Departmental Head of Liability. In this new role, Delaney will focus on driving commercial opportunities and maintaining TMK's strong service offering for brokers and insureds, as the team aims to expand its liability book. Delaney brings ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln appoints James Wilson as Head of Special Risks
28th March 2025
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global specialty insurer, has appointed James Wilson as Head of Special Risks, starting in the autumn. In his new role, Wilson will report to Vivek Syal, Chief Underwriting Officer for TMK, and is tasked with expanding the firm's portfolio to establish lead market positions across all ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln expands expertise in Fine Art and Life Sciences
4th March 2025
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global specialty insurer, has strengthened its team with the addition of Jake Burgess as Fine Art and Specie Underwriter and Ella Henderson as Life Sciences Underwriter, enhancing its expertise in two critical growth areas. Burgess, who brings more than ten years of experience in underwriting and ... Read the full article
TMK appoints Paul Talbot as Aviation Underwriter
19th February 2025
International insurer Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has announced the appointment of Paul Talbot as Aviation Underwriter to its Aerospace team. Talbot brings almost 20 years of industry experience to his new position, having held various underwriting and broking roles. He joins TMK from AIG, where he spent the past 12 years, most ... Read the full article
Unlocking growth potential for insurers in the FemHealth sector: TMK
20th December 2024
International insurer Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has released a new report outlining the market opportunity for brokers and insurers to support founders in the ‘FemHealth’ sector, emphasising that insurance is crucial for unlocking growth in this space. FemHealth companies focus on women’s health issues such as menstruation, contraception, fertility, pregnancy, menopause, ... Read the full article
TMK appoints Furness-Smith as Cyber Underwriter in APAC
4th December 2024
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has announced the appointment of Georgina Furness-Smith as Cyber Underwriter in APAC, a Singapore-based role. She will take up her role on 2 January. Furness-Smith is a cyber insurance specialist with over five years of underwriting experience. She is joining TMK from AXIS Capital, where she most recently ... Read the full article
LMA adds TMK’s Vivek Syal and AMA’s John Owen to its Board
26th November 2024
The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has announced the addition of two new Board members from two of its managing agents' members. The two new members are Vivek Syal, Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) who will be taking over from Matthew Shaw as the TMK representative, and John ... Read the full article
McGill and Partners, TMK, and Convex launch AI trade disruption facility
26th November 2024
Independent global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker McGill and Partners, has announced the launch of a new AI- powered trade disruption insurance facility in collaboration with Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) and Convex, offering limits of $95 million, led by TMK. Leveraging the artificial intelligence technology from Altana, this solution has been ... Read the full article
Alexandros Ampatzis named Head of Marine for Asia-Pacific at Tokio Marine Kiln
31st October 2024
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), an international insurer specialising in niche insurance and reinsurance, recently announced the appointment of Alexandros Ampatzis as Head of Marine for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, effective November 1, 2024. Ampatzis will report to Jamie Tang, TMK’s Regional Underwriting Director for APAC. He is a seasoned expert in marine ... Read the full article
Thomas McShane named Head of Technology and Media E&O at Tokio Marine Kiln
21st October 2024
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), an international insurer, has appointed Thomas McShane as Head of Technology and Media E&O, a newly created position. McShane will officially join the company in January and will report to Laila Khudairi, Head of Cyber & Enterprise Risk. In this role, McShane will focus on expanding TMK's global ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln and Marsh partner to introduce exclusive insurance facility for ports and terminals
25th September 2024
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), an insurer in special risks underwriting, and Marsh, an insurance broker and risk management expert, have jointly announced the launch of an exclusive insurance facility for ports and terminals, providing protection against business interruptions stemming from trade disruptions. The new offering, described as the first of its ... Read the full article
New non-profit Humanity Insured aims to insure 3.6 billion people against climate disasters
19th September 2024
Humanity Insured, a new UK and US non-profit organisation, has launched with the mission of empowering vulnerable communities to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change through the use of effective insurance solutions. Howden, a global insurance intermediary, spearheaded the creation of Humanity Insured, bringing together key players from ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Stephanie Hong as Marine Underwriter, APAC
11th September 2024
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), part of the global insurance group Tokio Marine, has appointed Stephanie Hong as a Marine Underwriter in Asia Pacific (APAC), based in Singapore, effective immediately. In her new role, Hong is responsible for deepening the firm’s presence in target markets across Asia. Her appointment is the latest in ... Read the full article
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