Josh Recamara

Insurance Business asia

Josh Recamara

Journalist

10 years experience

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Josh is a business journalist for Insurance Business. He is a Journalism graduate with nearly a decade of experience in business journalism, previously serving as a news writer for a major US financial market information provider and then as an editor for a US-based newswire.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Despite not always exciting, it is a very interesting market to cover. I have learned a lot during my more than one year of stay and the learnings never stop.”

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Read the latest stories by Josh

Marsh names Marcus Baker marine chairman as Walls takes global role

The handover lands as volatility and Hormuz disruption put marine brokers under pressure to find solutions fast

Manulife Asia core earnings jump 17% as Hong Kong and Japan offset Chinese Mainland slowdown

Core earnings rise to US$635 million and Manulife deepens health ties with Ant Health, while a Vietnam charge weighs on net income

Sunlife Asia sales rise 9%, but Hong Kong competition squeezes new business margins

Sunlife’s new business margins fell in Hong Kong even as sales rose - and the contrast with Manulife’s results points to a market splitting on price vs discipline

Fairfax bets big on India with IDBI Bank as Digit markdown hits quarter

Insurer selected to pick up 60.72% of IDBI Bank for about US$5.6bn, while Fairfax Asia drives international growth

Aon expands client treaty to 35% as broker-led capacity grows worldwide

Aon’s pre-agreed follow facility grows to 35% of eligible placements from January 1 - and in a softening market, the conflict of interest question sharpens with it

CNA’s US casualty pressure is a warning for Asian reinsurers and carriers with US exposure

Rising excess casualty and workers’ comp losses at one of America’s largest commercial insurers point to continuing strain in US risk, a line many Asian insurers access through reinsurance and specialty markets