Matthew Sellers

Matthew Sellers

Insurance Business Asia

Matthew Sellers

Journalist

7 years experience1,453,598 Total views on Insurance Business in 2025

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Cyber Insurance Macroeconomics Market Analysis

Matthew Sellers is a financial journalist at Insurance Business, bringing an Economics degree and a sharp analytical instinct to his coverage of the insurance market. His work spans the hard news that moves the industry — from catastrophe events and cyber threats to inflation, litigation, marine risk, and the macroeconomic pressures bearing down on insurers, brokers, and their clients.

Matthew tracks the regulatory developments, market shifts, and emerging risks that insurance professionals need to understand — translating complex signals into clear, accessible reporting for the brokers, underwriters, and industry leaders who need to know where the market is heading, and why.

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Which countries love their pets the most? Follow the money (and the insurance policies)
Sweden insures its pets like family, Americans outspend the world and Australians splash out the most per animal. For insurers, the gap between love and cover is the opportunity
Which countries love their pets the most? Follow the money (and the insurance policies)
QBE hands claims boss the keys to Australia Pacific overhaul
Nigel Hawtin takes on a newly scoped role spanning transformation, governance and the CEO’s office, as QBE’s home division finishes rebuilding its top line-up in under six months
QBE hands claims boss the keys to Australia Pacific overhaul
Samsung Fire brings in KKR and Korea's wealth fund to take Canopius fully in-house
Brokers placing with Canopius should see little immediate change, but Korean capital now controls the Lloyd’s market’s largest syndicate by stamp capacity - and KKR’s exit timeline is an open question
Samsung Fire brings in KKR and Korea's wealth fund to take Canopius fully in-house
Binance’s US$6.3bn hack began with a fake job offer, and it had no cyber cover
The exchange’s incident report traces a five-month North Korean campaign built on bogus recruiters and tampered developer tools, leaving its own reserves to absorb a record loss
Binance’s US$6.3bn hack began with a fake job offer, and it had no cyber cover
Binance hit by "largest bank heist in human history" as withdrawals frozen worldwide
Crypto shares plummet as North Korean hackers are being blamed for the largest crypto theft ever – insurance fund highly unlikely to be able to cover massive losses
Binance hit by "largest bank heist in human history" as withdrawals frozen worldwide
Aon, Marsh, WTW: are they really brokerages any more?
All three now describe themselves in terms far wider than broking. Their segment figures show two of them do still earn most of their revenue and profit from it. The third does not
Aon, Marsh, WTW: are they really brokerages any more?
Critical global website flaw sparks alerts across Asia-Pac as attacks begin
Global high profile websites have been taken down as crucial bugs found in software that runs around 70% of the web
Critical global website flaw sparks alerts across Asia-Pac as attacks begin
Poaching wars: Marsh spends US$30m in a quarter fighting rivals over staff
The giant broker looks to be going all-in on an expensive battle over talent, as Howden builds out its Asian teams with senior hires from rivals including Marsh
Poaching wars: Marsh spends US$30m in a quarter fighting rivals over staff
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