AM Best to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Asia-Pacific Operations Launch With Hong Kong Reception
August 21 2024 - 9:20PM
Business Wire
AM Best will host a reception to celebrate the 25th
anniversary of the launch of its Asia-Pacific operations on
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, at 6 p.m. HKT at the Renaissance Hong
Kong Harbor View Hotel.
The event will be held in the Oasis Room at the hotel during the
East Asia Insurance Congress (EAIC) and coincides with AM Best’s
125th anniversary.
AM Best’s connection to the Asia-Pacific region’s insurance
markets dates to 1991, when officials from the People’s Republic of
China were invited to visit the company’s U.S. headquarters in
Oldwick, N.J. This was followed by a visit from Japan’s largest
brokerage firm, which involved discussion of AM Best’s rating
system and Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR) model. Shortly
after, AM Best began issuing credit ratings for insurers in China,
Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea from its office in Hong Kong to
become the largest credit rating agency specializing in insurance
across Asia-Pacific. To continue serving a growing client base in
Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, AM Best established its
Singapore office in 2015 in the heart of the city’s financial
district.
“We welcome you to join us in celebrating our remarkable
milestone on 25 September 2024 during the East Asia Insurance
Congress,” said Rob Curtis, CEO, AM Best Asia-Pacific (Singapore)
Pte. Ltd., and managing director, market development. “We look
forward to the next 25 years as well.”
For more information about the reception, please visit the event
page.
AM Best’s market development team for Asia Pacific will be
attending the reception, in addition to the EAIC, which is
scheduled for Sept. 24-27. To arrange a meeting to learn more about
AM Best, its role in the insurance industry and the resources it
offers to insurance professionals, including Best’s Credit Ratings,
please contact Curtis, who also is head of market development for
the Asia-Pacific region, at robert.curtis@ambest.com. For more
detail on the EAIC, please visit the event website.
AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and
data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry.
Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in
over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam,
Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information,
visit www.ambest.com.
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Rob Curtis CEO, AM Best Asia-Pacific (Singapore) Pte.
Ltd., Managing Director, Market Development +65 6303
5007 robert.curtis@ambest.com
Christopher Sharkey Associate Director, Public
Relations +1 908 882 2310
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com
KaiJun Chan Market Development Associate +65
9824 2401 kaijun.chan@ambest.com