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AM Best to Participate at 2025 Shanghai International Reinsurance Conference

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best will join a panel discussion at the 2025 Shanghai International Reinsurance Conference, which is taking place 21-24 October 2025 in Shanghai, China.

Rob Curtis, managing director and chief executive officer of AM Best’s Singapore operations, will join a global reinsurance advisory panel in a closed-door meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 21 Oct., at 2 p.m. CST. The theme of the panel is “Consensus and Mechanisms for Contract Performance Management in the Reinsurance Market.” Curtis has been with AM Best since 2022, and has years of experience in Asia’s insurance markets, with key roles held previously with Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.

To arrange a meeting with Curtis, who also is head of market development for the Asia-Pacific region, 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 and Best’s Performance Assessments for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAE), please email robert.curtis@ambest.com.

The conference, which has become one of the largest annual meetings for reinsurers worldwide, will take place at the Lingang Xinchen International Conference Center in Shanghai's Lingang Special Area. It attracts more than 1,300 participants from about two dozen countries and regions. For more information, please visit the event page.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specialising 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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Contacts

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

Cynthia Ang
Senior Industry Research Analyst
+65 6303 5026
cynthia.ang@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

Cynthia Ang
Senior Industry Research Analyst
+65 6303 5026
cynthia.ang@ambest.com

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