Meet Desmond Cheok, AVP, Asia Pacific Casualty Underwriting Leader, Sompo Global Risk Solutions
Please tell us about your career journey and your path to Sompo.
I have more than 15 years of Casualty and Financial Lines underwriting experience in retail, wholesale and reinsurance business within the Asia Pacific region. I was referred by a senior underwriter from Sompo’s Global Risk Solutions (GRS) team in the UK to the Head of Asia Pac who eventually recruited me.
What advice do you have for prospective Sompo candidates?
Get ready to take on some challenges especially in Asia Pac where Sompo GRS is a new startup. Unlike at many large organizations, you will get direct access to senior leadership in Sompo GRS and all the hard work you put in will be appreciated.
Tell us about an initiative at Sompo that you are most excited for in 2022.
By taking advantage of the fast-growing economies in the region, Sompo GRS will continue to expand its presence in Hong Kong and Tokyo with new headcounts as well as some additional resources in Singapore.
What is your idea of a perfect day outside of the office?
Sitting by the seaside or walking in the bush enjoying the natural scenery.
About Sompo
Sompo Holdings Ltd. is a global specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, headquartered in Bermuda. Through its operating subsidiaries, Sompo writes agriculture, professional lines, property, marine, energy, casualty and other specialty lines of insurance and catastrophe, property, casualty, professional lines, weather risk and specialty lines of reinsurance. Sompo companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of Sompo Holdings, Inc., whose core business encompasses one of the largest property and casualty insurance groups in the Japanese domestic market. We maintain excellent financial strength as evidenced by the ratings of A+ (Superior) from A.M. Best (XV size category) and A+ (Strong) from Standard and Poor’s on our principal operating subsidiaries. Sompo’s headquarters are located at Waterloo House, 100 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda and its mailing address is Sompo, Suite No. 784, No. 48 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda.
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