Jimmy Tong is the Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Singapore. This change is effective 27 April 2026. It is a deal for Liberty Mutual, in Southeast Asia.
Jimmy Tong got this job because Liberty Mutual Insurance Group wants to make some changes. They want to combine their businesses in Singapore which’re Liberty Insurance and Liberty Specialty Markets, into one. This means Liberty Singapore will have one leader and one licence. The goal is to make the company work better together and be able to make decisions faster in a competitive market.
The company put all its insurance businesses together on 1 January 2026. This means insurance for individuals, businesses and special things are all in one place now. Insurance for homes, cars and businesses are included. Jimmy Tong is the boss of this combined business. He will make sure the business does well and grows. Jimmy Tong will help the insurance company sell to everyone from individuals to businesses and even big companies in Singapore. The insurance company will sell kinds of insurance including property insurance, car insurance and special insurance. Jimmy Tong will be, in charge of making the company strong and helping it grow in Singapore.
Jimmy Tong has a lot of experience with insurance and financial services in this area. Before he joined Liberty Singapore he worked at Great Eastern for ten years. At Great Eastern Jimmy Tong was in charge of the General and Group Insurance teams. He made sure the business was running smoothly that the company was making decisions about who to insure and that everything was working as it should be. Jimmy Tong always tried to make sure the company was growing in a way being careful, with risks and creating products that people actually wanted to buy. Tong had jobs at UOB earlier in his career. This gave him a lot of experience with how banks work how they are. How to manage big financial services. He learned a deal about banking operations and governance, at UOB.
Tong has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He is also a CFA charterholder. This means he has an understanding of finance and how to make big decisions. Tong knows a lot about finance. Has led teams before. This helps him deal with the changing world of insurance. The insurance world is changing because of things, like digitalisation and climate risk. Companies are also getting more complicated. All these things are changing what people want from insurance. Tong is ready to handle these changes because of his skills and leadership experience. He knows about finance, risk and how to make decisions.
Liberty Singapore is trying to make things easier for brokers and clients under his leadership. They want to use their structure to provide better solutions. They also want to make the process of checking and fixing claims faster. Liberty Singapore wants to improve its capabilities too. Singapore is an important place for big businesses and valuable things. This makes it a key market, for Liberty. The company has a system that allows it to respond quickly to insurance needs that involve many countries. Liberty Singapore is designed to help with these kinds of insurance needs.
Jimmy Tong will work under Matthew Jackson, who’s the President of Asia Pacific at Liberty Mutual. Matthew Jackson has said that this change in leadership is a move for Liberty Mutual. They want to show that they are committed to this region for a time. Liberty Mutual in Singapore has a team and a strong leader so they can do well in this market. The market is getting tougher with more companies competing. The rules are getting stricter. At the time people are looking for insurance plans that are tailored to their needs. Liberty Mutual, in Singapore is ready to give them what they need.
In summary, Jimmy Tong’s appointment as CEO signals Liberty Singapore’s focus on unified leadership, operational efficiency, and customer-driven growth—setting the stage for its next phase of expansion in Asia’s dynamic insurance ecosystem.
