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- November 6 2026
Optio Group hires former Canopius executive Jamie Jeffers to lead APAC push
He takes over as managing director of Optio Asia in Singapore, effective immediately.
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- November 6 2026
Chaucer adds Jay Bae, Jessica Lee to Singapore underwriting platform
Bae appointed as lead underwriter for APAC agriculture, with Lee joining as class underwriter for reinsurance.
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- November 6 2026
Kevin Chin joins Willis Re’s growing Singapore team
He joins from Gallagher Re in Singapore having also previously spent six years with Aon in Singapore.
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- November 5 2026
Man Yin Lai becomes Chubb Malaysia’s CFO
She was previously Peak Re's reserving director in Hong Kong for the last two years.
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- November 5 2026
Aon taps Vivian Zhang to oversee APAC financial sponsors coverage
She previously worked for Gerson Lehrman Group and Bloomberg in Hong Kong.
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- November 5 2026
AIG Malaysia elevates Lee Zhu Wei to head of financial lines
He has been with AIG Malaysia for three years.
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- November 5 2026
SIRC 2026: India, AI boom transform APAC’s credit and surety market: Peak Re
An abundance of capacity and historically low loss ratios are driving the softening of APAC’s credit and surety market, according to Kathleen Koh, managing director of credit and surety in Hong Kong.
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- November 5 2026
SIRC 2026: Capacity alone will not decide APAC renewals: JB Boda
Reinsurance capacity across APAC remains strong and should hold through the January renewals, Rohit Boda, group managing director at JB Boda, says.
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- November 5 2026
SIRC 2026: Oversupply of capacity to drive APAC softening despite intensifying risk: Edme’s Kunal Khanna
Geopolitical risk is a top concern for reinsurers during the coming 1.1 renewals, the managing director of reinsurance and global head of natural resources says
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- November 4 2026
Shipowners Club sees rising P&I reinsurance costs due to Middle East conflict, Baltimore Bridge collapse
Club declines to pass any cost on to its members during the 2027 renewals
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- November 4 2026
Chubb hires AIG’s Matthew Pereira as North Asia property manager
He joins following a 15-year stint at AIG in London, Stockholm and Hong Kong.
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- November 4 2026
Lockton adds veteran Aon marine executive Evelyn Hoh to Asia transportation team
She was with Aon for almost 19 years, holding various senior marine roles.
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- November 4 2026
Seadrif, Philippines jointly sign US$2.3m ISF grant to support disaster risk financing programme
Joint agreement with Gallagher Re and InsuResilience Solutions Fund provides emergency liquidity in the event of natural catastrophes.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: Markel sees Southeast Asia as critical to international ambitions
Malaysia's economic boom is turbocharging its specialty market, regional chief Kevin Leung says.
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- November 4 2026
Zoe Zhang swaps Dubai for Singapore to lead Howden’s Asia digital infrastructure practice
She was formerly a practising lawyer focused on the telecoms, media and technology sector.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: ‘Risk is heightened everywhere’: Tokio Marine Kiln’s Pavlos Spyropoulos
APAC’s market softening masks an environment where risks are proliferating, according to the regional head.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: Miller sees ‘positive opportunity for the market’ after expanding Asia footprint
Fresh from its Labuan launch, Miller will deepen existing Asia capabilities rather than open new markets, treaty reinsurance head Richard Broad says.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: Rate adequacy for financial lines in focus as risk environment becomes complex
Concentration risk in cyber is an area that needs closer monitoring as businesses become more dependent on major technology providers like cloud platforms and interconnected supply chains, Sompo’s Emily Poh says.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: New PCC regime to turbocharge Hong Kong’s ILS, captives ambitions: Taiping Re’s Sheldon Yu
Taiping Re is eyeing further evolution of its ILS market initiatives following its recent backing of the first-ever locally domiciled sidecar and the move to introduce protected cell companies by the Hong Kong government.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: 1.1 renewals to be driven by discipline, not broad market shifts: Scor’s Mukul Kishore
Scor's CEO sees a differentiated 1.1, with portfolio performance—not market shifts—driving outcomes as capacity stops being the constraint.
