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- July 8 2026
Gift City’s new MGA regime a ‘build-or-broker’ moment for Indian insurance
Regulatory framework for India’s special economic zone can foster growth and innovation within India's specialty insurance market, brokers tell InsuranceAsia News.
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- July 7 2026
APRA overhauls reinsurance framework to allow alternative cover, cut red tape
New regime, due to take effect from January, will modernise Australia's prudential framework, expand access to alternative reinsurance and give appointed actuaries greater authority over capital treatment, reducing regulatory approvals.
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- July 7 2026
Hong Kong’s first virtual insurer eyes Malaysia-led Southeast Asia push after hitting ‘critical’ US$100m revenue milestone
Life insurer Bowtie expects to break even 'quite soon' on the back of rapid growth and a 93% customer retention rate, co-founder Fred Ngan told InsuranceAsia News.
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- July 7 2026
PCRIC makes second drought parametric payout to Tonga
Payout funds assistance following the arrival of drought conditions in Tonga's Niua island group.
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- July 6 2026
Australia’s competition regulator probes Allianz-nib travel insurance tie-up
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission launches a phase one investigation into the US$34.66m transaction.
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- July 6 2026
Niyam Group taps Ritesh Shah to drive India engineering, construction buildout
He joins after a long stint at Swiss Re in India.
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- July 6 2026
Not blowout year, but M&A resiliency remains amid soft market, improving geopolitical outlook
Insurer appetite for M&A remained robust in the first half despite a volatile geopolitical backdrop, with three jumbo deals in Japan, Australia and the UK.
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- July 3 2026
Lockton taps Alberto Ferriolo as Asia regional growth leader for marine, transportation
He joins from Miller in Singapore, and reports to Sung Wook Han, Lockton’s head of Asia marine and transportation.
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- July 3 2026
Suncorp renews FY27 cat program with higher top-end, 5-year aggregate cover
Carrier reports higher reinsurance costs due to aggregate cover, which is offset by capital efficiency gains, including reduction in excess capital and capital release.
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- July 3 2026
Zurich enters Australian home insurance market via new Honey tie-up
Agreement follows a similar partnership to offer pet insurance in March.
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- July 2 2026
Marsh appoints Sylvia Quang as cyber leader for Hong Kong, Macau
Ex-corporate lawyer was previoulsy head of claims advocacy for Hong Kong and Macau having joined the broker in July 2024.
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- July 2 2026
Markel hires Sjoerd A. Blomsma for new marine risk engineering role
Based in Singapore for the newly created specialist role, he reports to Wanshi Lin.
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- July 2 2026
Exclusive: Continuum hires Howden’s Andy Tam as Hong Kong general manager
Appointment, after almost seven years at Howden in Hong Kong, was confirmed by founder and director Rob Russell.
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- July 1 2026
Great American Insurance bolsters Singapore specialty underwriting team
Terence Yong handed expanded role as head of specialty lines for North Asia and Korea, and Asia cyber, while Ernest Heng joins from Willis to lead Southeast Asia specialty lines.
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- July 1 2026
Richard Hart named QBE’s Asia general counsel
He had served as QBE's senior legal counsel for New Zealand and the Pacific.
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- July 1 2026
Puriantoh Bin Supu returns to Berjaya Sompo as head of property, engineering, energy
Supu was formerly head of commercial lines underwriting at Generali Malaysia.
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- July 1 2026
Fraction co-founders Dan Dibden and Onno Sterk join Oneglobal
Dibden has joined the firm as chief commercial officer for Hong Kong, while Sterk has been appointed as head of digital assets.
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- July 1 2026
Canopius taps Winnie Tay as financial lines underwriter
Tay was formerly with Allianz Commercial for over a decade.
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- July 1 2026
VIG Re secures approval to open Singapore office
New Singapore representative office will be led by Wildfrid Goh.
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- June 30 2026
AIG appoints Brian Jee as head of financial lines in Singapore
He joins from Everest Insurance, where he was most recently head of its South Korea desk.
