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- May 28 2026
(Re)insurers face rising threat of claims inflation from Middle East conflict: Morningstar DBRS
Direct losses have been contained for the P&C and specialty insurance industry, the global credit rating agency says.
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- May 27 2026
Michael Hannigan returns to AIG in Australia
He begins a second stint following over two years at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance.
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- May 26 2026
Levies on general insurers risk exacerbating insurance affordability pressures: ICA
Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) argues the general insurance industry should not subsidise misconduct claims by other subsectors of financial services under the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR).
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- May 26 2026
Zurich’s US$11bn Beazley deal draws Australian antitrust scrutiny over ‘competitive overlap’
New mandatory merger control regime has prompted the the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to examine whether the deal will affect the supply of specialty insurance products.
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- May 22 2026
Anthony Hong joins Howden as head of surety for Asia
He joins after six years at Aon in Singapore and South Korea.
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- May 22 2026
‘We get Asia, we’re committed, we’re long term’: Miller charts selective growth in Japan, South Korea, and beyond
Specialist (re)insurance broker's regional expansion has gathered steam over the last two years under the ownership of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, with Malaysia being considered for future expansion, head of Asia Ron Whyte tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- May 21 2026
Tower’s NPAT falls 40.3% in H1 FY26 amid price softening, weather claims
Gross written premium was up 1% from H1 FY25 due to lower average premiums and growth of low risk properties.
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- May 21 2026
Howden India taps Suresh Ram Matcha for senior property, marine role
Matcha has over two decades of experience in the Indian insurance industry.
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- May 21 2026
Howden creates new practice for Korean clients in US
UK broker names New York-based Brian Cho as head of the newly formed unit.
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- May 20 2026
Tokio Marine adjusted profit rises 17% to US$4.4bn on underwriting strength, lower nat cat losses
Lower capital gains from sale of equities, negative forex impact and Greensill reserving action weigh on earnings.
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- May 19 2026
Seadrif taps Richard Poulter to lead sovereign asset and fiscal empowerment facility
He was formerly chief risk officer at the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company.
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- May 19 2026
War overtakes civil unrest as top PVT risk for most Asia Pacific firms: Allianz Commercial
Financial loss of the conflict in the Middle East has the potential to result in a larger insured loss than PVT claims arising from the war in Ukraine, according to Allianz Commercial’s latest risk barometer report.
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- May 18 2026
Cyber insurer Cowbell taps Gerry Power as Australia general manager
Cyber insurer has been building out its business in Australia with the backing of Zurich Insurance.
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- May 15 2026
Delta Insurance New Zealand hires Petr Dorofeev as tech, cyber product lead
He joins the MGA in Auckland from Suncorp.
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- May 15 2026
Santam taps Hemant Gulati to lead Gift City buildout
Appointment comes after the South African insurer received regulatory approval to establish a presence in India’s special economic zone in February.
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- May 14 2026
Nepal drought triggers US$100,000 parametric payout to farmers
First-of-its-kind payout in Nepal, which was as designed by Global Parametrics, benefitted 405 people.
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- May 14 2026
Victoria bushfires claims tally hits 4,700 amid ‘long road to recovery’: ICA
January's bushfires were the worst for the insurance industry since the 2019-20 season known as Black Summer.
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- May 14 2026
Tokio Marine open to more ILS deals ‘if there’s any room’, as Kizuna Re highlights strong earthquake demand
Latest outing raised US$100m in Singapore, with assistant manager for global reinsurance, Ken Oka, telling InsuranceAsia News that the insurer has studied issuing catastrophe bonds in Hong Kong.
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- May 13 2026
JKL Partners reboots sale of Lotte Non-Life Insurance: report
Relaunced sale expected to raise at least US$668m, according to a report by the Seoul Economic Daily.
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- May 12 2026
Russell Hails to lead Gallagher Re’s APAC MGA solutions team
Hails has been with Gallagher Re since September.
