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- October 27 2026
Onshore captives, third-party capital primed for rapid growth in APAC: BlackRock
Insurers must think holistically about their balance sheets, assets, liabilities, and limited capital, about using more reinsurance to free up capacity for products they want to grow, the asset manager's global insurance strategist Mike Erickson tells IAN.
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- October 27 2026
APAC offers growth, diversification for global reinsurers: Gallagher Re
Influx of capacity into the region has created a buyers market for reinsurance, according to the latest market watch report.
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- October 27 2026
Coalition expands Australia cyber offering with Allianz Commercial capacity
Expansion follows Coalition's strategic partnership with Allianz Commercial in May.
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- October 26 2026
Greg Solomon rejoins WTW as Hong Kong ICT market leader
He returns following a previous stint as head of life and health reinsurance in Hong Kong from 2014 to 2019.
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- October 25 2026
Champi to make landfall as extratropical cyclone over Kyushu after battering Taiwan
Typhoon Champi brought high winds, heavy rain and widespread disruption to Taiwan, mainland China and Japan this week.
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- October 25 2026
Bajaj General Insurance names Deepak Reddy as new CEO, managing director
He will replace Tapan Singhel, who has led Bajaj General Insurance since 2012.
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- October 23 2026
AIA hires ex-HSBC insurance chief Edward Moncreiffe to lead India, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand
He will start in the regional CEO role on November 2.
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- October 23 2026
Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Champi skirts eastern coast
It is the 30th typhoon in the Pacific this year as El Nino's impact continues to be felt across the region.
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- October 22 2026
Aviso Specialty taps Ashish Bhattacharya as Pacific head of real estate
He previously led Lockton's real estate business in Australia.
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- October 21 2026
Australia’s cyclone pool swings back into profitability in FY26 on lower claims, provisions
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation’s cyclone pool made a US$492m positive operating profit in FY26, up from an operating loss of AU$1.2bn in FY25.
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- October 21 2026
IndusInd General Insurance appoints Sharad Mathur as new CEO, managing director
He previously led Universal Sompo General Insurance.
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- October 20 2026
Cara Fitzpatrick joins HDI Global as senior claims adjuster
She previously held senior claims roles at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, Axa XL and AIG.
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- October 20 2026
CyberCube adds Sompo Japan to growing APAC client base
The APAC region is at the heart of CyberCube's growth plans over the coming years.
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- October 20 2026
‘A lot of hunger to grow’: strong reinsurer results drive further softening in APAC, Howden Re’s Andy Souter says
Reinsurers face growing pressure to improve terms and offer innovative structures at 1.1 renewals amid intense competition, according to the broker’s APAC head tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- October 20 2026
‘Full-circle moment’ as Kathleen Warden returns to Chubb as head of ANZ P&C
She is a well known name in Australia's insurance industry, having previously served as CEO of AIG Australia.
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- October 19 2026
Marsh hires Sulav Saha as head of digital for Pacific region
He was previously with Aon for more than five years.
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- October 19 2026
FM to offer parametric, captives, structured risk solutions
New solutions will give property insurance clients greater financial flexibility, according to FM.
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- October 19 2026
Markel hires Ray Lei as greater China product proposition lead
She joins after more than a decade at Axa in Hong Kong.
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- October 16 2026
‘Real step forward’ for Asian ILS as Hong Kong, Singapore eye PCCs
Arrival of protected cell companies (PCC) in Hong Kong and Singapore is set to drive the growth of third-party capital in the region, according to market sources.
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- October 15 2026
Howden Australia appoints Catherine Osbourne as Pacific head of technical, claims
She was formerly chief claims officer for the Pacific at Marsh.
