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- October 1 2026
Berajaya Sompo taps Sheyna Marie Janz as head of liability
She joined Berajaya Sompo from AIG Malaysia, where she had been head of financial lines underwriting since August 2020.
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- October 1 2026
Bi Ying Ong to succeed Hicham Raissi as Allianz Singapore CEO
She has been promoted from her role as chief operating officer at the insurer.
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- October 1 2026
Great Eastern appoints Allianz’s Hicham Raissi as MD of general and group insurance
Raissi, who was formerly Allianz Singapore CEO, started in his new role on Thursday.
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- October 1 2026
Markel shifts Rob Jones to Singapore in APAC renewables push
He has relocated from the UK as sustainable energy and power underwrite.
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- October 1 2026
Suncorp denies Tokio Marine takeover talks in stock market response
Australian insurer's shares fell 5% after it clarified on local media reports about preliminary takeover talks.
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- September 29 2026
Markel shifts Kevin Leung to managing director for Southeast Asia
He takes charge of unified operations in Singapore and Malaysia for the specialty insurer.
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- September 28 2026
Envest taps Emma Osbourne as general manager of broker enablement
She has held various roles within the Envest network since 2017.
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- September 28 2026
India’s US$1.5bn marine risk pool surpasses 3,000 cargo war policies
Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool has also issued 92 hull war-risk policies and three protection and indemnity insurance policies since its creation in May.
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- September 27 2026
Bangkok declares flood disaster following two days of torrential rains
Scenes in Bangkok over the weekend evoked memories of the notorious 2011 floods.
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- September 27 2026
Frontier Global Underwriting appoints Lindsay Smart as senior financial lines underwriter
She previously held roles at Scott Winton, Knightcorp Insurance Brokers and Aon.
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- September 25 2026
Emerging markets credit guarantor Verdant Rock strikes 30% quota share deal
Bermudian specalised insurer provides financial guarantees for bonds, structured loans and complex financial instruments in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
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- September 25 2026
IAG reaches settlement with Credit Suisse over Greensill Capital collapse
Financial terms were not disclosed, although the aggregate value of the claims by Credit Suisse, which is now part of UBS, was US$2bn plus interest.
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- September 24 2026
Africa Specialty Risks eyes expansion following Vitruvian Partners strategic investment
Reinsurer has targeted expansion beyond Africa and the Middle East, including in India and Southeast Asia.
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- September 23 2026
Lockton appoints Arthur Wong as Pacific head of analytics
He joins Lockton following more than a decade at Marsh.
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- September 22 2026
Jonathan Groves succeeds Sue Houghton as QBE’s Australia Pacific CEO
He has been with QBE in various senior roles for 13 years, including Pacific region CEO.
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- September 22 2026
Oneglobal completes takeover of Hong Kong crypto specialist Fraction
Acquisition follows the appointment of Fraction co-founders Dan Dibden and Onno Sterk to senior roles in July.
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- September 21 2026
HDI Global adds Rebekah Khew, LiLian Lau to North Asia underwriting team
Rebecca Kong had already been appointed as North Asia head of distribution and strategic partners last month.
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- September 21 2026
Tower grows reinsurance limit to US$555m, reduces costs
Kiwi insurer's FY27 reinsurance expenses are expected to cost around 9.5% of its GWP, down from 10.6% in FY26.
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- September 17 2026
‘The highs are very high, the lows are very low’: New Zealand’s volatile, super-soft P&C market faces a turning point
After two years of double-digit rate cuts and a benign catastrophe experience, New Zealand's P&C market is showing signs of bottoming out, according to industry sources.
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- September 16 2026
Rising cyber threats put the brakes on APAC’s softening insurance market
The dramatic softening of the cyber insurance market since 2023 is showing signs of decelerating, brokers and underwriters say.
