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- May 5 2026
Asia market softening continues in Q1 despite Iran conflict impacts: Aon
India led Asia’s Q1 softening with double-digit rate cuts across property, D&O and cyber, while Japan remained an outlier with rate increases, the broker said.
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- May 5 2026
Lockton appoints new Malaysia, India heads
Broker appoints Nicholas Lee as CEO of Lockton Sime in Malaysia, while Jay Sharma steps into the role of India CEO.
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- May 4 2026
Sudarlin Uzir joins Aon Indonesia as head of industry specialties
He has almost three decades of experience in (re)insurance, having previously held board-level roles in Hong Kong and Indonesia.
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- May 4 2026
Cindy Yeo joins Howden as director for Asia M&A as hiring spree continues
Broker has made several hires for its Asia M&A team under regional CEO Rohan Bhappu.
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- May 4 2026
Jamie He joins Lockton’s APAC transaction liability team
Lockton has been expanding its transaction liability practice in APAC with a string of hires.
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- May 4 2026
Suncorp New Zealand hires Walter David as senior construction, engineering underwriter
He was formerly with Chubb for almost three years, most recently as a casualty lines underwriter.
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- May 4 2026
HDI Global sees ‘substantial’ opportunity for Southeast Asia renewables, charts a new hope for the region’s energy future
Haris Michaels, head of energy power and engineering in Singapore, tells InsuranceAsia News about HDI Global's plans for region, with Southeast Asia and India seen as the key markets for expansion.
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- May 3 2026
Gallagher Re elevates Jun Liu to head of China agriculture
He retains his existing responsibilities as deputy head of Gallagher Re's Beijing office.
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- May 3 2026
Aon promotes trio to senior APAC commercial roles
Broker elevates Richard Tan, Maggie Hsieh and Michel Muganza to senior roles within its APAC commercial team.
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- May 3 2026
Australia’s cyclone reinsurance pool claims reach US$1bn
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation’s (ARPC) cyclone pool has expanded significantly since its inception in 2022, according to the latest quarterly statistics.
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- May 3 2026
Swiss Re CorSo names Zoe Pearn as ANZ head of operations
She has been with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (CorSo) for two years.
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- April 30 2026
AI creates cybersecurity ‘arms race’, Hong Kong firms face rising threat: Blackpanda’s George Wong
Cyber incidents hit a record high in 2025, and firms urgently need stronger defenses like zero-trust systems and multi-factor authentication.
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- April 30 2026
Perils trims loss estimate for Australia’s East Coast hailstorms
Perils says its loss estimate for the storms had been revised down to US$1.07bn.
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- April 28 2026
Fusion Specialty bolsters APAC team with pair of M&A underwriters
Jason Yoon Lee and Nicholas Wright join the specialist MGA as M&A underwriters.
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- April 28 2026
MLX Risk Partners taps Mathew Dilley as head of operations
Dilley joins from Aon Benfield in Sydney, where he had been a facultative reinsurance broker since November 2011.
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- April 27 2026
ICA calls on Australian government to establish US$21.6bn flood defence fund
The ICA has made four recommendations to safeguard those vulnerable to extreme flood risk in its submission to an Australian federal inquiry into local government funding.
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- April 27 2026
‘Not much more to give’: Asia’s D&O rate softening may moderate in 2026 amid geopolitical tensions, AI rollout
Brokers and underwriters warn that China, Singapore, and Hong Kong face the steepest D&O rate pressures, with geopolitics and AI risks intensifying concerns as a 2026 market turn looms.
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- April 27 2026
Moody’s upgrades Peak Re’s financial strength rating to A3
Peak Re said the upgrade was a reflection of its underwriting performance and governance framework.
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- April 24 2026
Hong Kong posts strong gross premiums in 2025, but P&C underwriting profits hit by Wang Fuk Court
Underwriting profits in Hong Kong's onshore property damage business fell last year by 97.2% due to reserving and losses arising from the Wang Fuk Court tragedy in November.
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- April 24 2026
Fundamentals’ driving APAC’s asset-intensive reinsurance growth, with ample runway ahead: Aon
Pierre Vende, Aon’s co-head of Asia Pacific life and health reinsurance, tells InsuranceAsia News that while Japan is by far the biggest market, Hong Kong and South Korea are particularly ripe for the growth of asset-intensive reinsurance.
