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- September 29 2026
Igloo partners with Dana to launch Indonesian parametric rain protection
Southeast Asian insurtech and Indonesian e-wallet platform launch first parametric insurance product in their portfolio.
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- September 24 2026
New IUMI president Sean Dalton sets course for diversity and inclusion, education, AI, sustainability
He was elected unopposed to replace Frédéric Denèfle during the annual conference in Rotterdam.
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- September 23 2026
Chubb’s Darren Cook joins Delta Insurance Australia as a financial lines underwriting manager
He was most recently domain lead for digital partnerships having joined Chubb in November 2012 as an underwriting analyst.
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- September 22 2026
Lockton appoints Alex Bursak as regional credit director for Asia
He joins from WTW, having previously also spent over eight years with Allianz Trade in Asia Pacific, including two years as Indonesia country manager in Jakarta.
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- September 22 2026
PolicyStreet snaps up Hannover Re’s Firdaus Kasman as new CUO
Kuala Lumpur-based Kasman joins the Malaysian insurtech having spent the last eight and a half years at Hannover Re.
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- September 21 2026
Infrastructure: Data centres are racing ahead of the rules built to insure them
Data centres have become a defining infrastructure story of the AI era, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. A single hyperscale facility can now draw more than 100MW, and in Malaysia alone roughly 13GW of data centre capacity is either planned or already under development. Behind every one of those numbers sits a construction and […]
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- September 17 2026
Natsuko Kato joins Aon’s transaction solutions team in Asia
She joins from Medtronic Japan, according to a LInkedIn post from APAC managing director Martijn de Lange.
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- September 16 2026
Howden brings crop, livestock, parametric risk specialist Sonal Mishra to Singapore
She relocates from India to take up the senior vice president role within the reinsurance division.
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- September 15 2026
Jack Morecroft joins Marsh as cyber managing principal in Australia
Melbourne-based Morecroft joins from Gallagher, where he had been since January 2022 in London and Melbourne.
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- September 15 2026
BMS Group appoints Anna Capone as national head of general claims for Australia
She joins from McLardy McShane Insurance Advisors, having also previously worked for KBI and Knightcorp Insurance Brokers.
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- September 15 2026
Allianz Commercial confirms Steve Williams as head of liability underwriting
He has been with Allianz for over 15 year and had stepped into the acting head of liability role in October.
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- September 15 2026
Brics eyes ‘self-reliant insurance ecosystem’
India also proposes hosting a Brics Risk Lab, open to interested members at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (Gift City) International Financial Services Centre in Gujarat.
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- September 14 2026
Willis promotes Will Sare to lead Australia P&C business
Stephen Trickey will also take on an expanded role supporting sales activity across the Pacific, while continuing as head of growth for the region.
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- September 13 2026
Solomon Islands receives US$250,000 under excess rainfall parametric policy
Supported by Global Shield Solutions Platform and the World Food Programme, the payout was triggered by recent rainfall events during early August, which mainly affected Malaita and Makira-Ulawa provinces.
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- September 11 2026
Ageas completes Etiqa sale, Dimitri Terryn confirms departure
Agreement sees Ageas sell its 30.95% stake to joint venture partner Maybank for US$1.2bn.
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- September 11 2026
Gallagher Re, MDS Group, Howden, Bowring Marsh, Charles Taylor: 12 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Swiss Re, Axa XL, Aviso Specialty, bolttech, Chubb, Markel, IFFCO Tokio General Insurance, Munich Re, Wills Re, Sompo, Coalition Australia, and Ace Insurance Brokers also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- September 10 2026
Chubb elevates Hong Kong-based Jeremy Lai to head of cyber, technology practice
He has been with Chubb for almost seven and a half years, having joined as an assistant casualty underwriter.
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- September 9 2026
Willis Re taps Neil Eckert as CEO
He joins Willis Re from Conduit Re, the Bermuda-based reinsurer which he co-founded in 2020 and has led as CEO since 2025.
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- September 9 2026
‘World first’ Lloyd’s-backed insurance solution opens China’s equestrian market to global horse imports
Underwritten by CPPIC, with supporting capacity from a syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, Hong Kong-based specialist insurance broker MG Geraghty Insurance Brokers confirms the 'important development' for owners, trainers, breeders, exporters.
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- September 8 2026
Maybank signs deal to acquire insurer Etiqa from Ageas by Friday
Agreement sees Ageas sell its 30.95% stake to its joint venture partner for US$1.2bn.
