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- January 30 2026
360 Underwriting promotes Tom Hatton to head of claims
Sydney-based Hatton joined the company in May 2024 and was recently claims operations manager.
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- January 29 2026
South Korean financial regulator rejects Lotte’s management improvement plan, complicating sale efforts: reports
Rejection follows Financial Services Commission's prompt corrective action issued in November, which the company attempted to overturn through legal action.
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- January 29 2026
South Korea’s new core capital may present capital management challenges: Fitch
New requirements that impose stricter capital base requirement will enhance the quality of insurers’ capital and sector resilience, the rating agency said.
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- January 29 2026
ICA warns TasInsure will burden taxpayers without reducing premiums
Proposed scheme would require establishment costs of US$106m and prudential capital requirements of up to US$359m, and run annual operating deficits of up to US$9m, Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) says.
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- January 28 2026
XS Global taps Nicholas O’Neil as regional property underwriting manager in Asia
Hong Kong-based O'Neil was most recently executive director for specialty and risk managed accounts at Aon Thailand.
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- January 27 2026
Howden completes Aon M&A raid, appoints Jamie Wan as senior director for Asia
Adrian Chai, Blossom Lim and Xianwei Lee have all recently joined Howden from Aon.
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- January 27 2026
Vietnam’s Techcom General Insurance names Pranav Seth as chairman
Hanoi-based Seth was most recently chief digital officer at parent company Techcombank.
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- January 27 2026
AUB acquires UK intermediary Prestige for US$300m, plans US$276m equity placement
Acquisition represents the Tysers owner's entry into the UK MGA segment and expansion in the UK retail insurance market.
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- January 26 2026
Liberty Specialty Markets hires Edrick Tang as senior underwriter for fine art and specie in APAC
He brings 15 years of industry experience at major insurers, most recently as fine art and private clients underwriter at Berkley Insurance Asia.
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- January 26 2026
Australia braces for heavy rains as Cyclone Luana’s remnants track inland
Severe weather persists across the country as temperatures reach nearly 50°C, elevating the risk of bushfires.
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- January 22 2026
Oneglobal Broking appoints Geovenn Lim as marine director
Singapore-based Lim was most recently an underwriter at Britannia P&I, where he worked for five years.
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- January 22 2026
Home, sweet home for Vietnam’s new reinsurer as AlphaRe eyes efficiency over top line
CEO Le Hoai Nam tells InsuranceAsia News that Vietnam's third reinsurer has received lots of support from the local market after it started to write business at the 1.1 renewals.
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- January 21 2026
AM Best revises down global non-life reinsurance outlook as property pricing softens
Increasing pressure on property pricing may challenge segment’s ability to sustain the very strong operating performance that it has achieved for the past three calendar years.
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- January 20 2026
QBE New Zealand taps national portfolio specialist as Jeno Capo returns
Auckland-based Capo was most recently head of professional liability trading at Ando Insurance.
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- January 20 2026
ICA warns against Queensland councils’ mutual insurance plan, urges national pooling
Marsh’s JLT has been asked to consider a mutual insurance option amid growing frustration over a flood-driven surge in premiums.
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- January 19 2026
Ben Williams returns to Aon Australia as national practice leader for housing
Canberra-based Williams returns to broking having been on the client side for the last three years.
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- January 16 2026
Vietnamese reinsurer AlphaRe launches with domestic fac focus, US$19m backing
Country's third reinsurer is backed by a group of financial services companies led by EVF General Finance and Viet First Securities, CEO Le Hoai Nam tells IAN.
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- January 16 2026
Munich Re appoints Chotima Puasiri as chief representative for Thailand
She succeeds the retiring Luciën Heijsteestart from March 1, reporting to Michael Hauer, managing director and head of non-life for Southeast Asia.
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- January 14 2026
Cyber top APAC business risks in 2026 as AI surges to second place: Allianz Commercial
Both cyber and AI now rank as top five risks in every other region, and almost all the industry sectors analysed in the Allianz Risk Barometer report.
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- January 14 2026
Allianz Trade hires Aon’s Ghinna Maharanny as XoL underwriter
Singapore-based Maharanny was most recently an associate director for credit solutions, focusing on structured credit and political risk, at Aon.
