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- February 13 2026
MS&AD reports 7.5% increase net premiums written to US$24.8bn in Q3 FY25
Japanese conglomerate also announces it has reached a final agreement to merge Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance.
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- February 13 2026
Veronica Grigg named CEO of Australian insurance brokers Cowden
Experienced insurance industry executive joins the Australian-owned insurance brokers having left loss adjuster Sedgwick in November 2024.
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- February 13 2026
Lloyd’s promotes Emma Loynes to CEO of Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa
Singapore-based Loynes succeeds Chris Mackinnon, will leave for Munich Re Specialty in April.
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- February 12 2026
Vietnam’s 15% insurance rate surge in Q4 2025 contrasts with declines in most Asian markets: Marsh
Japan is the other Asian market experiencing a rate increase, albeit modest at 1%, according to Marsh's Asia Insurance Market Index.
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- February 12 2026
Lockton hires Aon veteran David Gower as Pacific region chief client officer
Adelaide-based Gower previously spent 46 years at Aon, most recently as South Australia director for global and corporate operations.
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- February 12 2026
‘Positive and progressing well’: P&I renewals slow and steady amid moderate increases, member loyalty
Skuld, Shipowners' Club, Steamship Mutual, Britannia P&I Club and West P&I speak to InsuranceAsia News ahead of the 2026 renewals.
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- February 11 2026
Cyber on the mind for ‘next few years’ as Asian ransomware attacks more than double as digitalisation outpaces defences
Kyle Schwaeble, head of incident response for APAC at global intelligence and cyber security consultancy S-RM, tells InsuranceAsia News' Between the Lines podcast that stricter privacy regulations across the region have inadvertently given threat actors additional leverage.
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- February 10 2026
Specialist Risk Group launches in Australia, acquires entertainment broker H2
Laurence Basell, Henry Clark and Steve Pappas have joined the London-headquartered broker.
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- February 9 2026
Allianz Commercial hires AIG’s Anish Chandran as head of financial lines for Southeast Asia
He was most recently AIG's head of financial lines in Singapore.
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- February 8 2026
ARPC declares cyclone event as Tropical Cyclone Mitchell tracks along Western Australia coast
Mitchell has been lowered to category 2 intensity as of 5:00pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) on Sunday, with sustained winds near the centre of 110km/h and wind gusts of 155 km/h.
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- February 6 2026
Swiss Re appoints Isabel Rawlence as senior client manager for public sector solutions in ANZ
She was most recently underwriting manager at the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation.
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- February 5 2026
Scor reports 7.4% growth in P&C premiums at 1.1 renewals, driven by APAC, North America
Total traditional reinsurance estimated gross premium income increased by 4.7% to US$5.3bn during the recent renewals.
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- February 4 2026
Aon Australia promotes Geraldine Joyce to national director for financial institutions and professions
Melbourne-based Joyce has been at Aon for over seven years and recently led the financial institutions and professions business in Victoria.
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- February 3 2026
Australia’s corporate regulator appoints Sarah Court as first female chair
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chair will replace the retiring Joe Longo on June 1.
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- February 3 2026
Crawford Australia promotes Joel Arbuthnot to head of global technical services
Sydney-based Arbuthnot joined Crawford Australia in 2017 and was most recently as executive adjuster and team leader for global technical services in New South Wales.
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- February 3 2026
Howden opens Fiji office in Pacific expansion
Broker will deliver services that address the specific requirements of Fiji’s dynamic industries, including tourism, agriculture, and renewable energy.
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- February 3 2026
Tech, demand drive parametric innovation in financial lines: Howden’s Deborah Thomasz
Regional senior manager for financial lines tells InsuranceAsia News there is room for innovation and differentiation within financial lines for (re)insurers in APAC.
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- February 2 2026
Tokio Marine Management Australasia hires Daniel Sirone as chief claims officer
Sydney-based Sirone previously worked at Sedgwick for 10 years, most recently as executive general manager for home claims and building services.
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- February 2 2026
Gallagher hires Ian Rouse as executive director for credit, surety, political risks
Sydney-based Rouse previously held several leadership roles, including senior surety adviser at Marsh and head of surety for APAC at Liberty Specialty Markets.
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- January 30 2026
ICICI Lombard sole insurer of crashed Indian private jet, reinsured by Munich Re, GIC Re: reports
The Learjet 45 crash that killed veteran politician Ajit Pawar and four others on Wednesday has US$6m H&M cover and liability insurance of up to US$23m, reports say.
