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- March 5 2026
Stella Gilson returns to Sydney to lead CFC’s new tech, media push in Australia
She served as media and technology underwriter at CFC London for the past 12 years.
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- March 3 2026
Beazley elevates Aizad Khair to M&A product leader for Asia
Singapore-based Khair has been working at the Lloyd's carrier for almost four years, most recently as underwriter for M&A.
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- March 2 2026
‘Exciting and new’: Specialist Risk Group aims to put itself on the map in Australia, Southeast Asia
Group CEO Warren Downey and Australia managing director Laurence Basell tell InsuranceAsia News about what is next after the broker launched in Australia in January.
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- February 27 2026
Australian insurers facing elevated US$2.1bn bill from late-November storms: Perils
Compares to an initial loss estimate of AU$2.6 billion by in January following the severe convective storms which hit Queensland and New South Wales.
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- February 27 2026
Blue Marble completes ‘record-setting’ parametric payout to Indonesian smallholder farmers
Devastating floods in Aceh trigger US$143,000 payout to all 2,719 farmers enrolled in the program.
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- February 25 2026
Marsh appoints ex-Steadfast executive Noelene Palmer as Pacific COO
Sydney-based Palmer left the Australian broker in November after her role was made redundant.
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- February 25 2026
Sompo completes US$3.5bn Aspen acquisition
Aspen will transition to trading under the Sompo brand, with executive chairman and group CEO Mark Cloutier acting in an advisory role.
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- February 24 2026
Steadfast tops AU$1bn in half-year revenue as profits surge
The group’s EBITA grew 12.6% to US$208m, while fee and commission income rose 17% to US$640m.
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- February 23 2026
QBE appoints Chubb’s Carles Tondo as head of property for Asia
Tondo, who will report to South Asia CEO Stephen Geisler, will assume the portfolio from Brendan Dunlea.
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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.
