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- April 8 2026
Pinnacle Underwriting appoints Brendan McDonald to lead casualty, financial lines offering across APAC, MENA
MGA has secured an exclusive broad form facility with dedicated capacity across product and public liability, professional indemnity and directors and officers liability reinsurance.
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- April 8 2026
Price Forbes hires Tokio Marine veteran Akihisa Hirata as director for Japan business
Hirata, who worked at Tokio Marine Group for 33 years in Tokyo, has relocated to Singapore.
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- April 8 2026
India eyes US$1.8bn sovereign guarantees to back Persian Gulf vessel insurance
Plan would reduce dependence on overseas reinsurance.
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- April 8 2026
Aviso Specialty launches M&A practice, led by Kane Sim
Sydney-based Sim recently led the M&A offering at Marsh in the Pacific region.
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- April 7 2026
Oneglobal Broking promotes Sharron Khoo to Asia COO
(Re)insurance broker also promotes Andrew Ko to CEO for greater China.
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- April 7 2026
Talbot elevates Jiewei Pang, Russell Giam in Singapore
Pang becomes a senior property underwriter, while Giam assumes the role of political risk underwriter.
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- April 7 2026
Liberty promotes Celine Choo to head of construction for Asia
She has been at Liberty for nearly 16 years, most recently as an assistant vice president.
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- April 2 2026
McLarens promotes Hang Dong, Quang Nguyen to Vietnam directors
Pair will provide joint leadership across operations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
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- April 2 2026
Reinsurers eye ‘pockets of opportunity’ in soft Japan April 1 renewals
‘Re‑underwriting’ and primary rates hikes have boosted appetite across historically challenged lines, such as property per‑risk and casualty, Gallagher Re’s George Sherriff tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- April 1 2026
Kyung Tae Koo named Marsh Korea CEO
Seoul-based Koo will oversee the operations of Marsh Korea, including Marsh Risk and Mercer businesses.
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- April 1 2026
‘Firmly in an attractive buyers’ market’ with property rates down, casualty broadly stable at 1.4: Gallagher Re
Some of the biggest property decreases came in Japan, the US and the Philippines, with reductions of 15-25% for loss-free programs, according to the First View report.
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- April 1 2026
Howden hires Axa’s Andy Buddell as Asia COO
Malaysia-based Buddell was previously director of operations for international markets at Axa, where he worked for seven years.
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- April 1 2026
‘One Liberty’: insurer completes APAC licence consolidation, simplifies branding
Insurer brings together its retail and commercial general insurance underwriting operations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China to operate as one Liberty-licenced entity in each market.
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- March 31 2026
QBE hands Mandy Chan expanded role as head of operational power generation, ESG for Asia
Singapore-based Chan, who is currently Asia senior engineering underwriter, will continue to lead QBE's operational power generation portfolio and regional ESG initiatives.
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- March 30 2026
Korean broker Simon Global launches Hong Kong-based MGA SXG Underwriting
SXG Underwriting receives Lloyd's coverholder approval and will initially focus on healthcare liability.
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- March 30 2026
Sumit Aneja to lead Niyam Group’s new Gift City reinsurance branch
Niyam Group is the first insurance intermediary office from India’s first special economic zone to offer Lloyd’s of London capacity.
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- March 27 2026
Philippine cedents ‘buying smartly’ as market softens, proportional capacity returns
Reinsurance brokers are witnessing up to 15-20% rate reduction on a risk-adjusted basis at 1.4 renewals, as nat cat losses were manageable and less severe than anticipated.
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- March 26 2026
Allianz Jio Re JV begins operation, appoints Sonia Rawal as CEO
Mumbai-headquartered reinsurance JV will underwrite in India, effective immediately, across all lines of business, life and non-life, treaty and facultative.
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- March 26 2026
Talbot hires Axa XL’s Grace Yeap as property underwriter
Singapore-based Yeap was most recently crisis management and special risks underwriter at Axa XL.
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- March 26 2026
New Zealand’s Ando taps Mike Bodman as head of marine
He was previously based in Boston as AIG's vice president and east region manager.
