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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.
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- January 30 2026
Prerna Sharma returns to Aon as vice president for treaty
Mumbai-based Sharma was most recently vice president at Marsh India, where she worked for almost 10 years.
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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 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.
