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- July 2 2026
McLarens appoints Lam Choy Heng as managing director for Malaysia
He has more than 25 years of loss adjusting experience and has been working at McLarens since 2023.
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- July 2 2026
EBM Insurance & Risk hands Ryan Cameron, Ashton George expanded leadership roles
As part of a new national leadership structure, managing director of broking Peter McLachlan will be leaving EBM Group.
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- July 2 2026
QBE Asia elevates Evariste Yeung to Asia head of motor, A&H, householder
Hong Kong-based Yeung joined QBE in April 2024 and has since served as market lead for motor and A&H in the city, as well as Asia product head for motor.
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- July 1 2026
Tune Protect Malaysia appoints Louise Lee as CEO
Kuala Lumpur-based Lee was most recently head of consumer lines and digital at Chubb Malaysia.
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- July 1 2026
Coface hires Vy Le as country manager for Vietnam
Le was most recently HSBC Vietnam's country head of sales for global trade and receivable finance.
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- July 1 2026
AIG Japan appoints Koki Umeda as vice chairman, succeeding Hirofumi Shimoyama
Shimoyama will transition to the role of senior adviser.
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- June 29 2026
Japan’s direct premiums grew 3.8% to US$66.1bn in FY25: GIAJ
Combined ratio of 31 insurance companies decreased by 3.8 percentage points compared to the previous financial year to 92.2%.
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- June 29 2026
Marsh New Zealand promotes Gabe Money to risk consulting leader
Auckland-based Money, who joined Marsh in February 2022, will lead the risk consulting team in delivering tailored risk management solutions.
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- June 29 2026
QBE appoints Patrick Karlowski as COO for Asia
QBE has also appointed Hong Kong-based Florence Chan as head of data, analytics and AI for Asia, effective from July 13.
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- June 23 2026
HDI Global leverages Asian HQ boom to open doors for international programs amid rising uncertainty
Phil McDowell talks to InsuranceAsia News as the insurer seeks to open doors for Asian multinationals navigating an uncertain risk landscape, including opportunities for technology innovation.
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- June 17 2026
Underwriters far from returning to pre-war war risk pricing even as US-Iran deal looms, brokers say
Marine war rates are likely to remain around 1% for the next week or so, with a possible drop to the 0.8%–0.6% range in the subsequent week should there be genuine and sustained signs of de-escalation.
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- June 17 2026
ACCC approves Zurich-Beazley deal, finds ‘unlikely’ threat to competition
Two insurers would likely continue to face competition from multiple alternative suppliers of specialty insurance products in Australia, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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- June 17 2026
India’s GIC Re appoints Hitesh Joshi as chairman, MD
He most recently served as interim chairman and MD, following the retirement of Ramaswamy Narayanan.
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- June 16 2026
Cyber insurance limit adequacy under the microscope across Asia as average ransomware event cost tops US$5m
More than 95% of average data breach losses and 90% of average first-party losses are adequately covered by insurance, according to Willis' latest cyber report.
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- June 16 2026
Corporate travel insurers brace for more Middle East war-related claims as Iran conflict continues
Until insurers know the full financial impact of the claims, general corporate travel pricing is expected to remain stable, Melanie Barrett, head of A&H at MGA Dual Australia, tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- June 12 2026
Munich Re Specialty promotes Philip Steinbach to head of surety underwriting for Australia
Sydney-based Steinbach was most recently a senior underwriting consultant for surety when he joined the insurer 10 months ago.
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- June 11 2026
Australia claims costs rise as Middle East tensions drive fuel, freight, construction inputs inflation: Crawford
Underinsurance risk may become more apparent as replacement costs outpace policy coverage, loss adjuster says.
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- June 10 2026
Philippines quake to weigh on reinsurers despite insured losses capped by low penetration: AM Best
While overall insured losses remain limited, multi-line losses from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake will impact reinsurers, reflecting the market’s reliance on global capacity.
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- June 10 2026
Steadfast receives takeover offer
Australian broker's shares entered trading halt pending 'a potential control transaction', according to a stock exchange filing.
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- June 10 2026
Helia Group taps Mark Senkevics as CEO, managing director
Senkevics was most recently CEO for underwriting agencies at Steadfast Group.
