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- January 22 2026
Home, sweet home for Vietnam’s new reinsurer as AlphaRe eyes efficiency over top line
CEO Le Hoai Nam tells InsuranceAsia News that Vietnam's third reinsurer has received lots of support from the local market after it started to write business at the 1.1 renewals.
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- January 21 2026
AM Best revises down global non-life reinsurance outlook as property pricing softens
Increasing pressure on property pricing may challenge segment’s ability to sustain the very strong operating performance that it has achieved for the past three calendar years.
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- January 20 2026
QBE New Zealand taps national portfolio specialist as Jeno Capo returns
Auckland-based Capo was most recently head of professional liability trading at Ando Insurance.
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- January 20 2026
ICA warns against Queensland councils’ mutual insurance plan, urges national pooling
Marsh’s JLT has been asked to consider a mutual insurance option amid growing frustration over a flood-driven surge in premiums.
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- January 19 2026
Ben Williams returns to Aon Australia as national practice leader for housing
Canberra-based Williams returns to broking having been on the client side for the last three years.
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- January 16 2026
Vietnamese reinsurer AlphaRe launches with domestic fac focus, US$19m backing
Country's third reinsurer is backed by a group of financial services companies led by EVF General Finance and Viet First Securities, CEO Le Hoai Nam tells IAN.
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- January 16 2026
Munich Re appoints Chotima Puasiri as chief representative for Thailand
She succeeds the retiring Luciën Heijsteestart from March 1, reporting to Michael Hauer, managing director and head of non-life for Southeast Asia.
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- January 14 2026
Cyber top APAC business risks in 2026 as AI surges to second place: Allianz Commercial
Both cyber and AI now rank as top five risks in every other region, and almost all the industry sectors analysed in the Allianz Risk Barometer report.
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- January 14 2026
Allianz Trade hires Aon’s Ghinna Maharanny as XoL underwriter
Singapore-based Maharanny was most recently an associate director for credit solutions, focusing on structured credit and political risk, at Aon.
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- January 14 2026
South Korean insurers to face stricter capital base requirement from 2027
Ratio of core capital, which counts paid-in capital and retained earnings, to required capital will be set at 50% or above.
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- January 14 2026
Non-peak perils show steady rise amid shifting climate patterns: Munich Re’s Tobias Grimm
Even as overall nat cat costs declined in 2025, reinsurer’s chief climate scientist tells InsuranceAsia News that climate change is intensifying risks in unexpected regions, underscoring the urgency of stronger resilience and preparedness measures worldwide.
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- January 13 2026
APAC nat cat losses hit US$73bn in 2025, making up a third of global total: Munich Re
Insured losses in the region totalled US$9bn in 2025, compared with US$108bn globally, driven mainly by wildfires, floods, and severe storms.
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- January 11 2026
ICA declares ‘significant event’ for Victoria bushfires
Blazes have torn through more than 300,000 hectares of bushland, destroying more than 130 properties, including homes, and leaving thousands without power.
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- January 11 2026
ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Koji
Claims period will end on Tuesday at 10:00am Australian Eastern Standard Time.
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- January 9 2026
Liberty Specialty Markets promotes Sara de Sampaio Soares to APAC head of energy, power and mining
Singapore-based Soares has been with the insurer for almost 11 years, most recently based in Sydney as assistant vice president and national manager for energy and power across ANZ.
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- January 8 2026
ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Jenna
It is the fourth cyclone of Australia’s storm season after tropical cyclones Fina, Grant, and Hayley.
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- January 8 2026
McLarens names dual heads for Australian forensic accounting amid leadership succession
Jane Amling and Paul Sheehy will take up joint leadership roles as heads of forensic accounting for financial lines and business interruption, respectively, coinciding with the planned retirement of Martin Miller.
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- January 7 2026
Philippines’ Nat Re promotes Jaime Jose Javier Jr. to COO
Von Edward Ebron succeeds Javier as vice president and head of life reinsurance and data administration.
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- January 7 2026
Vietnam’s non-life insurance premiums rise 10.3% to US$3.4bn in 2025
Total assets of the insurance market are estimated at US$41.86 billion, up by 8.6% from a year earlier.
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- January 7 2026
‘Asia is our playground’: Asia Reinsurance Brokers seeks winning formula to extend roots
CEO William Pang tells InsuranceAsia News about his plans for the Singapore-headquartered broker, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary.
