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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.
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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.
