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- November 29 2025
Full Capacity: Rise of the machines: AI transition and job losses
This week's newsletter discusses the HK fire, nat cat updates, Munich Re's Australia push, Korean Re's Gift City entry, Roojai's PE funding, a P&I merger, and the AI dilemma for the insurance market.
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- November 28 2025
Wang Fuk Court: China Taiping confirms it provided coverage for all major insurance policies as death toll passes 120
Hong Kong insurer says it underwrote the construction works insurance, construction employee compensation insurance, owners' corporation third-party liability insurance, property insurance, and public liability insurance for the public housing estate, as first reported by IAN.
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- November 28 2025
Laid-off Steadfast COO Noelene Palmer was source of complaint against CEO Robert Kelly: AFR
Complaint from Palmer, who was made redundant earlier this week, involved at least one allegedly inappropriate comment, according to The Australian Financial Review.
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- November 28 2025
Exclusive: Hong Kong housing estate fire property claim could top US$200m, with China Taiping the sole insurer
Hong Kong firm provides the master property insurance for the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, as well as contractors’ all-risk policy, including third-party liability, and employee compensation cover, while Marsh is understood to be the broker.
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- November 27 2025
Tighter solvency regimes, market disruptions driving Asian demand for structured solutions: Swiss Re’s Kaspar Mueller
Capital motivation, volatility protection and leveraging capital for growth are key motivations for cedent's seeking structured programs, the reinsuer's CUO for structured solutions says.
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- November 26 2025
Exclusive: Canopius’ Asia Pacific CUO Yann Marmonier departs
Lloyd's carrier confirms to InsuranceAsia News that Singapore-based Marmonier has left the specialty (re)insurer.
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- November 25 2025
Proxy advisory firms split over DB Insurance’s Fortegra acquisition
Glass Lewis and Egan-Jones urge Tiptree shareholders to vote against the deal, while Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended that investors approve the acquisition during next month's vote.
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- November 22 2025
Full Capacity: Survival of the fittest – Asia’s regulatory shake-up
This week's newsletter discusses an IAN exclusive, HK's new marine pool, South Korea's E-Land Fire, Lloyd's and Steadfast's internal affairs, Marsh Asia president's move, Chubb's listing in Malaysia, and the regulatory burdens on the region's insurance market.
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- November 20 2025
Hong Kong launches marine war risk insurance pool
Initiative, announced by chief executive John Lee earlier this year, is managed by Alliance Risk Transfer and its founding members include China Taiping, PICC, CMB Wing Lung, CPIC and Asia Insurance.
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- November 19 2025
Tokio Marine posts strong H1 domestic non-life underwriting performance, overseas results hit by forex losses
Results driven by a decrease in nat cat losses and rate increases for Japan P&C, as well as a strong underwriting performance for the international business.
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- November 15 2025
Full Capacity: Plugging into the data centre gold rush
This week's newsletter discusses an IAN exclusive, a nat cat brief, the latest M&A deals in the region, 1B-i's APAC expansion, Aon's rate reduction, and the growth of the data centre insurance.
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- November 13 2025
Australia’s cyclone pool ‘needs greater focus on climate resilience and mitigation’: ICA
- Industry associations
- Australia
- Public sector solutions
- Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation
- Insurance Council of Australia
Industry group says pool has contributed to reducing pressure on insurance premiums in northern Australia, but not directly reduce underlying extreme weather risk.
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- November 12 2025
John Morley-led crypto specialist 1B-i launches in Singapore, eyes Labuan (re)insurance licence
Carrier aims to start underwriting in Q1 2026, says the former APAC CEO of Aon’s strategy and technology group.
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- November 12 2025
Rate reduction will ‘probably last through 2026 and then bottom out’: Aon’s Joe Peiser
Global broker sees strong growth in Asia Pacific, especially with data centres, which it says is the 'the single biggest opportunity'.
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- November 12 2025
‘They expect rigour’: analytics changing the game for brokers, Aon says
Joe Peiser, global CEO of Aon's commercial risk business, says C-suite executives expect quantitative analysis in the insurance market.
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- November 11 2025
Seadrif, Philippines join hands to explore disaster insurance facility for public assets
Seadrif Sovereign Asset and Fiscal Empowerment facility is intended to ensure uninterrupted delivery of essential services to citizens in the aftermath of natural disasters.
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- November 10 2025
DB Insurance’s Fortegra deal faces Tiptree shareholder opposition
Minority shareholder Veradace Partners has alleged that the US$1.65bn sale is at an 'inadquate valuation' and out of line with shareholders' interests.
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- November 10 2025
Hannover Re reports US$105m Myanmar earthquake losses
March quake that also hit Thailand is the reinsurer’s second largest net individual loss in the first nine months of the year.
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- November 10 2025
CVC joins EQT’s bid for AUB Group
Australian-listed broker permits the two PE firms to form a consortium and extend the exclusivity agreement to December 4.
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- November 10 2025
SIRC: From capacity to AI, 5 key themes from 2025’s jam-packed edition
We bring you the big takeaways from last week's event in Singapore, and what they mean for the upcoming renewals.
