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- August 11 2026
H1 2026 nat cat losses at US$42bn, 16% below 10-year trend: Swiss Re
Insurance picked up around 42% of first half economic losses, above the 30-year average of 33%, as damage was concentrated in highly insured markets.
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- August 11 2026
Record capital, strong earnings put reinsurance underwriting discipline to the test: AM Best
Availability of alternative avenues for capital deployment potentially reduces pressure to compete aggressively within any single segment of the market.
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- August 10 2026
Swiss Re elevates Karen Tan to chief underwriting officer of L&H Re
Tan will continue to be based in Singapore and will relocate to Zurich in due course.
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- August 10 2026
Tasmania partners with RACT to advance TasInsure
A three-month interim partnership will pave the way for a proposed five-year partnership between the automobile club and state-backed insurer focused on insurance affordability, resilience and cover for hard-to-place sectors.
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- August 4 2026
Sompo Life Re secures Bermuda reinsurance licence, names Tetsuya Morito CEO
Newly formed carrier has underwritten a portion of the in-force block of medical insurance held by Sompo Himawari Life Insurance through co-insurance.
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- August 4 2026
GAIP calls for industry action to avoid ‘insurability tipping point’
Insurance industry should adopt integrated risk intelligence, adaptive product design and invest in climate resilience to preserve insurability, the Singapore-based policy think-tank says.
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- August 4 2026
Aon taps Zurich Indonesia CUO Stephen as Indonesia CEO
He will report to Jane Drummond, chief commercial officer for Asia Pacific and interim head of Southeast Asia.
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- August 3 2026
ADB adds four insurers to credit insurance panel to support US$2.5bn in new lending
Sompo, Mitsui Sumitomo, HDI Global, Scor Business Solutions join the program for the first time under a five-year agreement.
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- August 3 2026
Kumamoto earthquake losses could top US$2.2bn, Verisk estimates
Risk modeller's estimates include insured physical damage to residential, commercial, industrial and mutual property risks, including structures and contents.
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- August 2 2026
Crypto specialist Relm plants APAC flag with Timothy Powell hire in Sydney
As Asia-Pacific head, Sydney-based Powell will spearhead the (re)insurer's expansion across Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, with New Zealand, Southeast Asia and mainland China earmarked for future growth.
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- August 2 2026
MS First Capital secures Gift City branch licence
Indian operations of the Singaporean-carrier will be led by head of reinsurance Vaidyanathan Ramachandran.
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- August 1 2026
Bajaj Finserv to make India reinsurance foray
Financial services group has received board approval to pursue 'reinsurance business through a subsidiary of the company to be incorporated'.
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- August 1 2026
Tokio Marine invests in carbon credit specialist Kita
Kita will deepen its collaboration with additional companies within the Tokio Marine Group to support the growth and integrity of global carbon markets.
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- August 1 2026
Full Capacity: Global capital chases India’s non-life insurance gold rush
This week's newsletter also discusses a nat cat update, M&A updates, Consilium's Singapore broking license approval, El Nino and and Munich Re Specialty's new parametric product.
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- July 31 2026
Specialist (re)insurance broker Texel signs cooperation agreement with Japan’s Marubeni Safenet
Agreement with the inhouse agency of Marubeni Group will strengthen the trade credit specialist's ability to support clients in Japan.
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- July 31 2026
Kumamoto earthquake losses expected to fall short of 2016 event: Aon
Humanitarian impacts are being compounded by severe summer heat, as well as a possibility of additional effects of Super Typhoon Dolphin late next week, the broker said in its weekly report.
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- July 31 2026
Taiwan, South Korea lead rate declines in Asia, Vietnam bucks trend: Marsh
Japanese insurance market composite down by 3% having seen rate increases in the three previous quarters.
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- July 30 2026
Lockton rolls out global advisory practice for data centres
Practice will be co-led by James Nelson, based in the US, and Sam Baker, based in the UK.
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- July 29 2026
Residential losses from Japan earthquake could top 2016 Kumamoto claims, but commercial damages contained
Loss adjusters say seismic upgrades since 2016 have limited structural and business interruption exposure for industry, but the region’s semiconductor concentration could still drive claims.
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- July 29 2026
Markel hires AIG’s Abbas Choker as Asia Pacific CFO
Based in Singapore, the seasoned executive will report to Asia Pacific managing director Sucheng Chang.
