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- January 16 2026
Gallagher Re, Chaucer, Willis, Chubb, Aon: 16 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Sompo, Great American Insurance, Munich Re, Allianz Trade, AIG, Howden, Marsh, Markel, HDI Global, Hannover Re, QBE, Axa XL and Arch Insurance also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- January 16 2026
Howden promotes Kathy Sein Than to senior executive for financial lines
Singapore-based Than has been an executive for financial lines since joining Howden in October 2023.
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- January 15 2026
Siddharth Verma joins Axa XL’s India underwriting team as assistant property underwriter
Mumbai-based Verma joins from Marsh India, where he had worked in the facultative reinsurance team for property and construction underwriting since February 2022.
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- January 13 2026
FM increases capacity for Intellium clients to US$5bn to meet growing data centre demand
Commercial property insurer says it will offer 'unprecedented support for its clients' with the enhanced limits.
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- January 12 2026
QBE New Zealand appoints James Sommerville as head of strategic partnerships
Auckland-based Sommerville joins following over 10 years at WTW, last holding the position of manager for affinity since September 2021.
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- January 12 2026
Hannover Re names Kun Huang as CEO for Shanghai branch
Huang, who brings over two decades of experience in the reinsurance and insurance industry, relocates from London to Shanghai for the role.
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- January 12 2026
Natt Wattanaumphaipong joins Great American Insurance’s Singapore branch as senior technical underwriting director
He will work with the branch CEO Chee Keng Koon and deputy CEO Vanessa Teo.
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- January 9 2026
Howden, Price Forbes, HDI Global, Lockton, Sompo: 17 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Liberty Specialty Markets, Labuan Re, Marsh McLennan, QBE, Marsh, Talbot Underwriting, Alliance Insurance Brokers, Specialist Risk Group, Swiss Re CorSo, Cowbell, AIG, Canopius, Pinnacle Underwriting, Ryan Transactional Risk, Resolution Life and XS Global also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- January 9 2026
Price Forbes taps Gallagher’s Dick Heath as head of reinsurance and wholesale for Singapore
He brings more than 40 years of broking and underwriting experience, and joins from Gallagher, where he was CEO for Asia.
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- January 8 2026
Late‑November storms to cost Australian insurers US$1.78bn: Perils
Figure covers property and motor hull losses for the severe convective storms in Queensland and New South Wales between November 21 and 27.
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- January 8 2026
Yew Kong Kok rejoins Labuan Re as CFO
Kok previously spent nearly three years at Labuan Re between December 2018 and August 2021 as chief financial officer.
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- January 7 2026
Marsh names Edward Baker as energy, power claims advocacy leader for Asia
Baker relocates from London to Singapore as part of the new role.
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- January 7 2026
Ryan Transactional Risk promotes Christine Nguyen to underwriter
She has nearly a decade of experience in insurance broker roles, and had held the position of project manager since joining from Marsh in June.
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- January 6 2026
Aatur Thakkar succeeds father Shashikant Thakkar as Alliance Insurance Brokers CEO
Shashikant Thakkar takes over as chairman of the board, where he will continue to provide strategic guidance.
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- January 6 2026
Sompo promotes Haixia Zhao to president of APAC reinsurance and chief underwriting officer for global specialty
Zurich-based Zhao was previously the chief underwriting officer for international reinsurance since March 2021.
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- January 5 2026
Marsh appoints Ngoc Huong Linh Vu as vice president for marine cargo and logistics
Singapore-based Vu most recently held the position of underwriter at HDI Global.
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- January 2 2026
ARB, Sompo, Munich Re, bolttech: 7 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Aon, Crawford and Miller also made personnel changes over the last week, while we also wrap up the main moves over the holiday season.
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- January 2 2026
Cedents still ‘exploring’ options after 1.1 renewals under softening market
Guy Carpenter expects dedicated reinsurance capital to grow by around 9% in 2025, reaching approximately US$660bn, with Asia Pacific CEO Tony Gallagher telling InsuranceAsia News that the market remains highly competitive, with increased capacity and strong quoting activity.
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- January 1 2026
Indian regulator fines Reliance General Insurance US$111,000 for violating outsourcing, commission rules
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India penalised the insurer after a remote inspection uncovered improper payments, governance lapses and the use of an external agent without adequate justification.
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- January 1 2026
Liberty consolidates Singapore operations under single licence
Matthew Jackson, Asia Pacific president for Liberty International Insurance, will lead the unified regional team based at One Raffles Quay.
