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- June 22 2026
Gallagher Re confirms Minesh Jani’s appointment as India CEO
InsuranceAsia News had reported on his move from Howden Re in February.
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- June 19 2026
India releases US$2bn instalment for crop farmers in West Bengal: report
The instalment will support over 94 million farmers as part of India’s flagship crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, according to the report.
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- June 19 2026
VIG Re, GIC Re, Tysers, Aon: 8 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Swiss Re, AIG, Liberty and Crawford also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- June 18 2026
Asia’s renewable expansion increases risk complexity as insurance shifts to strategic role: WTW
Insurance is shifting from a transactional requirement to a strategic enabler as underwriters grow more selective amid climate volatility, supply chain disruption and evolving technologies.
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- June 18 2026
Crawford appoints duo as loss adjusters in Singapore
Eileen Chew and Alice Lee have over a decade of experience in roles with loss adjusters.
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- June 16 2026
Liberty Mutual hands Defne Turkes additional global president, MD role
Singapore-based Turkes will lead strategic growth across commercial insurance for Liberty International Insurance globally as well as retail markets in Asia.
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- June 15 2026
VIG Re names Wilfrid Goh as chief representative for APAC
Singapore-based Goh will lead the establishment of VIG Re’s presence in Singapore, effective from July 1, and will report to managing director Marc Haushofer.
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- June 15 2026
Philippines quake claims expected to escalate, testing local claims management, loss adjusters say
Region is still assessing widespread destruction after the 7.8 quake struck south of General Santos City last week, with loss adjusters warning that early loss estimates will climb as structural defects, foundation movement, hidden damage, and BI exposures emerge.
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- June 12 2026
Liberty, Marsh, Lockton, Guy Carpenter, Markel: 15 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Munich Re Specialty, Saudi Re, Coface, Chubb, Market Lane, Aviso Specialty, Gallagher, Howden and Singapore Reinsurers’ Association also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- June 11 2026
Gallagher Australia poaches senior corporate broking trio from Aon
Joshua Heron has joined as corporate manager, Sarah Alexander as account manager, and Michael Hambleton joins as client manager in Brisbane.
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- June 10 2026
PartnerRe APAC CEO James Beedle to retire after 36-year career
In April, PartnerRe announced Beedle’s planned retirement and named Sasa Hu as his successor.
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- June 10 2026
Asean renewable energy assets worth US$165bn facing severe climate risk exposure by 2030: Zurich
About 75% of total capacity is projected to face severe climate risk exposure by 2030, but US$82 billion in losses can be circumvented, according to Zurich.
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- June 9 2026
Saudi Re taps Ruchi Jain to lead Gift City operations
Appointment comes after the reinsurer received regulatory approval to establish a presence in India’s special economic zone in January.
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- June 8 2026
IGI secures Gift City licence as part of global expansion
The specialty (re)insurer expects to begin operations later this year.
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- June 8 2026
Aleksandra Kaczmarek returns to Coface as Asia Pacific head of sales
Singapore-based Kaczmarek joins from AIG, where she was head of multinational trade credit for APAC.
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- June 8 2026
Chubb Malaysia taps Generali’s Gurudutt Joglekar as deputy country president
Kuala Lumpur-based Joglekar, who has worked across India, Hong Kong and Malaysia, will report to Malaysia country president Jon Longmore.
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- June 5 2026
Lockton, Marsh, Munich Re, QBE, Knightcorp: 24 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Generali GC&C, Allianz Commercial, Aon, Howden, Toa Re, Markel, Mapfre Re, Aviso Specialty, Gallagher, Marsh, Willis, Coface, Allianz Trade, Specialist Risk Group, Miramar Group, Samsung Re, Coastal Marine, PSC Insurance Brokers, China's NFRA and New India Assurance also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- June 5 2026
Korea P&I Club’s rating outlook revised as reinsurance enhancements reduce volatility: AM Best
Rating agency has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and the long‑term ICR of bbb+ (Good) of the club.
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- June 5 2026
James Yau rejoins Coface in double leadership role
Trade credit insurer names Singapore-based Yau as head of commercial for Southeast Asia and head of mid-market for Asia.
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- June 3 2026
Cargo parametric insurer charts route to US$68bn protection gap with ‘new shiny object’
Founder and CEO Yann Barbarroux tells InsuranceAsia News’ Between the Lines podcast that Otonomi is scaling up its cargo-delay cover on rising demand from brokers, freight forwarders, and shipping lines.
