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- May 14 2026
Victoria bushfires claims tally hits 4,700 amid ‘long road to recovery’: ICA
January's bushfires were the worst for the insurance industry since the 2019-20 season known as Black Summer.
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- May 14 2026
Tasmania presses ahead with scaled-back TasInsure plan
Insurer will be set up as a government-owned, not-for-profit statutory authority rather than an insurer as was proposed earlier.
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- May 14 2026
Tokio Marine open to more ILS deals ‘if there’s any room’, as Kizuna Re highlights strong earthquake demand
Latest outing raised US$100m in Singapore, with assistant manager for global reinsurance, Ken Oka, telling InsuranceAsia News that the insurer has studied issuing catastrophe bonds in Hong Kong.
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- May 14 2026
India’s insurance premiums grew 9.86% to US$83.8bn by November: IRDAI
Non-life insurers, in particular, collected a gross direct premium of US$23bn, representing a year-on-year growth of 8.29%.
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- May 13 2026
Howden names Alaric Lee as Hong Kong CEO, replaces Singapore-bound Alfred Sham
Sham will relocate to Singapore to take on the role of chief strategy officer for Asia.
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- May 13 2026
India launches US$1.5bn maritime insurance pool, issues first war risk policies
GIC-administered Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool provides H&M, cargo, P&I, and war-risk cover for Indian-flagged or controlled vessels and voyages to or from India.
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- May 13 2026
Ardonagh continues to strengthen Asia leadership with Jason Anthony appointment
He will lead Ardonagh’s efforts to build a pan-Asian MGA at scale.
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- May 13 2026
Swiss Re confirms Yusuke Matsumoto as head of APAC facultative reinsurance
Tokyo-based Matsumoto had been interim head since Ronnie Tong stepped down in early April.
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- May 13 2026
JKL Partners reboots sale of Lotte Non-Life Insurance: report
Relaunced sale expected to raise at least US$668m, according to a report by the Seoul Economic Daily.
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- May 13 2026
Sompo hires Sarah Lee as multinational network manager for APAC
She will be based in Hong Kong and report to Lena Liu, Sompo's Asia Pacific multinational business unit head.
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- May 13 2026
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: Asia’s data centre boom tests insurers
Strong regional capacity is supporting a surge in mid-sized developments, but as projects scale up, insurers face a growing protection gap and rising reliance on global capital, Aon’s Terence Williams says.
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- May 12 2026
Antares appoints Sri Ram Pappu as deputy Singapore CEO
He has been with the Lloyd's carrier since October 2018 as a senior energy and marine underwriter.
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- May 12 2026
Sompo continues Australia team expansion with addition of Everest’s Sophie Morrison
She joins as a senior property underwriter, based in Sydney, and is the latest underwriter to join from Everest.
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- May 12 2026
Russell Hails to lead Gallagher Re’s APAC MGA solutions team
Hails has been with Gallagher Re since September.
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- May 12 2026
Sedgwick appoints Keith Lee as executive director for energy and global specialty
Singapore-based Lee was most recently regional director for natural resources for Asia at Charles Taylor, where he had been since 2014.
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- May 12 2026
Munich Re cut book by 18.5% at 1.4 renewals as market softens
Reinsurer 'systematically' pulled back from business that did not meet its pricing expectations during the April 1 renewals.
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- May 12 2026
Envest names Norm Casamento as head of technical motor claims
Sydney-based Casamento joins from QBE Insurance, where he spent over a decade in claims roles.
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- May 12 2026
South Korea’s deposit insurance corporation launches re-bidding for Yebyeol Non-Life
Only Korea Investment Holdings previously submitted a bid for the bridge insurer of troubled carrier MG Non-Life Insurance.
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- May 12 2026
Malaysia’s RHB reopens talks to sell insurance unit to Tokio Marine
Bank secures approval from the central bank to enter into negotiations with Tokio Marine Asia on the potential sale of its general insurance unit.
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- May 12 2026
IAG targets US$18bn GWP, 15% ROE in ambitious 2030 strategy
Australian insurer plans to serve more than 11 million customers, deliver high single-digit EPS growth and achieve top-quartile shareholder returns.
