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- October 14 2026
Japan’s cabinet approves bill to support marine insurance covers for oil vessels
It is one of the three bills approved by the cabinet to strengthen energy supply security amid the conflict in the Middle East.
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- October 14 2026
‘Sense of fatalism’ abounds over assessment of impact of conflict on supply chains
The market struggles to innovate on supply chain contingent business interruption and to quantify manufacturing network and financial contagion risk, Russell Group’s Suki Basi says.
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- October 13 2026
Japan tightens asset-intensive reinsurance rules to curb counterparty risk: Fitch
The Financial Services Agency also lifted its long-standing prohibition on cooperation between insurance brokers and agents that encourage wider use of broker channels.
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- October 13 2026
Zurich appoints Martin Noble to expanded role as greater China CFO
Noble is currently CFO for Hong Kong and has been working at the insurer for nearly 13 years.
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- October 13 2026
Howden Australia drafts Marsh team for sport, entertainment practice build-out
'In a significant investment in the sector', the broker appoints Simon Calabrese as head of entertainment and leisure, while four other former Marsh employees join as senior associates.
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- October 13 2026
Shinhan Financial agrees US$516m deal for controlling stake in Lotte Insurance
Korean financial services group signed an agreement to purchase a 77% stake in the non-life carrier from private equity owner JKL Partners.
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- October 13 2026
Pacific Life Re seals second Japan structured reinsurance deal of 2026
The transaction with an unnamed ‘leading life insurer’ is designed to optimise capital efficiency under the new ESR framework.
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- October 13 2026
Parametric specialist IBISA appoints Samdarshi Vikram Singh as India CEO
Luxembourg-based company palns to extend its work beyond agriculture into lending, SMEs, renewable energy and other sectors exposed to climate volatility.
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- October 13 2026
Opinion: Barcelona floods are a wake-up call on urban flood risk
Urban flooding can be intensely local, with a cloudburst overwhelming drainage, inundating basements, and knocking out transport, utilities, and businesses without the dramatic footprint of a major typhoon.
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- October 12 2026
Lloyd’s Asia joins GAIP as supporting partner
Lloyd's Asia will contribute its specialist expertise to the platform to address protection gaps and strengthen resilience against complex, evolving risks in Asia.
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- October 12 2026
Japan moves to create domestic reinsurance captive regime
The government plans to submit a bill to the next ordinary legislative session, due in January 2027, to create a system of reinsurance captives that handle limited risks.
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- October 12 2026
FWD to re-enter P&C with 25% stake in bolttech Hong Kong for US$21m
The target was formerly FWD General Insurance and was divested by the Richard Li-controlled insurance group to bolttech in 2020.
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- October 12 2026
Indonesian solvency rules to drive consolidation, capital raising: Fitch
Country’s carriers also face pressure from the impending implementation of an RBC regime in 2027.
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- October 12 2026
BMS Group taps Grant Robertson as executive broker
Robertson was formerly head of complex risks at Donaldson Brown.
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- October 12 2026
Nat Re’s underwriting performance improves on non-life claims development, life margins: AM Best
Rating agency has affirmed the Philippines reinsurer's rating of B++ (good) with a stable outlook.
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- October 11 2026
Japan’s FSA suspends Prudential Life, Gibraltar Life operations for 3 months over employee fraud
The partial suspension, running from Tuesday to the end of January, bars the insurers from writing new contracts or selling products.
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- October 11 2026
Australia’s competition tribunal halts IAG-RACI appeal pending ACCC public benefit ruling
IAG and RACWA plan to file the public benefit application with the competition watchdog before Wednesday.
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- October 9 2026
Hong Kong insurers to extend mandatory motor, employees’ compensation cover to new Huanggang port area
Market agreement signed between the government and the industry ahead of the port's official opening next Monday.
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- October 9 2026
HDI Global Japan names Kei Kimura as general manager of distribution and marketing
Kimura joined the German insurer's Japan branch on October 1.
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- October 9 2026
Howden Re hires Titus Wu as associate director for APAC facultative
Wu relocated to Singapore from Hong Kong, where he was most recently an associate director at Aon.
