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- January 18 2026
Anita Hong joins MS Amlin as APAC financial controller
Hong was previously at Canadian banking group TD for more than a decade.
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- January 16 2026
Vietnamese reinsurer AlphaRe launches with domestic fac focus, US$19m backing
Country's third reinsurer is backed by a group of financial services companies led by EVF General Finance and Viet First Securities, CEO Le Hoai Nam tells IAN.
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- January 16 2026
Reforms, economic momentum keep India’s non-life insurers on a growth track: AM Best
India’s long-term economic outlook remains favourable for non-life insurance growth despite near-term moderation.
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- January 16 2026
WTW elevates Sarah Titmarsh to client manager for climate and parametric solutions
Brisbane-based Titmarsh has been the project and sales enablement lead since joining from Aon in November 2022.
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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 16 2026
Allianz Trade promotes Sandy Liu to regional head of China desk
Hong Kong-based Liu has been with the German insurer for over 19 years.
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- January 16 2026
Munich Re appoints Chotima Puasiri as chief representative for Thailand
She succeeds the retiring Luciën Heijsteestart from March 1, reporting to Michael Hauer, managing director and head of non-life for Southeast Asia.
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- January 16 2026
Victoria bushfires declared by ‘insurance catastrophe’ as claims top 2,300
Aon says expected economic losses are still pending proper assessment, but 'will reach' the hundreds of millions of US dollars.
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- January 16 2026
Opinion: Time for Asia’s fac market to hustle as infrastructure boom continues
Projects in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Indonesia and Laos offer openings for the facultative (re)insurance market in 2026.
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- January 15 2026
Thai train collapse puts Dhipaya on the hook as lead insurer
Dhipaya covers 60% of the risk, with Bangkok Insurance and Intra Insurance each covering 20% for the high-speed rail construction project in northeast Thailand.
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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 15 2026
Victoria bushfires destory 228 homes, 700 structures after burning area five times the size of Singapore
Insurers have received 2,201 insurance claims from the fires, which have been raging since last week, mostly in Victoria, but also in New South Wales.
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- January 15 2026
Chubb Singapore hires BHSI’s Cherry Gao as head of major accounts and global broking
She joins Chubb after almost a decade at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI).
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- January 15 2026
Lockton takes majority stake in Malaysian joint venture
Lockton said the change reflects its commitment to Malaysia's 'important' market.
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- January 15 2026
Kulshaan Singh returns to Aon as APAC enterprise client leader
He was most recently group chief human resources officer at Thai Union Group PCL in Bangkok.
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- January 15 2026
Arch Insurance Australia adds Andrew Whitlock to casualty team
He has over a decade of experience in Australia and the UK.
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- January 15 2026
Bridging Asia’s protection gap key focus for Verisk, but data issue remains
US-based data analytics and risk assessment firm has inland flood models for Japan, and has recently released flood models for Malaysia and Indonesia, with plans to introduce a hail model for Japan and flood models for New Zealand and Australia.
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- January 14 2026
Cyber top APAC business risks in 2026 as AI surges to second place: Allianz Commercial
Both cyber and AI now rank as top five risks in every other region, and almost all the industry sectors analysed in the Allianz Risk Barometer report.
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- January 14 2026
Sompo strengthens actuarial teams in Southeast Asia with key appointments
Victor Fung has been appointed certifying actuary for Singapore, while Joyce Oo has been hired as appointed actuary in Malaysia.
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- January 14 2026
Asia natural catastrophe losses in 2025 contained by region’s protection gap: Howden Re
Peak perils accounted for a notably small share of the overall losses in 2025 due to a quiet Atlantic hurricane season, the broker said in its nat cat snapshot.
