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- November 5 2025
Asia’s risk landscape shifts as cyber threats, competition intensify: Aon
Cyber threats, economic slowdown, and intensifying competition dominate Asia’s business risk landscape in 2025, while supply chain failures, currency volatility, and climate-related disruptions add to the pressure.
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- November 5 2025
ICA expands Severe Spring Storms declaration as Queensland claims surge past 26,000
Storms have produced thousands of new claims across the state, with early industry estimates pointing to insured losses exceeding A$250 million (US$165 million).
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- November 5 2025
Gaurav Puri joins Australia’s Bolderstons Insurance Brokers as account director
He joins from Melbourne-based Edgewise Insurance Brokers, where he was an account manager for nearly 10 years.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: Not just capital: Hanoi Re in active discussions with strategic investors to grow business in Southeast Asia and beyond
Hanoi Re will also look to strengthen its core non-life treaty portfolio, especially property, engineering and marine, while developing specialty and liability.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: ‘There is a lot going on’: cyber, credit, marine, political risk 1.1 opportunities remain despite the ongoing market softening: TMK
Pavlos Spyropoulos, regional manager for APAC at Tokio Marine Kiln in Singapore, sees potential in the P&C insurance market, and increasingly the specialist market.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: Don’t expect a ‘one-size-fits-all approach’ for Asia renewals, Canopius’ Lee says
Soon Keen (SK) Lee, CEO for Asia Pacific and MENA, says diversification is a focus for the firm in Asia.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: ‘Extra capacity is hanging around’ says MS Amlin’s William Ho ahead 1.1 renewals
APAC CEO expects to see competition to increase going into the 2026 renewal.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: Satellite disaster management specialist seeks new heights in APAC after building Japan foundation
Kohei Watanabe, strategic account manager for APAC, says ICEYE has operationalised flood monitoring in Taiwan, Thailand, and India and continues to expand across Asia.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: Fit for purpose? Pricing, structures to moderate, Swiss Re’s Victor Kuk says
New reinsurance capacity coming into the Asian market, which will be a factor in terms of the eventual pricing, the head of reinsurance in Southeast Asia, India, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan says.
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- November 5 2025
SIRC: Reinsurers’ growing enthusiasm for tailored solutions in APAC
Q&A with Roshan Perera and James Mounty from Gallagher Re.
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- November 4 2025
SIRC: Everest Re doubles down on specialty as APAC demand rises
Demand for bespoke solutions and interest in parametric structures that deliver faster recovery and greater flexibility are growing, according to Kevin Bogardus, chief executive for Everest Re in Singapore.
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- November 4 2025
SIRC: Distinct reinsurance solutions are emerging to address emerging capital strategies: Guy Carpenter
As insurers improve their understanding of the risks they are carrying and capital productivity, structured reinsurance and alternative sources of reinsurance capital are being increasingly considered, Guy Carpenter’s Justin Ward says.
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- November 4 2025
SIRC: London market eyeing Singapore property insurance opportunities
London market is helping to develop new solutions which will help to bridge the protection gap, says International Underwriting Association CEO Chris Jones
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- November 4 2025
SIRC: Aspen Re excited about opportunities in Asia, to grow portfolio in ‘measured way’
Tay Boon Chuan, head of Singapore at Aspen, speaks to InsuranceAsia News about market conditions in APAC heading into 1.1 and where the firm’s growth strategy in the region.
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- November 4 2025
Japan’s Tokio Marine subsidiary buys US-based Ignyte’s Collector insurance unit for US$615m
Business employs about 250 people and recorded a gross written premium of US$164m (JPY25.9bn) in FY24.
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- November 4 2025
China Taiping to sustain quality growth with prudent investment strategy: Fitch Ratings
Fitch says China Taiping’s consolidated credit quality has been raised to a, from a-, reflecting the group’s sustained capital strength, resilient profitability and 'most favourable' company profile.
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- November 4 2025
IAG New Zealand CEO Amanda Whiting to step down
Whiting will continue to lead the New Zealand business until a successor is found.
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- November 4 2025
Sustained profitability to augment Delta’s capital base: AM Best
Rating agency has affirms performance assessment of PA-2 (excellent) for Delta Insurance New Zealand and Delta Underwriting Private (Singapore), evaluated basis of their parent, Delta International
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- November 4 2025
SIRC: Scor anticipates ‘orderly’ 1.1 in APAC, despite pricing pressures
Despite a more competitive market, underwriting discipline will still hold, says Mukul Kishore, CEO of APAC for the French reinsurer.
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- November 4 2025
SIRC: Upcoming 1.1 in APAC will see ‘more of the same’: Beazley
We probably won’t see the market dynamics change much from what we’re currently seeing now in terms of an influx of capacity, says Beazley’s APAC head Jessica Schappell.
