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- August 10 2026
Aviso Specialty names Paul Smyth as head of financial lines
He joins from Gallagher, where he had been a client director since joining in March 2025.
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- August 10 2026
Zurich relaunches Travel Guard in Singapore following integration
Zurich acquired Travel Guard as part of its US$600m takeover of AIG's personal travel business at the end of 2024.
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- August 10 2026
Typhoon Dolphin brings fresh extreme weather to eastern China, Japan
Arrival of El Nino is intensifying typhoon activity in the Pacific, with China experiencing its fourth since the start of the season.
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- August 10 2026
Aon refreshes Australia leadership roles, Helen Lockwood appointed COO
Ben Rolfe and Mary-Catherine Hamill also handed expanded roles as part of an 'ongoing evolution' of the broker's business in the country.
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- August 10 2026
India’s sovereign-backed maritime pool sets sail, but major loss and accumulation risks await
War-risk premium rates have dropped 35-40% since the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool launched in May, but industry sources caution pricing sustainability depends on how the pool handles major loss and accumulation events.
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- August 7 2026
Marsh appoints Dalton Sze, Denise Yong as assistant vice presidents for renewable energy in Singapore
Yong was most recently a facultative reinsurance broker in London for Guy Carpenter, while Sze was an operational risk manager at Sembcorp Industries.
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- August 7 2026
Munich Re prunes book by 9.1% during July renewals
German reinsurer says terms and conditions remain stable despite 'downward trend' in P&C reinsurance rates.
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- August 7 2026
Aon taps Stara Low as head of growth, health solutions
She joins Aon in Singapore from WTW.
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- August 7 2026
China’s new reality: rising nat cat risk, manufacturing concentration challenges insurance market
Marc Burban, founder and CEO of Asian Risks Management Services, tells InsuranceAsia News’ Between the Lines podcast that rising nat cat frequency and industrial clustering are forcing China's insurers to underwrite smarter.
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- August 6 2026
Zurich APAC’s P&C GWP grew 11% to US$2.3bn in H1 FY26
Business operating profit of the P&C line also increased by 12% year-on-year, according to its second quarter earnings update on Thursday.
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- August 6 2026
Swiss Re sees ‘challenging market conditions’ during June, July renewals
Swiss Re is on track to meet its 2026 net profit target following a strong first half aided by a benign natural catastrophe experience.
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- August 6 2026
PCRIC makes third drought parametric payout to Tonga
Payout funds assistance following the arrival of drought conditions in Tonga's Ha'apai and Tongatapu islands.
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- August 6 2026
‘Beginning of a new era’ as Swiss Re CorSo pens Indian partnership with Bajaj General Insurance
Zurich-headquartered insurer also announces partnership with GNP Seguros in Mexico.
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- August 6 2026
Markel hires first dedicated claims adjuster in Hong Kong
Senior claims adjuster Audrey Pang reports to Bo Yu, head of Asia claims.
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- August 6 2026
India’s EarthRe bags licence, becomes first incorporated Gift City reinsurer
Subsidiary of parametric insurtech InRisk Labz is a 'technology-first non-life reinsurer' focusing on nat cat, climate, property, crop, and specialty risks.
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- August 6 2026
AI chip factory boom in Asia puts sustainable reinsurance capacity, nat cat exposure in spotlight
With AI accelerating demand, complex risks will increasingly require support of specialist facultative capacity, Peak Re CUO Philip Hough says.
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- August 5 2026
‘Bittersweet’ as Howden’s David Wall returns to Singapore from Dubai, retains role
He has been with Howden since 2021 and will continue in his role as chief operating officer for Howden specialty Asia Pacific.
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- August 5 2026
Exclusive: Origin Energy confirms ‘extensive’ cyber insurance program after breach
CFC is understood to be among the panel of insurers on the hook following the data breach, which impacted over 900,000 of the Australian utility company's customers.
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- August 5 2026
APAC data centre operators face ‘rapidly’ changing risk landscape: HDI
Natural catastrophes and rising global temperatures are fuelling growing risk for data centres in Asia Pacific.
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- August 5 2026
Malaysian Re parent to sell takaful business to Bank Rakyat in US$400m deal
MNRB says the deal for Takaful Ikhlas will 'support the continued growth of Malaysia’s takaful industry'.
