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- January 22 2026
Record-breaking rain cause landslides, flooding on New Zealand’s North Island
States of emergency declared in Northland, Hauraki, Bay of Plenty, and Thames-Coromandel as a low-pressure front continues to bring heavy rains.
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- January 22 2026
Bondi Beach claims yet to trigger terrorism pool, ARPC says
Insurers have received 25 claims following the deadly attack last month.
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- January 22 2026
Oneglobal Broking appoints Geovenn Lim as marine director
Singapore-based Lim was most recently an underwriter at Britannia P&I, where he worked for five years.
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- January 22 2026
Willis boosts Pacific finex offering with double Aon swoop
Eden Fletcher and Stephen Trickey had a combined 55 years of experience at Aon.
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- January 22 2026
Home, sweet home for Vietnam’s new reinsurer as AlphaRe eyes efficiency over top line
CEO Le Hoai Nam tells InsuranceAsia News that Vietnam's third reinsurer has received lots of support from the local market after it started to write business at the 1.1 renewals.
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- January 21 2026
NIBA expresses support for enhanced broker renumeration disclosures
National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) accepts six of the 14 recommendations for changes to the Australian broker code of practice by an independent review.
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- January 21 2026
Bondi Beach attack claims hit 25, but too early to estimate cost: ICA
Majority are motor claims, while a small number are business interruption claims, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) says.
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- January 21 2026
Aon promotes Neelay Patel to Malaysia CEO
Patel, who will assume the role from March, will relocate from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and report to Andrew Minnitt, head of Southeast Asia.
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- January 21 2026
QBE hands Daniel Smith new role as national portfolio specialist for financial lines
Brisbane-based Smith has been with QBE for over 15 years.
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- January 21 2026
Stephen Trickey leaves Aon after 35 years for new role at Willis
He was most recently chief commercial officer for Aon Australia.
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- January 21 2026
100% FDI to ‘fundamentally alter’ India’s insurance market: Norton Rose Fulbright’s Anna Tipping
Move to allow complete foreign ownership of insurers is a 'substantial' opportunity, although buyers must exercise caution, the law firm's head of insurance Asia tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- January 21 2026
Chubb appoints Candice Strydom as New Zealand construction lead
Strydom, who joins from Vero Insurance, brings over 15 years of underwriting experience in the New Zealand insurer market.
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- January 20 2026
Yoshio Motohashi named head of liability for Allianz Commercial Japan
Motohashi has worked for the likes of MS&AD and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance in Singapore, Germany and London.
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- January 20 2026
QBE New Zealand taps national portfolio specialist as Jeno Capo returns
Auckland-based Capo was most recently head of professional liability trading at Ando Insurance.
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- January 20 2026
ICA warns against Queensland councils’ mutual insurance plan, urges national pooling
Marsh’s JLT has been asked to consider a mutual insurance option amid growing frustration over a flood-driven surge in premiums.
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- January 20 2026
Allied World names Mark Chisholm as lead underwriter for Australia property division
Melbourne-based Chisholm previously spent over 11 years at CGU Insurance.
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- January 20 2026
Insurers brace for further claims after heavy rainfall in New Zealand’s North Island
An orange heavy rain warning remains in force in Northland with a month’s worth of rain predicted to fall in 2-3 days.
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- January 20 2026
SBI General Insurance appoints Chandan Kumar as lead for motor underwriting
He has over 14 years of experience in underwriting roles, and joins from assistance and protection service firm OneAssist Consumer Solutions.
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- January 20 2026
Unprecedented AI‑led data centre surge tests APAC’s capacity as hyperscale builds accelerate
Wave of developments are stretching traditional underwriting limits, intensifying aggregation concerns, and pushing insurers, brokers and investors toward more specialised engineering insight, alternative capital and bespoke risk‑transfer structures.
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- January 19 2026
Swiss Re India taps Kelvin Kumar as senior client underwriter
Kumar, who has over 16 years of experience in insurance and reinsurance, has relocated from Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai for the role.
