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- August 13 2026
Asian commercial insurance market stays buyer-friendly, insurers sharpen AI scrutiny: Aon
Risk-adjusted rates are declining by up to 10% for well-managed placements, with cyber, D&O, and preferred property leading the downward trend as competition intensifies.
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- August 12 2026
PICC appoints veteran banker Tan Jiong as chairman
He succeeds Ding Xiangqun, who becomes the new head of the National Financial Regulatory Administration.
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- August 12 2026
Typhoon Dolphin losses hit US$178m as Beijing battles heavy rain, floods
Insurers across five provincial-level regions have received nearly 100,000 claims reports, with Ping An's estimated payouts exceeding US$96m.
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- August 12 2026
Kyobo Life eyes Axa Korea takeover to re-enter non-life market: report
If completed, the deal would bring Axa Korea back under Kyobo Life's wing after over two decades.
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- August 11 2026
Mandarin Re increases paid-up capital to US$26m
Capital increase willl support the Labuan-based reinsuer's US$70m GWP target for 2026.
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- August 11 2026
Jeong-Sook Kim joins UK P&I Club to steer South Korea presence
She is a qualified maritime lawyer who previously worked for Steamship Mutual for over a decade.
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- August 11 2026
MS First Capital’s new Gift City branch commences reinsurance operations
CEO Vikas Shukla also confirms the appointment of S Venugopalan as the CFO of operations within India's special economic zone.
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- August 11 2026
WTW names Jayne Bok as head of Hong Kong, Macau
She replaces Sean Deehan, who joined Aon as CEO of its Strategy and Technology Group for APAC in July.
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- August 11 2026
Sompo appoints Dave Wong as property underwriter for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
He will help drive the growth of Sompo's property and construction portfolio, strengthen the underwriting capabilities and deliver solutions for brokers and clients.
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- August 11 2026
Asia shipbuilding boom exposes new fault lines for insurers
A surge in newbuild orders is attracting fresh capacity and driving down rates, but concentrated Asian exposures, and increasingly complex risks tied to supply chains, alternative fuels and contractual delays are testing insurers’ appetite and accumulation controls.
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- August 11 2026
VietSure Insurance enters Vietnamese non-life market following regulatory approval
Ho Chi Minh City-headquartered insurer is co-founded by Ngo Quang Trung, former CEO of private retail bank BVBank.
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- August 10 2026
Aon’s Kayo Montgomery relocates to Japan in regional strategic account role
Tokyo-based Montgomery has been named regional strategic account manager for Asia.
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- August 10 2026
MSIG Thailand appoints Sirinpond Sukkarin as cyber insurance manager
Prior to joining MSIG, Bangkok-based Sukkarin managed cyber and financial risk insurance portfolios at Dhipaya Group.
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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
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
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
‘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.
