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- January 14 2026
South Korean insurers to face stricter capital base requirement from 2027
Ratio of core capital, which counts paid-in capital and retained earnings, to required capital will be set at 50% or above.
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- January 14 2026
Flora Mao joins Markel as senior casualty underwriter in Shanghai
Markel aims to become the largest Lloyd's syndicate on the Lloyd's China platform.
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- January 13 2026
Chaucer revamps Singapore leadership, appoints Guy Carpenter’s Les Loh as CEO
Loh succeeds Margaret To, who will transition to a consultancy role, while Axa XL Re's Dan Bryan will join the Lloyd's carrier as head of reinsurance for Asia Pacific.
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- January 13 2026
Howden adds brokers to China M&A and transaction solutions team
Rosy Wang and Jianhua Chen join from Aon.
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- January 12 2026
Aon promotes Neha Shah to head of L&H reinsurance solutions in India
Shah had joined from Gen Re as chief actuary for the new line of busiess in January last year.
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- January 12 2026
Hannover Re names Kun Huang as CEO for Shanghai branch
Huang, who brings over two decades of experience in the reinsurance and insurance industry, relocates from London to Shanghai for the role.
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- January 12 2026
Natt Wattanaumphaipong joins Great American Insurance’s Singapore branch as senior technical underwriting director
He will work with the branch CEO Chee Keng Koon and deputy CEO Vanessa Teo.
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- January 12 2026
HDI Global expands in South Korea with new representative office
Ki Hyung Jo will serve as HDI Global's market lead for the country.
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- January 12 2026
‘A global problem’: Nicolas Maduro capture creates new dynamic for Asian geopolitical risks
Insurers have little real exposure to Venezuelan risks following the actions by the US, but it is not the case in other regions of the world, with Southeast Asia now a particular focus.
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- January 9 2026
Niyam Group receives in-principle approval from Lloyd’s for Syndicate 2047
Industry veteran Bobby Swarup announced the launch of Niyam Group last month.
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- January 9 2026
Veteran Jason Mandera becomes CEO of Marsh McLennan Indonesia
He has been with Marsh in Jakarta for over 16 years.
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- January 9 2026
Allianz nets US$2.45bn from sale of 23% of Bajaj JVs
German insurer says India remains a 'high strategic priority'.
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- January 9 2026
Price Forbes taps Gallagher’s Dick Heath as head of reinsurance and wholesale for Singapore
He brings more than 40 years of broking and underwriting experience, and joins from Gallagher, where he was CEO for Asia.
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- January 8 2026
Yew Kong Kok rejoins Labuan Re as CFO
Kok previously spent nearly three years at Labuan Re between December 2018 and August 2021 as chief financial officer.
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- January 8 2026
AIG-backed Lloyd’s syndicate Talbot names Elythea Chew as PVT underwriter
Singapore-based Chew previously worked for Allied World and Chubb.
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- January 8 2026
Indonesia eager for ‘continuous cooperation’ with London to open the door for Islamic insurance growth
Delegation from Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance and its financial regulator, the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK), was in London last month for a meeting headed by International Underwriting Association CEO Chris Jones and Islamic insurance experts.
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- January 7 2026
Marsh names Edward Baker as energy, power claims advocacy leader for Asia
Baker relocates from London to Singapore as part of the new role.
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- January 7 2026
Ryan Transactional Risk promotes Christine Nguyen to underwriter
She has nearly a decade of experience in insurance broker roles, and had held the position of project manager since joining from Marsh in June.
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- January 7 2026
Philippines’ Nat Re promotes Jaime Jose Javier Jr. to COO
Von Edward Ebron succeeds Javier as vice president and head of life reinsurance and data administration.
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- January 7 2026
Vietnam’s non-life insurance premiums rise 10.3% to US$3.4bn in 2025
Total assets of the insurance market are estimated at US$41.86 billion, up by 8.6% from a year earlier.
