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- July 9 2026
Exclusive: Marsh’s Wincy Choi swaps London for Hong Kong for finpro role
Choi takes up the role as senior vice president for financial and professional liability for Hong Kong and Macau after 12 years in London.
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- July 9 2026
Typhoon Maysak claims top 11,000 in China, insured losses hit US$16m
Ping An, Taiping, China Life P&C, CIC China Insurance, and China Continent Insurance have all reported claims related to the typhoon and the subsequent thunderstorms and tornadoes.
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- July 9 2026
Marsh takes full ownership of Thailand joint venture
CEO Derek Heng announces broker’s legal entity, Marsh PB, became Marsh Risk (Thailand) from Monday.
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- July 9 2026
QBE Asia appoints James Lo as market lead for cargo, marine underwriting
Hong Kong-based Lo joins following over 12 years at HDI Global, where he was most recently head of marine for North Asia and lead underwriter.
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- July 8 2026
RGA inks block life deals with Sumitomo Life, Anshin Life
Deal with Sumitomo Life marks the rare appearance of a mutual in the Japanese asset intensive reinsurance market.
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- July 8 2026
Hong Kong captive tally climbs to 9 with pair of new approvals
Hong Kong's Insurance Authority authorises HSH Captive, established by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, and SF Captive, set up by SF Holding.
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- July 8 2026
Aon taps Jess Kang as APAC head of data and analytics
She takes charge of Aon's data and analytics strategy across the region having joined from QBE Insurance in Singapore
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- July 8 2026
Gift City’s new MGA regime a ‘build-or-broker’ moment for Indian insurance
Regulatory framework for India’s special economic zone can foster growth and innovation within India's specialty insurance market, brokers tell InsuranceAsia News.
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- July 7 2026
Wild weather hits China as Typhoon Maysak floods Guangxi, deadly storms tear through Hubei, Super Typhoon Bavi loom
Events on Monday caused widespread damage, including a dam collapse, leaving at least 15 people dead and tens of thousands affected.
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- July 7 2026
Singapore targets 2028 launch of protected cell company regime for captives, ILS, sovereign pools
Monetary Authority of Singapore opens consultation on a proposed legislative framework for the new regime aimed at deepening alternative risk transfer solutions.
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- July 7 2026
Howden hires trio to grow employee benefits, financial lines in Hong Kong
Broker appoints Eugene Wong as employee benefits practice lead, Alan Sze as associate director for employee benefits sales, and Jason Lam as associate director for financial lines.
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- July 7 2026
Hong Kong’s first virtual insurer eyes Malaysia-led Southeast Asia push after hitting ‘critical’ US$100m revenue milestone
Life insurer Bowtie expects to break even 'quite soon' on the back of rapid growth and a 93% customer retention rate, co-founder Fred Ngan told InsuranceAsia News.
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- July 7 2026
Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions appoints Matthew Chae as L&H growth leader in South Korea
Seoul-based Chae has strong cross-border expertise and more than 20 years of experience across life insurance and reinsurance.
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- July 7 2026
Markel appoints Weng Fatt Tan as senior casualty underwriter in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur-based Tan was most recenly head of liability at Berjaya Sompo Insurance.
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- July 6 2026
Niyam Group taps Ritesh Shah to drive India engineering, construction buildout
He joins after a long stint at Swiss Re in India.
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- July 6 2026
Mitsui Sumitomo-owned Time Machine makes pair of senior underwriting hires
W&I specialist Japanese MGA appoints Shuko Shikatani as an underwriter and CFO, while Sumiyo Yamamoto joins from AIG as an underwriter.
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- July 3 2026
Quartet set to vie for South Korean bridge insurer Yebyeol Non-Life: reports
Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance, OK Financial Group, JC Flowers, and Korea Investment Holdings are reported to have participated in the second main bid for the South Korean bridge insurer.
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- July 3 2026
Lockton taps Alberto Ferriolo as Asia regional growth leader for marine, transportation
He joins from Miller in Singapore, and reports to Sung Wook Han, Lockton’s head of Asia marine and transportation.
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- July 2 2026
McLarens appoints Lam Choy Heng as managing director for Malaysia
He has more than 25 years of loss adjusting experience and has been working at McLarens since 2023.
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- July 2 2026
Marsh appoints Sylvia Quang as cyber leader for Hong Kong, Macau
Ex-corporate lawyer was previoulsy head of claims advocacy for Hong Kong and Macau having joined the broker in July 2024.
