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- October 1 2026
Aon bolsters Japan global solutions team with twin appointments
Naoki Kido named global head and Yuki Tanemura global chief commercial officer and head of North America for the broker's Japanese multinational client servicing team.
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- October 1 2026
Thailand floods, Typhoon Dujuan test Asia’s flood cover and business interruption exposure
Loss adjusters tell InsuranceAsia News that extreme rainfall is emerging as a major loss driver across Asia, driving motor, property and business interruption claims.
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- September 29 2026
AIG names Keiichi Ishida as head of commercial property in Japan
Ishida, who has relocated back to Tokyo, joins from Everest, where he spent the last two years as head of Japan, based in Singapore.
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- September 28 2026
Itochu doubles down on non-life insurance with investment in Aioi-owned US insurtech Moter
Move is latest step in the Japanese trading house's multi-year push into non-life insurance and insurance-related services across Japan, Asia and the US.
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- September 24 2026
Typhoon Dujuan losses to be close to August Chiba flood figures: Crawford
Loss adjuster Mamoru Tanouchi says flooding affected mostly the residential and agricultural areas in Chiba prefecture, with 10 people confirmed dead, and at least four missing as of Thursday afternoon.
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- September 22 2026
Typhoon Dujuan triggers record rainfall, landslides, flooding in Japan
Typhoon, which has moved into the Pacific, leaves four people dead and at least six missing as of Tuesday morning.
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- September 18 2026
Chiba torrential rains trigger US$225m in insurance payouts across 30,000 claims: GIAJ
As of August 28, motor claims account for almost 60% of losses with payouts totalling over US$131m across over 19,100 claims.
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- September 17 2026
Kumamoto earthquake payouts top US$152m as claims exceed 110,000: GIAJ
Kumamoto prefecture accounts for over 90% of claims following the July 28 quake, which killed at least 38 people.
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- September 17 2026
Natsuko Kato joins Aon’s transaction solutions team in Asia
She joins from Medtronic Japan, according to a LInkedIn post from APAC managing director Martijn de Lange.
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- September 14 2026
Miller Japan hires Hiroaki Wakamatsu as business development, credit insurance specialist
He will work alongside Tokinori Kono, head of non-marine broking, across multiple lines of business, including credit, surety and political risk.
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- September 9 2026
Japanese P&C carriers’ underwriting profit rebounds 186% to US$2.3bn in FY25: Toa Re
Improvement driven by an increase in net premium income and a drop in net claims paid, reflecting lower earthquake claims following the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake.
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- September 9 2026
Tokio Marine HCC International completes Direct Commercial acquisition
UK commercial motor specialist will continue to operate as a standalone business, while the acquisition also includes sister company, Direct Commercial Premium Finance.
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- September 9 2026
Opinion: In a time of war, will other Asian nations follow in Japan’s wake?
Japan is the latest to explore a state-sponsored marine insurance scheme, but the move raises profound questions for maritime reinsurance across Asia.
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- September 6 2026
MS&AD eyeing European reinsurance broking market entry: report
Group's fronting arm, MS Transverse, aims to replicate its US model in the UK and broader Europe by tapping its exisiting reinsurer and MGA network.
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- September 1 2026
Coface names 14-year veteran Antoine Pachoud head of commercial in Japan
He was most recently Coface Global Solutions (CGS) director for France and Western Europe, based in Paris.
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- August 31 2026
‘Ripe for real growth’: Lloyd’s insurer Aegis making Asia Pacific cyber moves
Syndicate 1225’s underwriters visited Japan, Australia and the wider region at the start of the year on a fact-finding tour ahead of welcoming Japanese clients and brokers to London next month.
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- August 30 2026
Tokio Marine HCC International acquires UK commercial motor specialist Direct Commercial
Deal represents a new business for Tokio Marine HCC International, which is part of Tokio Marine Group.
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- August 26 2026
Rare quartet of storms batters southern China, paralysing key ports
Narra, Gaenari, Saudel, and Atsani slam China's coast, flooding cities, clogging ports, and also disrupting Japan and Taiwan.
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- August 25 2026
Tokio Marine identifies Suncorp as preferred takeover target: report
The Japanese insurance group is understood to have reviewed other potential options, including IAG and Canada’s Intact Financial.
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- August 24 2026
Structural reforms key driver of Japanese reinsurance market softening: AM Best
Japan's insurers are better positioned to weather reinsurance market cycles following diversification and improved underwriting discipline, according to AM Best.
