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- May 6 2026
New Zealand faces ‘pockets of vulnerability’ from rising home insurance costs: RBNZ
Rising premiums due to increasing rebuild costs, climate change and better modelling and retreat of insurers from certain areas are likely to cause financial instability, central bank says.
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- May 6 2026
AIG moves Igor Chichkan to Singapore as APAC financial lines underwriting manager
He relocates from the insurer's Dubai office, where he was head of financial lines for the UAE.
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- May 6 2026
Sedgwick Australia appoints Simon Kay as CEO, Kimberley Daley as COO
Interim CEO Phil van Zyl will resume his focus on leading the New Zealand business.
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- May 6 2026
Igloo charts next growth phase with international M&A, AI-native overhaul, category expansion
CEO Raunak Mehta tells InsuranceAsia News' Between the Lines podcast about the Southeast Asian insurtech's next phase of growth using a three‑pillar strategy.
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- May 5 2026
Asia market softening continues in Q1 despite Iran conflict impacts: Aon
India led Asia’s Q1 softening with double-digit rate cuts across property, D&O and cyber, while Japan remained an outlier with rate increases, the broker said.
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- May 5 2026
Global reinsurance capital climbs to US$648bn as 2025 profitability hits record highs: Gallagher Re
Reinsurers’ ROE is expected to moderate from 19.3% last year to 14-15% projected for the composite in 2026.
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- May 5 2026
Global insurers resilient under 1-in-250-year catastrophe stress, but capital gaps emerge: S&P
Top 50 insurers face roughly US$430bn in gross exposure under a severe cat scenario, which would result in an 8% capital loss on average, the rating agency said.
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- May 5 2026
AIG Australia hires Marsh veteran Carrisa Chung as underwriter for commercial property
Perth-based Chung has been working at Marsh since 2006, most recently as divisional manager for client services for Local Government Insurance Scheme, a mutual protection scheme of West Australian government.
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- May 5 2026
AIG hires Brannigan Ong as head of reinsurance for A&H
Singapore-based Ong was most recently a senior A&H underwriter for Asia at Everest.
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- May 5 2026
Aon bolsters Thailand operations with three appointments
Nicole Oversier rejoins Aon as Asia transaction solutions director, while Arisara Leekitratanapisan is appointed manager for Japan and Yuwaree Saensuk for health solutions.
