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- March 2 2026
‘Exciting and new’: Specialist Risk Group aims to put itself on the map in Australia, Southeast Asia
Group CEO Warren Downey and Australia managing director Laurence Basell tell InsuranceAsia News about what is next after the broker launched in Australia in January.
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- March 1 2026
ICA renews calls for climate resilience funding on Cyclone Alfred anniversary
Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) is urging sweeping federal budget measures to deliver a significant uplift in climate adaptation funding.
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- March 1 2026
War risk insurers cancel covers, raise prices for ships in Gulf and Strait of Hormuz: report
Insurance rates could rise by as much as 50% following Iran's retaliatory stirkes against US-Israel, meanwhile, cargo war-risk insurers are also preparing to issue cancellation notices on Monday.
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- March 1 2026
ICICI Lombard rating outlook revised to positive on strong balance sheet fundamentals: AM Best
Indian insurer’s balance sheet strength is expected to continue improving over the near to medium term, supported by robust capital generation and sound capital management, the rating agency said.
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- February 28 2026
Full Capacity: Gift City gold rush
This week's newsletter discusses an IAN exclusive, Gallagher Re's leadership change, Partner Re's Gift City entry, Hong Kong's ILS scheme, Steadfast's passing of the baton and the rush of entries into Gift City.
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- February 27 2026
Swiss Re P&C unit’s FY25 net income up 126% to US$2.7bn; cuts Asia book by 4% at 1.1
Reinsurer’s COR was 79.4%, with net income at a record high of US$4.8bn.
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- February 27 2026
Gallagher Re, Liberty Mutual, Steadfast, Everest, Marsh: 19 APAC insurance people moves of the week
Howden, QBE, WTW, Axa XL, JB Boda, Zurich Cover‑More, Aon, HDI Global, IAG, Britannia Group, Ansvar Insurance, LM Re, Lockton, Allied World, Gallagher and Singapore Reinsurers’ Association also made personnel changes over the last week.
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- February 27 2026
Australian insurers facing elevated US$2.1bn bill from late-November storms: Perils
Compares to an initial loss estimate of AU$2.6 billion by in January following the severe convective storms which hit Queensland and New South Wales.
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- February 27 2026
Exclusive: AIG’s Cynthia Sze to lead Liberty’s unified Hong Kong unit
Current CEO of AIG Hong Kong and Macau will join Liberty as chief executive from May.
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- February 27 2026
Blue Marble completes ‘record-setting’ parametric payout to Indonesian smallholder farmers
Devastating floods in Aceh trigger US$143,000 payout to all 2,719 farmers enrolled in the program.
