Industry Segments: Insurers Page 10 / 57
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- August 26 2026
MSIG Hong Kong names Billy Wong as CUO
He brings nearly two decades of insurance expertise across retail and commercial lines, with experience in underwriting, portfolio management, pricing, reinsurance, and product development.
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- August 26 2026
Takaful insurer Qatar Islamic Insurance Group handed Gift City branch approval
Nisamudheen Sadar Manzil, chief technical officer of insurance and reinsurance operations, is named the nominated contact person.
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- August 25 2026
Chubb exploring ‘other options’ after scrapping Malaysian unit IPO: report
Flotation of Chubb Insurance Malaysia was intended to fulfil requirements to comply with foreign ownership rules.
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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 25 2026
Allianz Thailand announces leadership succession with Thomas Wilson set to retire
Lars Heibutzki will succeed Wilson as Thailand country manager and CEO of the life and health business, while Sanghun Park will take over Heibutzki's role as CEO of the general insurance business, both effective from January 1.
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- August 25 2026
Exclusive: Tina Cheung to depart Markel after three years
She has been with the financial lines underwriting team in Hong Kong since 2023.
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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.
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- August 24 2026
Sompo appoints Winnie Chau as senior financial lines underwriter for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
Hong Kong-based Chau brings over 14 years of underwriting experience in financial lines, including cyber and professional indemnity.
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- August 24 2026
Vietnam’s Asia Commercial Bank receives licence for new non-life insurance arm
ACB Insurance is licensed to operate for 99 years and provide non-life and health products.
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- August 24 2026
Tonga receives additional parametric drought payouts from PCRIC
Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) makes a short-term preparedness payout for the island of 'Eua, as well as a rapid response payout for Tongatapu.
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- August 24 2026
Typhoon Dolphin’s ‘salty’ cargo disruption bill only going one way as North Asian port congestion bites
With over 2.4m TEU of capacity stranded across Shanghai and Ningbo after three storms in five weeks, Otonomi CEO Yann Barbarroux says the compounding congestion is reshaping the risk calculus for cargo owners just as peak season approaches.
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- August 21 2026
Exclusive: Zurich’s Hong Kong financial lines head David Chiu set to leave
He is believed to be heading for QBE Insurance, which has been without a financial lines leader in Hong Kong following Canon Liu's departure for Sompo in July.
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- August 20 2026
AIG taps Lisa Sun to lead mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau in expanded role
John Wu is also promoted to interim responsible person for AIG China.
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- August 20 2026
Oona targets Southeast Asia acquisitions, sets sight on Thailand, Vietnam
Warburg Pincus-backed insurer plans to accelerate regional expansion following a GWP and earnings surge in Indonesia and Philippines.
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- August 20 2026
India’s competition commission clears General Atlantic to lift Acko stake
Digital general insurer is set to go public in the second half of 2026 or early 2027.
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- August 20 2026
Allianz Trade promotes Scott Munafo to China CEO
He has been with the trade credit insurer since 2015, and was most recently group head of broker management and partnerships based in Paris.
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- August 19 2026
Axa XL promotes Vinod Kumar to cyber underwriter in India
Mumbai-based Kumar was previously an assistant cyber underwriter since May 2025.
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- August 19 2026
International programs ‘significant milestone’, specialty power HDI Global’s APAC division in H1 FY26
HDI Global's Australian division wrote more 230 international programs locally during H1 FY26, according to its APAC head.
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- August 18 2026
Generali Central Insurance names Sandeep Rathi as head of underwriting
Mumbai-based Rathi joins from Kuwait Re, where he had been the regional underwriting manager for facultative since January.
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- August 17 2026
HDI Global hires Rebecca Kong to lead North Asia distribution
She has over 20 years of general insurance experience, most recently leading distribution strategies and market initiatives at AIG China.
