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- April 10 2026
Ronnie Tong steps down as Swiss Re’s head of P&C facultative for Asia
Yusuke Matsumoto is set to take over on an interim basis as of Saturday.
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- April 10 2026
Daiichi Life returns to asset-intensive reinsurance market, agrees block life deal with Prismic
Deal to reinsure a yen-denominated in-force block of whole life and annuity policies adds to the recent momentum seen within Japan’s asset-intensive reinsurance market.
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- April 9 2026
VIG Re sees mature Asia GWP slip in 2025 despite strong overall results
Its GWP for the region fell from EUR50.4m (US$58.7m) in 2024 to EUR42.8m last year, its report showed.
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- April 7 2026
Talbot elevates Jiewei Pang, Russell Giam in Singapore
Pang becomes a senior property underwriter, while Giam assumes the role of political risk underwriter.
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- April 2 2026
Excess capacity driving sharp price drops in Asia at 1.4: Guy Carpenter
Despite geopolitical uncertainties, reinsurers are keen to support clients with innovative solutions, ensuring stability and continuity, APAC CEO Tony Gallagher says.
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- April 1 2026
Asian renewals see broad softening, but outcomes diverge by territory and loss experience
While overall demand remained stable, cedents in South Korea, India, China, and the Philippines capitalised on favourable terms and competitive pricing, with many exploring new structures and proportional protections.
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- April 1 2026
Record US$785bn of reinsurance capital drives APAC market softening during 1.4 renewals: Aon
Cat XoL pricing in Japan saw 15-18% reductions during the 1.4 renewals as capacity influx fuelled intense competition within the reinsurance market.
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- April 1 2026
Japan Post Insurance inks block life reinsurance deals in time for new solvency regime
New asset intensive reinsurance deals with Aflac Re Bermuda and Talcott Life Re coincide with the arrival of Japan's new solvency regime.
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- March 31 2026
Property cat rates ease to pre-hard market levels even as Middle East turmoil tests specialty lines: Howden Re
April renewals see orderly completion with Japan cat XoL programs seeing up to 20% risk-adjusted reductions.
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- March 31 2026
China Re’s P&C net profit drops marginally to US$740m as revenue stays flat
Domestic P&C COR deteriorated to 95.98% as reinsurance service performance fell by half to US$109m.
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- March 31 2026
‘The onus is on all of us’: Hong Kong’s ILS market needs buy in from local investors, Peak Re says
Awareness of the asset class and its benefits is low among locally based funds in Hong Kong, head of third-party capital Iain Reynolds tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- March 31 2026
JC Flowers acquires controlling stake in India’s Niyam Group
American PE firm is also lead investor in the group's newly established Lloyd’s carrier, Niyam Syndicate 2047, which is set to commence underwriting from Wednesday.
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- March 31 2026
Peak Re grows FY25 underwriting result 12.7% to US$163m, GWP up 25%
Hong Kong carrier's reinsurance revenue grew 33% to US$1.5bn, while GWP stood at US$2bn, according to the annual results of parent company Fosun International.
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- March 31 2026
Capital optimisation key for Japanese insurers as new solvency regime arrives
New economic value-based solvency regime will replace the existing solvency margin ratio with an economic solvency ratio on Tuesday.
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- March 30 2026
Sumit Aneja to lead Niyam Group’s new Gift City reinsurance branch
Niyam Group is the first insurance intermediary office from India’s first special economic zone to offer Lloyd’s of London capacity.
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- March 27 2026
Philippine cedents ‘buying smartly’ as market softens, proportional capacity returns
Reinsurance brokers are witnessing up to 15-20% rate reduction on a risk-adjusted basis at 1.4 renewals, as nat cat losses were manageable and less severe than anticipated.
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- March 26 2026
Allianz Jio Re JV begins operation, appoints Sonia Rawal as CEO
Mumbai-headquartered reinsurance JV will underwrite in India, effective immediately, across all lines of business, life and non-life, treaty and facultative.
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- March 26 2026
Talbot hires Axa XL’s Grace Yeap as property underwriter
Singapore-based Yeap was most recently crisis management and special risks underwriter at Axa XL.
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- March 26 2026
‘Exciting times’ for Indian market as capacity influx drives steep softening at 1.4 renewals
Status as a magnet for global reinsurance capacity is driving significant rate reductions despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to brokers.
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- March 25 2026
Exclusive: Lloyd’s secures Gift City reinsurance licence
Lloyd’s was awarded a licence by Gift City regulator, the International Financial Services Centre Authority on Tuesday, as first reported by InsuranceAsia News.
