Industry Segments: Reinsurers Page 1 / 83
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- January 27 2026
Philippines grants PCIC record budget allocation following reinsurance mandate
State-owned crop insurer has been allowed to engage the private sector through co-insurance, reinsurance, and risk pools since last month.
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- January 26 2026
Hong Kong P&C underwriting profit for 9M 2025 climbs 63% to US$450m
General insurers' gross premiums for the first three quarters of last year was up 10.5%, while overall profit grew 50.5% to US$1.3bn.
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- January 23 2026
Swiss Re names Alexander White as senior casualty treaty underwriter
Sydney-based White joins from Munich Re having also worked at Axa XL and Zurich.
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- January 23 2026
Hannover Re appoints Prateek Maheshwari as CFO for India branch
Masheshwari has relocated from Sydney to Mumbai for the role.
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- January 22 2026
Home, sweet home for Vietnam’s new reinsurer as AlphaRe eyes efficiency over top line
CEO Le Hoai Nam tells InsuranceAsia News that Vietnam's third reinsurer has received lots of support from the local market after it started to write business at the 1.1 renewals.
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- January 21 2026
China floods, rising typhoon activity drive APAC’s US$87bn nat cat bill in 2025: Gallagher Re
Just over US$10bn of the total losses in the region was covered by insurance, according to the broker’s annual Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report.
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- January 21 2026
AM Best revises down global non-life reinsurance outlook as property pricing softens
Increasing pressure on property pricing may challenge segment’s ability to sustain the very strong operating performance that it has achieved for the past three calendar years.
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- January 20 2026
Allied World names Mark Chisholm as lead underwriter for Australia property division
Melbourne-based Chisholm previously spent over 11 years at CGU Insurance.
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- January 19 2026
Swiss Re India taps Kelvin Kumar as senior client underwriter
Kumar, who has over 16 years of experience in insurance and reinsurance, has relocated from Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai for the role.
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- January 19 2026
Sven Liu joins QBE Re as head of greater China
QBE Re taps the former Scor and Munich Re executive to expand its treaty reinsurance footprint across Asia.
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- January 19 2026
Saudi Re approved to open Gift City branch
Move to open in India's special economic zone aligns with the company’s expansion strategy, it said in a stock exchange update.
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- January 16 2026
Vietnamese reinsurer AlphaRe launches with domestic fac focus, US$19m backing
Country's third reinsurer is backed by a group of financial services companies led by EVF General Finance and Viet First Securities, CEO Le Hoai Nam tells IAN.
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- January 16 2026
Munich Re appoints Chotima Puasiri as chief representative for Thailand
She succeeds the retiring Luciën Heijsteestart from March 1, reporting to Michael Hauer, managing director and head of non-life for Southeast Asia.
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- January 15 2026
Siddharth Verma joins Axa XL’s India underwriting team as assistant property underwriter
Mumbai-based Verma joins from Marsh India, where he had worked in the facultative reinsurance team for property and construction underwriting since February 2022.
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- January 14 2026
Non-peak perils show steady rise amid shifting climate patterns: Munich Re’s Tobias Grimm
Even as overall nat cat costs declined in 2025, reinsurer’s chief climate scientist tells InsuranceAsia News that climate change is intensifying risks in unexpected regions, underscoring the urgency of stronger resilience and preparedness measures worldwide.
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- January 12 2026
Hannover Re names Kun Huang as CEO for Shanghai branch
Huang, who brings over two decades of experience in the reinsurance and insurance industry, relocates from London to Shanghai for the role.
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- January 9 2026
Niyam Group receives in-principle approval from Lloyd’s for Syndicate 2047
Industry veteran Bobby Swarup announced the launch of Niyam Group last month.
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- January 8 2026
Yew Kong Kok rejoins Labuan Re as CFO
Kok previously spent nearly three years at Labuan Re between December 2018 and August 2021 as chief financial officer.
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- January 8 2026
Lukas Gallus becomes co-head of Asia growth at Resolution Life
Resolution Life has completed a wave of asset intensive reinsurance deals in APAC over the past year.
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- January 8 2026
AIG-backed Lloyd’s syndicate Talbot names Elythea Chew as PVT underwriter
Singapore-based Chew previously worked for Allied World and Chubb.
