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- April 19 2026
IRDAI retains 4% obligatory cession for FY27 renewals
Cession to state-owned GIC Re will apply to policies attaching in the current financial year, which ends on March 31, 2027.
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- April 17 2026
Swiss Re appoints Devpriya Misra as APAC head of credit and surety reinsurance
He has been with Swiss Re since 2009.
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- April 14 2026
Korean Re weighs coverage for shippers rerouting around war-hit Strait of Hormuz
Some shippers are reportedly planning to send follow-up ships to offload cargo from vessels and then carry it via alternative routes.
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- April 14 2026
Berkley Re APAC hires Allianz Re’s Kenrick Law as head of underwriting
Most recently regional CEO and head of P&C client management at Allianz Re, Singapore-based Law will also be branch manager at Berkley Re APAC.
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- April 13 2026
Rise of AI demands new approaches to cyber underwriting: CyberCube
Compressed attack timelines, identity-layer propagation and the rise of AI agents require immediate adjustments to underwriting, cat modelling and portfolio management, cyber risk analytics specialist says in its H1 2026 Global Threat Briefing report.
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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.
