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- February 5 2026
Scor reports 7.4% growth in P&C premiums at 1.1 renewals, driven by APAC, North America
Total traditional reinsurance estimated gross premium income increased by 4.7% to US$5.3bn during the recent renewals.
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- February 5 2026
Tidal wave of false carrier crime sees cargo market look for response
Losses should move the needle for the industry, as it is being passed into the reinsurers and they will adjust rates which will impact the cargo insurers.
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- February 4 2026
Asset-intensive reinsurance to remain robust, continue APAC growth ‘by all measures’ in 2026
Japan is set to remain 'largest and most active market in the region', with Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea all seen as having potential for growth, industry insiders tell InsuranceAsia News.
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- February 2 2026
Peak Re names Philip Hough as new CUO
He brings over three decades of reinsurance experience, most recently with Aspen Re.
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- February 2 2026
Cyber aggregate XoL rates slump 32% at 1.1 renewals: Gallagher Re
Buyers have benefited from improvements in structural terms as well as pricing due to an oversupply of capacity.
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- January 30 2026
Wenyi Chew joins Swiss Re as senior property treaty underwriter
Singapore-based Chew previously was with Aon for over three years.
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- January 29 2026
MS Amlin launches Middle East reinsurance partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo
Arrangement provides contract frustration protection for Mitsui Sumitomo's client banking portfolio, leveraging the experience and knowledge of MS Amlin’s specialist underwriters.
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- January 29 2026
1.1 renewals show acceleration of downward pricing momentum: Moody’s
Reinsurers will post strong profitability for the year and companies are expected return more capital to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks as expected returns from underwriting move lower over the coming months, the rating agency says.
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- January 28 2026
VIG Re puts down APAC marker with new Singapore office, appoints Marc Haushofer as MD
European reinsurer will strengthen its existing client relationships in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, while laying the groundwork for greater pan-Asian engagement.
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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.
