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- August 3 2026
Origin Energy data breach payout could top US$100m, signals tightening Australian cyber insurance market
IAN understands the insurers are a panel of Lloyd’s syndicates and Australian insurers, while the program was placed by broker Aon.
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- July 31 2026
Taiwan, South Korea lead rate declines in Asia, Vietnam bucks trend: Marsh
Japanese insurance market composite down by 3% having seen rate increases in the three previous quarters.
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- July 23 2026
Asia insurance rates decline 5% in Q2, led by cyber: Marsh
Property insurance rates fell by 5%, while casualty insurance rates declined by 3% and cyber insurance rates decreased by 8%.
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- July 23 2026
Pacific insurance rates drop 13% in Q2, led by property: Marsh
Region saw the steepest decline in rates globally for a second quarter running, according to Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index.
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- July 16 2026
Cyber insurance market nears ‘important crossroads’ as softening moderates: S&P
Market is experiencing elevated claims activity which is severely straining the margins of underwriters at current rates, according to a report from the American financial intelligence and analytics company.
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- July 14 2026
CFC adds Gemma Hicks to Australian cyber team
She joins CFC after three years at Coalition.
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- July 13 2026
Lockton names Jeremie Deschamps regional head of cyber advisory in Asia
Singapore-based Deschamps joins from Marsh Asia and will report to Frederic Boles, regional head of professional and executive risk and credit for Asia.
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- July 2 2026
Marsh appoints Sylvia Quang as cyber leader for Hong Kong, Macau
Ex-corporate lawyer was previoulsy head of claims advocacy for Hong Kong and Macau having joined the broker in July 2024.
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- June 25 2026
Asia factory cyberattacks leaving billion-dollar assets underinsured, TMK says
Surge in cyberattacks targeting industrial control systems has exposed a critical insurance gap, leaving manufacturing firms vulnerable to uninsured physical damage and production stoppages despite holding large property policies, according to Tokio Marine Kiln.
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- June 22 2026
Risk managers sound alarm on AI, cyber, relevance at Airmic conference
At the Airmic Annual Conference in Birmingham, global risk managers warned that insurers are losing relevance amid surging AI, cyber, and geopolitical threats, with captives emerging as a preferred alternative.
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- June 16 2026
Cyber insurance limit adequacy under the microscope across Asia as average ransomware event cost tops US$5m
More than 95% of average data breach losses and 90% of average first-party losses are adequately covered by insurance, according to Willis' latest cyber report.
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- June 5 2026
Cyber specialist Emergence acquires renewal rights to Blue Zebra’s cyber portfolio
Aaron Langmaid, Blue Zebra’s head of cyber, will join Emergence in July as part of the acquisition.
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- June 4 2026
Munich Re strengthens cyber team with dual leadership appointments for APAC, Africa
Marco Petrovic will head Asia (excluding greater China), while Johanna Roman will lead Australasia, greater China and Africa.
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- May 26 2026
Asia emerges as cyber growth frontier amid rising ransomware threats: CyberCube-UIB report
Vietnam recorded Asia’s fastest ransomware growth, while low cyber insurance uptake among SMEs and modest limits for large corporates point to major expansion opportunities, the report said.
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- May 15 2026
Delta Insurance New Zealand hires Petr Dorofeev as tech, cyber product lead
He joins the MGA in Auckland from Suncorp.
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- May 14 2026
Soft market deepens dilemma at BIBA as brokers navigate rising risk, cyber demands
Themes of a softening market, growing cyber risk, and increasing complexity was the focus at the British Brokers' Association's (BIBA) annual conference in Manchester this week.
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- May 8 2026
Kamran Shah joins Axa XL in Australia as senior cyber risk consultant
Hisprevious work includes manging cyber security operations for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
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- May 7 2026
Allianz Commercial to transfer commercial cyber business to Coalition
Transaction can position Coalition to become the largest writer of cyber insurance globally, CEO and co-founder Joshua Motta says.
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- April 30 2026
AI creates cybersecurity ‘arms race’, Hong Kong firms face rising threat: Blackpanda’s George Wong
Cyber incidents hit a record high in 2025, and firms urgently need stronger defenses like zero-trust systems and multi-factor authentication.
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- April 22 2026
Pacific insurance rates drop 12% in Q1, extending soft market streak to 2 years: Marsh
Region saw the steepest decline in rates globally, according to Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index.
