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- September 23 2026
Louise Austin makes ‘bittersweet’ move to Hannover Re as senior underwriter for Australian fac cas
Sydney-based Austin joins from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, where she had been a senior commercial underwriter since September 2024.
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- September 22 2026
Munich Re Specialty hires Johnny Ng as property D&F underwriter
Singapore-based Ng joins the Lloyd's carrier from Aon.
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- September 22 2026
Vietnamese reinsurer AlphaRe appoints Hieu Pham as facultative manager for non-marine lines
He was most recently an associate reinsurance broker at Kay International AMEA in Singapore.
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- September 21 2026
Canopius bolsters APAC leadership team with senior claims, underwriting appointments
Specialty and P&C (re)insurer appoints Richard Adamczyk as senior claims manager for Australia and New Zealand, alongside Louise Wai as APAC head of property, direct and facultative, and Jack Hullah as APAC head of credit and political risk.
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- September 17 2026
Nat cat risk driving fac demand across Asia: Willis
Asian facultative market is also awash with capacity, as intense competition drives year‑on‑year rate cuts of up to 30% in some placements.
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- September 15 2026
Miller launches Malaysia operations with treaty, fac offering
Jo Garnett and Hui Sin Low are 'key talents already secured', with additional new hires joining in late 2026.
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- August 3 2026
Gallagher Re taps Guy Carpenter veteran Luc Morement as APAC fac head
He was also previously head of Guy Carpenter’s facultative business in the region from 2008 until 2024.
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- July 29 2026
Consilium secures Singapore broking licence, appoints Ben Compton as associate partner
Compton joins Singapore office leader Robert Drysdale, who joined the broker earlier this year.
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- May 31 2026
Samsung Re promotes Adi Salleh to head of Southeast Asia facultative property
Singapore-based Salleh was most recently senior underwriter for property, power and energy.
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- May 22 2026
‘We get Asia, we’re committed, we’re long term’: Miller charts selective growth in Japan, South Korea, and beyond
Specialist (re)insurance broker's regional expansion has gathered steam over the last two years under the ownership of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, with Malaysia being considered for future expansion, head of Asia Ron Whyte tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- May 13 2026
Swiss Re confirms Yusuke Matsumoto as head of APAC facultative reinsurance
Tokyo-based Matsumoto had been interim head since Ronnie Tong stepped down in early April.
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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 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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- February 12 2026
Howden elevates Eva Li to GM for fac reinsurance in China
Shanghai-based Li had been with Howden since 2021 as the representative for the China market, managing the reinsurance portfolio in the country.
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- February 2 2026
Fac demand in Asia set to remain robust amid hi-tech boom, growing local capacity
Insiders take the temperature of the regions property direct and facultative (D&F) market as semiconductors, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and data centres create demand that is expected to continue.
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- January 16 2026
Opinion: Time for Asia’s fac market to hustle as infrastructure boom continues
Projects in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Indonesia and Laos offer openings for the facultative (re)insurance market in 2026.
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- January 6 2026
Specialist Risk Group hires Joanna Goh as principal for facultative reinsurance Asia
Singapore-based Goh was most recently lead for corporate risk services at Marsh, where she worked for nearly seven years.
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- January 5 2026
Fac reinsurance MGA Pinnacle Underwriting promotes Benjamin Mogford to ANZ head of property
Melbourne-based Mogfold joined Pinnacle in 2022 as deputy head of property and energy for ANZ following his over four-year stint at Zurich.
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- December 17 2025
Aon renews client treaty for 2026 with additional fac, aviation and construction covers
Fast-follow automatic facility led by QBE will provide clients with 28.5% of pre-secured Lloyd's coinsurance capacity on lines placed through London and Singapore.
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- September 30 2025
Market Lane launches specialty reinsurance MGA
The Lane Re will offer facultative solutions to the Australian and New Zealand commercial property market, said group CEO David Porteous.
