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- April 29 2026
Pacific Prime promotes Paul Cheung to lead property, casualty, financial lines team in Singapore
He has been with the broker for over six and a half years.
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- April 23 2026
PartnerRe hands APAC trio new leadership roles, with regional CEO James Beedle to retire
Reinsurer names Sasa Hu as APAC P&C CEO, David Xu as APAC P&C CUO, and John Mok as CEO for Partner Reinsurance Asia.
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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.
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- April 22 2026
Asia insurance rates fall for ninth straight quarter: Marsh
Property, casualty, finpro, and cyber lines all saw rate reductions amid strong insurer competition and evolving risk landscapes, according to Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index.
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- April 16 2026
Sompo taps Everest underwriters to drive Australia growth
Arthur Constantinou has been appointed head of energy and construction, Josh Luk head of financial lines, Matt O'Brien head of casualty and Andrew Lester head of property.
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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 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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- 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 26 2026
Talbot hires Axa XL’s Grace Yeap as property underwriter
Singapore-based Yeap was most recently crisis management and special risks underwriter at Axa XL.
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- March 25 2026
Singapore’s domestic general GWP grows 8.4% to US$4.8bn
Despite a higher claim environment, domestic underwriting profit rose 32% year-on-year to US$226m in 2025.
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- March 20 2026
HDI Global adds senior underwriting trio to Singapore team
HDI Global has prioritised the growth of its energy, marine and property businesses in Southeast Asia.
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- March 19 2026
Price Forbes expands Lectio follow facility to APAC property, energy risks
Lectio can now follow approved leads in Singapore and Dubai, although business will continue to be written on a London slip.
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- March 16 2026
Market Lane revamps Australia leadership, underwriting teams to support ‘continued growth’
Managing director David Porteous named CEO, with Toby Salmon, Shane Golding and Matthew Porteous assuming managing director roles.
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- February 27 2026
Allied World promotes Camela Santos to property vice president
Sydney-based Santos has been with Allied World in Australia and Singapore for over five years.
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- February 25 2026
Allied World promotes Ben Schindler to assistant vice president
He is based in Sydney and has been with Allied World for more than five years.
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- February 23 2026
QBE appoints Chubb’s Carles Tondo as head of property for Asia
Tondo, who will report to South Asia CEO Stephen Geisler, will assume the portfolio from Brendan Dunlea.
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- February 11 2026
Market Lane appoints Grace Best as property underwriter for Barn Underwriting Agency
Brisbane-based Best brings over 14 years of experience across property underwriting and claims.
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- February 5 2026
Chubb Australia promotes Liam O’Sullivan to senior property underwriter
He has been with Chubb in Dublin and Sydney since November 2020.
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- February 4 2026
Pacific insurance rates drop 12% in Q4, led by property: Marsh
Globally, commercial insurance rates continued to soften in Q4 2025, with the Pacific region seeing the steepest declines.
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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.
