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- September 4 2026
‘Rate reductions are the fuel, not the finish line’, Gallagher Re’s Lippmann says
Speaking ahead of Rendez-Vous de Septembre, which starts on Saturday in Monaco, the global head of property says buyers are benefitting from the strongest negotiating position in more than a decade.
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- September 3 2026
‘Asia is no exception’: record capital to fuel reinsurer M&A surge
Laurent Rousseau, CEO of global capital and advisory, Europe and India, Middle East and Africa at Marsh Re, says Northeast Asia could be a driver of consolidation, while Australia will play a big role.
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- September 2 2026
Has the market learned its lesson? Questions remain over P&C reserve adequacy as ratings continue to deteriorate
A quarter-century after Independent Insurance’s collapse, P&C reserve adequacy is back in focus as rates fall and capital questions mount.
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- August 28 2026
Nepal flash floods insured losses could top US$1bn, spilling into reinsurance
Major international and regional reinsurers, including Hannover Re, GIC Re, Saudi Re, and Kenya Re, face material exposures via direct and retrocession programs.
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- August 27 2026
Product recall market to swerve loss over Tesla’s China hidden door handle snafu
Over four million vehicles are affected in China’s biggest-ever car recall, which also includes vehicles from Chinese carmakers XPeng, Xiaomi and Geely.
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- August 25 2026
US$750bn APAC data centre build forces underwriting rethink: Willis
While capacity remains available, insurers are becoming more selective in assessing the risks, Lay See Ong, digital infrastructure industry leader for Asia at Willis, tells InsuranceAsia News' Between the Lines podcast.
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- August 24 2026
Typhoon Dolphin’s ‘salty’ cargo disruption bill only going one way as North Asian port congestion bites
With over 2.4m TEU of capacity stranded across Shanghai and Ningbo after three storms in five weeks, Otonomi CEO Yann Barbarroux says the compounding congestion is reshaping the risk calculus for cargo owners just as peak season approaches.
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- August 20 2026
From Flores to Chiba, Asia’s nat cat spree exposes protection gap with insurers set to escape major losses
Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and China have been hit with earthquakes, downpours, floods and typhoons over the last week, with loss adjusters telling InsuranceAsia News that the human toll is severe but insured losses remain surprisingly contained due to low coverage in affected areas.
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- August 19 2026
‘Intense time ahead’ as reinsurers abandon multi-year tech projects amid sea of fast changing AI
Reinsurers are abandoning multi-year technology transformation projects in favour of rapid, app-based AI solutions, driven by boardroom pressure and the fear of falling behind peers.
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- August 17 2026
Vietnam’s new construction insurance rule shifts market from box-ticking to essential risk management
Insurers must shift their focus beyond pricing for sustainable growth in one of Southeast Asia’s most active construction markets, sources tell InsuranceAsia News.
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- August 14 2026
Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea, Black Sea attacks force war underwriters to get ‘hands-on’ as market fragments
Underwriters are now pricing each voyage in real time - relying on intelligence, not just history, to navigate a fractured market shaped by proxy actors, terrorism, sanctions and cyber threats.
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- August 13 2026
Australia’s bird flu outbreak prompts livestock insurance warning for APAC farmers
Brokers say cover is often sub-limited to provide a proportion of the full limit, which allows insurers to limit their exposure.
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- August 12 2026
‘Major risk modifier’ El Nino forces energy insurance rethink
As events intensify across Asia Pacific, insurers are moving beyond conventional underwriting to address shifting risk profiles, from hydropower disruptions to supply chain vulnerabilities, industry sources told InsuranceAsia News.
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- August 11 2026
Asia shipbuilding boom exposes new fault lines for insurers
A surge in newbuild orders is attracting fresh capacity and driving down rates, but concentrated Asian exposures, and increasingly complex risks tied to supply chains, alternative fuels and contractual delays are testing insurers’ appetite and accumulation controls.
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- August 10 2026
India’s sovereign-backed maritime pool sets sail, but major loss and accumulation risks await
War-risk premium rates have dropped 35-40% since the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool launched in May, but industry sources caution pricing sustainability depends on how the pool handles major loss and accumulation events.
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- August 7 2026
China’s new reality: rising nat cat risk, manufacturing concentration challenges insurance market
Marc Burban, founder and CEO of Asian Risks Management Services, tells InsuranceAsia News’ Between the Lines podcast that rising nat cat frequency and industrial clustering are forcing China's insurers to underwrite smarter.
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- August 6 2026
AI chip factory boom in Asia puts sustainable reinsurance capacity, nat cat exposure in spotlight
With AI accelerating demand, complex risks will increasingly require support of specialist facultative capacity, Peak Re CUO Philip Hough says.
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- August 5 2026
APAC insurers race to harness AI’s US$70bn promise, but data and regulatory hurdles persist
Implementing AI is a major operational and regulatory challenge for the industry, with massive rewards for the insurers that can get it right.
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- August 4 2026
Kumamoto earthquake ‘highly instructive’ for (re)insurance industry amid supply chain disruption fears
Industry cannot afford to overlook the operational impact of last week's 7.1-magnitude earthquake, industry insiders tell InsuranceAsia News.
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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.
