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- May 4 2026
HDI Global sees ‘substantial’ opportunity for Southeast Asia renewables, charts a new hope for the region’s energy future
Haris Michaels, head of energy and power in Singapore, tells InsuranceAsia News about HDI Global's plans for region, with Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and India seen as the key markets for expansion.
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- April 24 2026
Fundamentals’ driving APAC’s asset-intensive reinsurance growth, with ample runway ahead: Aon
Pierre Vende, Aon’s co-head of Asia Pacific life and health reinsurance, tells InsuranceAsia News that while Japan is by far the biggest market, Hong Kong and South Korea are particularly ripe for the growth of asset-intensive reinsurance.
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- April 22 2026
‘We’re just getting started’: CyberCube bets on Asia’s cyber insurance gap as the ‘next big frontier’
CEO Chris Methven tells the Between the Lines podcast that Asia’s underpenetrated and fast-growing cyber insurance market, driven by regulatory changes and rising cyber threats, is key to the company’s long-term growth following its US$180m funding round.
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- April 21 2026
Hong Kong marine war risk pool seeks local capacity retention to wean off overseas markets, secure hub status
Alliance Risk Transfer's Charles Chow and Yan Jun tell InsuranceAsia News the Hong Kong marine war risk pool aims to keep premiums local, cut reliance on London, and secure global hub status.
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- April 15 2026
‘Essential to diversify’: Taiping Re looks beyond property cat as market softens, doubles down on Hong Kong, health
CEO Sheldon Yu tells InsuranceAsia News that the Hong Kong-headquartered reinsurer is pivoting away from property catastrophe lines to focus on health reinsurance in China and expanded ILS and cross-border solutions in Hong Kong.
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- April 10 2026
‘Bigger than an industrial revolution’: Australian MGA Kaibridge eyes growth with AI-native platform
Co‑founder Nigel Fitzgerald speaks to the InsuranceAsia News' Between the Lines podcast about building a digital-first, AI-native MGA.
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- April 1 2026
‘A huge way to go in Asia’: region still land of opportunity, excitement, TMK Asia chief says
Speaking to InsuranceAsia News’ Between the Lines podcast, Pavlos Spyropoulos hails the impact of the Lloyd’s Asia platform as the specialty insurer marks its 20th anniversary in Singapore.
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- March 6 2026
‘No longer optional’: parametric climate cover gains urgency as Asia Pacific faces accelerating volatility
Speaking on InsuranceAsia News’ Between the Lines podcast, CelsiusPro CEO Mark Rueegg says rapidly rising climate extremes and widening protection gaps are driving demand for scalable parametric solutions.
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- March 5 2026
‘Big expectations’ as Gift City branch gives Mapfre Re vehicle to drive India, APAC growth: Javier Sánchez Cea
Spanish reinsurer's office in India’s special economic zone in Gujarat is expected to become operational by the country's 1.4 renewals.
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- March 2 2026
‘Exciting and new’: Specialist Risk Group aims to put itself on the map in Australia, Southeast Asia
Group CEO Warren Downey and Australia managing director Laurence Basell tell InsuranceAsia News about what is next after the broker launched in Australia in January.
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- February 11 2026
Cyber on the mind for ‘next few years’ as Asian ransomware attacks more than double as digitalisation outpaces defences
Kyle Schwaeble, head of incident response for APAC at global intelligence and cyber security consultancy S-RM, tells InsuranceAsia News' Between the Lines podcast that stricter privacy regulations across the region have inadvertently given threat actors additional leverage.
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- February 9 2026
Chubb’s Evan Greenberg ‘bullish on long-term opportunity’ for Asia
CEO said group remains committed to building franchises across the region, despite flat Q4 commercial results.
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- January 28 2026
‘Hopeless’: observation-based models fall short as insurers comprehend modern flood risks
Speaking on InsuranceAsia News’ Between the Lines podcast, Fathom COO and co-founder Andrew Smith says the arrival of next-generation global flood models could not be more timely amid climate change.
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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 15 2026
Bridging Asia’s protection gap key focus for Verisk, but data issue remains
US-based data analytics and risk assessment firm has inland flood models for Japan, and has recently released flood models for Malaysia and Indonesia, with plans to introduce a hail model for Japan and flood models for New Zealand and Australia.
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- January 7 2026
‘Asia is our playground’: Asia Reinsurance Brokers seeks winning formula to extend roots
CEO William Pang tells InsuranceAsia News about his plans for the Singapore-headquartered broker, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary.
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- December 23 2025
Acord aims for ‘absolute sweet spot’ with Singapore roll out of digital messaging platform
Ex-International Underwriting Association CEO Dave Matcham, now global ambassador for Acord Solutions Group, says the platform is part of a regional hub model called ‘Connected Markets’.
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- December 17 2025
Hong Kong to ‘anchor’ Sun Life’s APAC growth push after fantastic 2025: Manjit Singh
Insurer's regional division has been boosted by its bancassurance partnership in Hong Kong and investments in emerging markets, notably India and Indonesia, its Asia president tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- December 15 2025
‘Enabling, not disrupting’: bolttech’s data-driven push to close the global protection gap
CEO Rob Schimek outlines how the Singapore-born insurtech is sharpening its strategy, pivoting to profitability-led growth while mapping out its next expansion moves and capital-raising plans.
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- December 11 2025
Descartes shakes things up with Japan earthquake launch, treaty parametric push to drive APAC growth
As traditional cat reinsurance tightens and retentions harden, Descartes is betting big on parametric covers, fresh capacity, and Japan as a launchpad for change, APAC head Ben Qin tells InsuranceAsia News.
