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- June 16 2026
Markel accelerates Asia push in bid to rebalance global book, but ‘not before we are ready’
Markel International president Andrew McMellin and APAC managing director Sucheng Chang tell InsuranceAsia News about how the specialty carrier's regional build-out reflects a broader push to replicate London-based expertise in regional markets.
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- June 3 2026
Cargo parametric insurer charts route to US$68bn protection gap with ‘new shiny object’
Founder and CEO Yann Barbarroux tells InsuranceAsia News’ Between the Lines podcast that Otonomi is scaling up its cargo-delay cover on rising demand from brokers, freight forwarders, and shipping lines.
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- June 2 2026
Lockton Asia CEO targets doubling revenue by 2030, bets on specialty lines and employee benefits
Tony Hardy tells InsuranceAsia News the world’s largest privately owned insurance brokerage has its sights set on greater China and Southeast Asia.
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- June 1 2026
Exclusive: Victor Kuk draws up blueprint for a ‘truly global’ Peak Re
It will not be ‘more of the same’, the new CEO of the Hong Kong-based reinsurer says as he lays out his vision to scale the firm into a top-tier global contender in his first exclusive interview since taking the helm.
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- June 1 2026
Exclusive: Peak Re ready for next phase of growth, embrace new era: Franz-Josef Hahn
In an exclusive interview, founding CEO says the Hong Kong-based reinsurer has reached 'the appropriate moment for a succession', urging his successor to maintain the founding principle of 'courage to deliver' through all market cycles.
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- May 28 2026
‘Asia is an active strategic focus’: Fidelis aims to bulk up property treaty, specialty lines
The Fidelis Partnership is targeting greater proximity and deeper local broker relationships in a region it sees as being an 'attractive market for decades to come', deputy chairman Charles Mathias tells InsuranceAsia News.
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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 21 2026
Consistency, not cycles, drives Asia Pacific strategy, Allianz Re’s Anna Kohls says
Regional CEO talks to InsuranceAsia News about the ongoing rate softening, the new India joint venture, and the conflict in the Middle East.
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- May 20 2026
Asia’s ‘interlinked’ protection gaps require a virtuous cycle of risk reduction, insurance, and government backing: GAIP
CEO Min Hung Cheng tells InsuranceAsia News about the non-profit organisation's three interdependent layers of solutions to address risk and protection gaps.
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- May 14 2026
Tokio Marine open to more ILS deals ‘if there’s any room’, as Kizuna Re highlights strong earthquake demand
Latest outing raised US$100m in Singapore, with assistant manager for global reinsurance, Ken Oka, telling InsuranceAsia News that the insurer has studied issuing catastrophe bonds in Hong Kong.
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- May 11 2026
‘Expectation vs. experience is the opportunity’: Vietnam’s TCGIns doubles down on AI, health, SME insurance
Economic boom is fuelling demand for specialty lines, such as engineering, energy, infrastructure and cyber too, chairman Pranav Seth tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- May 7 2026
Tokio Marine GX ‘treading carefully’ on Singapore entry as market softens, chairman says
Tokio Marine Holdings' green insurance unit is gaining traction in the green transition insurance market – yet finds itself at a 'crossroads', Fraser McLachlan tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- May 6 2026
Igloo charts next growth phase with international M&A, AI-native overhaul, category expansion
CEO Raunak Mehta tells InsuranceAsia News' Between the Lines podcast about the Southeast Asian insurtech's next phase of growth using a three‑pillar strategy.
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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 power and engineering in Singapore, tells InsuranceAsia News about HDI Global's plans for region, with Southeast Asia 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.
