QBE Australia adds James Butchart as national marine, aviation portfolio specialist
September 22 2026 by InsuranceAsia News
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Vietnamese reinsurer AlphaRe appoints Hieu Pham as facultative manager for non-marine lines
- September 22
He was most recently an associate reinsurance broker at Kay International AMEA in Singapore.
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PolicyStreet snaps up Hannover Re’s Firdaus Kasman as new CUO
- September 22
Kuala Lumpur-based Kasman joins the Malaysian insurtech having spent the last eight and a half years at Hannover Re.
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Jonathan Groves succeeds Sue Houghton as QBE’s Australia Pacific CEO
- September 22
He has been with QBE in various senior roles for 13 years, including Pacific region CEO.
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QBE hires Shahrezal Wan as Singapore lead for motor, corporate underwriting solutions
- September 21
Singapore-based Wan joins from Marsh, where he was placement manager.
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BlackRock | Rethink the rules: how TAA and ETFs are reshaping portfolio construction
BlackRock's Daniel Caderas and MSCI's Raman Aylur Subramanian explain why tactical asset allocation (TAA) and exchange-traded funds (ETF) have become essential as global markets fragment and static allocations lose their reliability.
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BlackRock | Infrastructure comes of age for insurers
Are insurers capturing full value from the asset class? BlackRock shares its perspective.
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PartnerRe | The missing life stage: why caregiving is reshaping the future of protection in APAC
To stay relevant, insurers should engage caregivers earlier with solutions that combine protection, navigation support, and preventative planning.
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BHSI | The real risk begins underwater: how subsea risk is changing insurance
Asia's subsea industry is expanding and evolving rapidly, with the growing use of technology across the region changing the way risks are be assessed.
