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- November 13 2026
As Singapore pushes digital hub role, Aon signs with Whitespace to bridge APAC connectivity gap
Signing with Verisk's digital trading platform adds a major broker to the platform as Singapore pushes its digital reinsurance hub ambitions, and as Verisk argues APAC is digitally enabled but not yet digitally connected.
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- November 12 2026
Data centre scale strains insurance capacity as AI cyber threats accelerate, APRA warns
Regulator says concentrated, high-value projects are testing underwriting assumptions, while frontier AI models are shortening the time institutions have to find and fix vulnerabilities.
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- November 12 2026
Karan Ruia joins Indian startup Kiwi General Insurance as head emerging lines underwriter
Mumbai-based Ruia joins having spent 18 months as vice president for finpro at Marsh India.
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- November 4 2026
Zoe Zhang swaps Dubai for Singapore to lead Howden’s Asia digital infrastructure practice
She was formerly a practising lawyer focused on the telecoms, media and technology sector.
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- August 20 2026
Oona targets Southeast Asia acquisitions, sets sight on Thailand, Vietnam
Warburg Pincus-backed insurer plans to accelerate regional expansion following a GWP and earnings surge in Indonesia and Philippines.
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- July 30 2026
Lockton rolls out global advisory practice for data centres
Practice will be co-led by James Nelson, based in the US, and Sam Baker, based in the UK.
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- May 13 2026
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: Asia’s data centre boom tests insurers
Strong regional capacity is supporting a surge in mid-sized developments, but as projects scale up, insurers face a growing protection gap and rising reliance on global capital, Aon’s Terence Williams says.
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- March 12 2026
Warburg Pincus weighs sale of Oona Insurance after buyer interest: Bloomberg
The private equity firm has hired Citigroup to review strategic opportunities for the Southeast Asian digital general insurer.
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- July 22 2025
Indian startup Kiwi General Insurance appoints Saurav Jaiswal as CEO
General insurer was founded by private equity firm WestBridge Capital and former Tata AIG CEO Neelesh Garg.
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- July 16 2025
MSIG paid out claims totalling US$44.3m in Hong Kong and Macau in 2024
Insurer's claims settlement ratio reached 94.5%, rising for the third consecutive year, up from 92.4% in 2021.
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- May 8 2025
Taiwan’s FSC revises digital insurer regulation to boost innovation, reduces capital requirement to US$16.5m
Key changes include allowing physical service locations and permitting foreign digital carriers to apply for a licence.
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- May 4 2025
MSIG Asia expands digital, corporate capabilities with 3 leadership appointments
Adrian Hill has been appointed chief digital and consumer officer, Enny Halim as chief corporate officer and Pearline Soh as head of digital marketing.
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- April 28 2025
Hanwha General Insurance to acquire 98.3% of Carrot Insurance: report
The deal will secure the general insurer management rights to the struggling digital insurance startup.
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- April 9 2025
Carrot Insurance considering merger with parent Hanwha amid financial troubles
The digital carrier CEO Moon Hyo-il reportedly told employees that they are reviewing a capital increase and a merger with its parent.
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- March 20 2025
ZhongAn P&C’s underwriting profit drops 24.4% to US$137m in FY24, COR deteriorates to 96.9%
Chinese online insurer’s total GWP for FY24 was US$4.6bn, a 13.3% year-on-year increase.
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- February 13 2025
Hanwha denies reports of selling Carrot Insurance stake amid financial strains
Korean insurtech startup has been posting losses every year since its establishment in 2019.
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- November 26 2024
Sony Financial Group acquires Japanese digital insurer justInCase
The acquisition is aligned with the group's strategy to look at the small-amount, short-term insurance businesses as a way to expand its customer base.
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- November 25 2024
IRDAI-backed insurance e-commerce platform Bima Sugam’s capital requirement surges to US$59m: report
The capital requirement by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India will amount to US$59m over the next four-five years with US$39m to be provided immediately and the remaining US$20m to be contributed after two years.
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- November 21 2024
Aon promotes Singapore-based Magnus Roe to global chief data and analytics officer
Roe, who was global head of strategy, risk capital analytics for the broker, will integrate AI, data governance and analytics into the broker's data and analytics strategy, reporting to Aon COO Mindy Simon.
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- September 26 2024
Gen AI, digital infrastructure foundational to enhancing customer experience: FWD
The Hong Kong insurance group's chief digital officer Ryan Kim shares how AI and technology can benefit insurers’ operations and distribution processes.
