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- October 21 2025
Fortitude Re, Carlyle team up to launch Asian reinsurance sidecar with US$700m deployable capital
T&D Insurance Group, AllianceBernstein, Shinhan Life, and National Pension Service of Korea have made equity commitments to the vehicle focused on the Asian life and annuity market.
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- October 13 2025
Generali Thailand targets half a billion dollars in GWP this year: report
The insurer intends to bank on digital innovation, multi-channel distribution, and the growing demand for health and life insurance to sustain double-digit growth.
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- October 8 2025
Hannover Re names Kantaporn Thejatunga (Jan) as L&H GM in Malaysia
Thejathunga succeeds Soeren Kruse, who was appointed head of life and health for southern and eastern Asia earlier this year.
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- September 30 2025
Athene enters block reinsurance deal with Sony Life
Deal will reinsure in-force block of US dollar denominated whole life insurance policies and retrocede all mortality risk associated with the block to Swiss Re.
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- August 7 2025
Zurich’s APAC H1 non-life GWP grows 14% to top US$2bn
Growth driven by motor and SME portfolios, commercial insurance expansion in India and Malaysia and digital partnerships.
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- August 4 2025
Generali rebrands Indian JVs following Central Bank of India’s stake acquisition
Life insurance business will be rebranded as Generali Central Life Insurance, and general insurance business as Generali Central Insurance.
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- July 30 2025
Resolution Life enters flow reinsurance deal with Japan’s Taiju Life
Bermudian reinsurer has been growing its footprint in Asia Pacific's asset intensive reinsurance market
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- July 24 2025
Allianz Partners hires senior underwriter from Allied World
Hong Kong-based Juan Ibarra Santos has joined Allianz group's affinity and assistance business as a senior group underwriter.
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- July 24 2025
Asia’s asset-intensive reinsurance outlook remains ‘bullish’: Gallagher Re’s Jeffrey Seow
Head of life and health in the region tells InsuranceAsia News that capital markets volatility will drive deal flow.
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- July 15 2025
Aspida Life Re completes second Japanese reinsurance deal
Ares Capital-backed Bermudan carrier will reinsure new or incoming flow business for a Japanese yen-denominated fixed annuity product.
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- July 14 2025
Ageas eyes deeper Asia presence with three-pronged approach to tried and tested model
CEO Hans De Cuyper discusses the Belgian insurer’s strategic priorities in the region, the future of its Etiqa JV and how Taiping Re complements its reinsurance play.
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- July 10 2025
Zurich hands Jim Qin expanded role as CEO for Hong Kong life and general insurance arms
Qin has been the CEO for the global insurer's Hong Kong general insurance business since 2021.
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- June 30 2025
APAC’s block life reinsurance market to thrive amid regulatory changes and capital optimisation, but oversight looms
Japan has been home to some of the larger deals, but demand is also seen in the likes of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
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- June 18 2025
South Korean insurers’ K-ICS ratio falls below 200% for the first time, standing at 197.9%
The ratio for non-life insurers decreased by 3.4 percentage points to 207.6% at the end of March compared to 3 months earlier, while that of life insurance companies fell 12.7 percentage points to 190.7%.
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- June 9 2025
Manulife unit to re-domicile to Hong Kong from Bermuda in November
Second insurer after Axa to shift its base under Hong Kong's new company re-domiciliation regime.
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- June 5 2025
RGA concludes block reinsurance policies for Tokio Marine’s life arm
Reinsurance of whole life policies with Anshin Life follows a US$700m reinsurance block transaction completed in 2024.
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- June 5 2025
Resolution Life closes US$1bn Hong Kong block reinsurance deal
The first deal for the reinsurer in Hong Kong covers an in-force portfolio of participating whole life and annuity policies.
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- June 3 2025
RGA closes US$1bn asset intensive reinsurance deal with Dai-ichi Life
The transcaction will be a coinsurance of the Japanese insurer's statutory reserves and the effective date is March 31 this year.
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- May 23 2025
Generali completes sale of Philippines life business
Italian insurance group had signed an agreement to sell its 100% stake in Generali Life Assurance Philippines to The Insular Life Assurance Company in December.
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- May 19 2025
Apollo-backed Athene Japan hires Munich Re’s Hugo Choi to lead corporate development
Choi will relocate to Tokyo from Hong Kong, and be responsible for growing the reinsurer's flow and block reinsurance businesses across Asia Pacific.
