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- August 26 2026
MSIG Hong Kong names Billy Wong as CUO
Wong brings nearly two decades of insurance expertise across retail and commercial lines, with experience in underwriting, portfolio management, pricing, reinsurance, and product development.
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- August 24 2026
Sompo appoints Winnie Chau as senior financial lines underwriter for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
Hong Kong-based Chau brings over 14 years of underwriting experience in financial lines, including cyber and professional indemnity.
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- August 21 2026
Analytics: Lloyd’s Asia GWP growth stalls at US$1.2bn in 2025, but underwriting gain soars 24%
Monetary Authority of Singapore filings show premium growth flatlined after a 17% jump the year before, even as it posted stronger underwriting gains and a 10% increase in net profit.
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- August 19 2026
Axa XL promotes Vinod Kumar to cyber underwriter in India
Mumbai-based Kumar was previously an assistant cyber underwriter since May 2025.
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- August 18 2026
Generali Central Insurance names Sandeep Rathi as head of underwriting
Mumbai-based Rathi joins from Kuwait Re, where he had been the regional underwriting manager for facultative since January.
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- August 11 2026
Sompo appoints Dave Wong as property underwriter for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
He will help drive the growth of Sompo's property and construction portfolio, strengthen the underwriting capabilities and deliver solutions for brokers and clients.
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- July 27 2026
QBE Asia names Kwang Hun Cho as senior property underwriter
Singapore-based Cho joins from Chubb, where he spent nearly nine years in underwriting roles in South Korea and Singapore.
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- July 22 2026
Mapfre Re India appoints Supreeth TK as non-life treaty underwriter at Gift City
He was most recently assistant vice president, focusing on cat and non-cat treaty at Swiss Re.
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- July 9 2026
Vero Insurance New Zealand hires Chloe Donnelly as marine underwriter
Auckland-based Donnelly joins from Aon, where she spent four years as a marine account executive.
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- July 9 2026
QBE Asia appoints James Lo as market lead for cargo, marine underwriting
Hong Kong-based Lo joins following over 12 years at HDI Global, where he was most recently head of marine for North Asia and lead underwriter.
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- June 4 2026
Munich Re strengthens cyber team with dual leadership appointments for APAC, Africa
Marco Petrovic will head Asia (excluding greater China), while Johanna Roman will lead Australasia, greater China and Africa.
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- June 1 2026
QBE appoints Andy Tsui to dual underwriting, people risk roles
Based in Hong Kong, Tsui will report to Lei Yu, chief executive officer of North Asia.
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- May 21 2026
Victor Pacific names Carly Martin as head of underwriting operations
Melbourne-based Martin joins the underwriting agency and authorised representative of Marsh following two decades in underwriting roles with QBE.
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- May 6 2026
AIG hires Ivy Thoo as senior casualty underwriter
Singapore-based Thoo joins following five years in business development managerial roles at Allianz.
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- May 5 2026
Global reinsurance capital climbs to US$648bn as 2025 profitability hits record highs: Gallagher Re
Reinsurers’ ROE is expected to moderate from 19.3% last year to 14-15% projected for the composite in 2026.
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- April 28 2026
Zurich hires Axa XL’s Marcus Seow as senior marine underwriter
He spent nearly 14 years at Axa XL as senior underwriter for marine cargo.
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- April 17 2026
Agile promotes Mark Hunt to group CUO in underwriting leadership shake-up
David Hughes succeeds Hunt as active underwriter for Syndicate 2427, while Mike Dalton takes on an additional role as head of underwriting for Australia.
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- April 13 2026
Rise of AI demands new approaches to cyber underwriting: CyberCube
Compressed attack timelines, identity-layer propagation and the rise of AI agents require immediate adjustments to underwriting, cat modelling and portfolio management, cyber risk analytics specialist says in its H1 2026 Global Threat Briefing report.
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- April 8 2026
Zurich hires Cheryn Wong as senior casualty underwriter
Singapore-based Wong joins from Everest, where she has been a casualty underwriter for Asia since January 2025.
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- March 25 2026
Australia’s Pinnacle Underwriting approved as Lloyd’s coverholder
Specialty facultative reinsurance MGA says it represents 'a major strategic milestone for our business'.
