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- September 11 2026
RVS 2026: Back to the reinsurance drawing board? 6 APAC takeaways from Monte Carlo
Record capital, falling property rates and a scramble for growth dominated this year’s Rendez-Vous de Septembre, in a market where overhaul of programs is very much on the agenda.
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- September 7 2026
Data centre super cycle offers US$200bn premium opportunity, but fuels accumulation risk: Swiss Re
Investment in data centres and energy infrastructure is the biggest opportunity and risk for the insurance industry over the next four years, according to Swiss Re Institute.
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- August 27 2026
Marsh creates US$10bn global exchange for digital infrastructure risk
New exchange will provide US domiciled companies with global exposures access to bespoke digital infrastructure risk transfer.
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- August 25 2026
US$750bn APAC data centre build forces underwriting rethink: Willis
While capacity remains available, insurers are becoming more selective in assessing the risks, Lay See Ong, digital infrastructure industry leader for Asia at Willis, tells InsuranceAsia News' Between the Lines podcast.
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- August 6 2026
Power bottlenecks, alternative energy strategies drive new insurability risks for data centres: Aon
As grid constraints intensify, data centres developers are turning to behind-the-meter generation, batteries and hybrid energy systems, according to Terence Williams, head of commercial risk for APAC at Aon.
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- August 5 2026
APAC data centre operators face ‘rapidly’ changing risk landscape: HDI
Natural catastrophes and rising global temperatures are fuelling growing risk for data centres in Asia Pacific.
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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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- July 24 2026
Opinion: Gargantuan data centres present one of the greatest opportunities for premium income in a generation
Fire-prone, water-guzzling, and tornado-vulnerable, these city-sized new builds - with their vast power demands - highlight a step-change in risk.
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- July 20 2026
Aon expands data centre lifecycle progam to US$5bn
It is the third time this year that the program has expanded amid booming demand for sophisticated coverage of digital infrastructure assets.
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- July 20 2026
Marsh expands US$2.7bn data centre construction insurance facility to Asia
Addition of Asian projects to Nimbus follows expansion into Australia and New Zealand in January.
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- June 10 2026
Risks are not new, but data centre demand to test Asian insurers’ mettle as capacity tightens
Soaring AI-driven construction across Asia Pacific is straining insurance capacity as fires, earthquake risks, and multi-billion-dollar price tags challenge underwriters.
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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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- April 15 2026
Aon ups data centre lifecycle insurance program capacity to US$3.5bn
Aon says the program would provide continuity of coverage into long‑term operations, extending coordinated support to existing, mission‑critical data centre assets beyond construction and commissioning.
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- April 14 2026
Data centres to add US$10bn premiums in 2026 amid looming protection gap: S&P
Rapid expansion of hyperscale data centres is outpacing the insurance industry’s capacity, leaving a significant portion of rising multi‑billion‑dollar risks uninsured, according to S&P Global Ratings.
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- January 20 2026
Unprecedented AI‑led data centre surge tests APAC’s capacity as hyperscale builds accelerate
Wave of developments are stretching traditional underwriting limits, intensifying aggregation concerns, and pushing insurers, brokers and investors toward more specialised engineering insight, alternative capital and bespoke risk‑transfer structures.
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- January 13 2026
FM increases capacity for Intellium clients to US$5bn to meet growing data centre demand
Commercial property insurer says it will offer 'unprecedented support for its clients' with the enhanced limits.
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- November 10 2025
Willis creates Asia data centre practice amid ‘unprecedented growth’
Unit will be managed in Singapore by Lay See Ong.
