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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: Accumulation a defining challenge for cyber insurance, Swiss Re’s Giv Kahrom says
Industry's objective should be growing the market responsibly, by addressing underinsurance and protection gaps, rather than focusing exclusively on rate movements, the head of APAC cyber and regional markets says.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: HDI Global makes discipline, not capital, the constraint in Asia
Alex Tarantino, managing director and principal officer at HDI Global SE Singapore, says underwriting quality and long-term partnerships will decide success as competition intensifies.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: ICEYE sees wider utilisation of satellite data as take-up expands across Asia Pacific
Firm is ‘aiming to not become a cat modelling company’, says Stephen Lathrope, but to be the best at supporting clients' preparation for and response to nat cat events.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: Facultative demand rises as soft market meets a riskier Asia Pacific
Rob Drysdale, senior partner at Consilium, explains how a softening facultative market, a riskier backdrop are driving the specialist broker's ambitions in the region.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: Hanoi Re pursues selective risk growth amid regional market softening
In Vietnam, asset values have risen quickly with industrial growth, but sums insured and exposure data do not always keep pace, CEO Trinh Anh Tuan says.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: Markel sees Southeast Asia as critical to international ambitions
Malaysia's economic boom is turbocharging its specialty market, regional chief Kevin Leung says.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: ‘Risk is heightened everywhere’: Tokio Marine Kiln’s Pavlos Spyropoulos
APAC’s market softening masks an environment where risks are proliferating, according to the regional head.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: Peak Re to expand fac, specialty lines in India amid rating pressure
Hong Kong reinsurer will diversify into facultative and specialty business in India, with Sudhir Salian flagging portfolio scrutiny and discipline ahead of the April 1 renewal.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: Japan’s reinsurance market shifting beyond capacity to expertise
Country’s investment cycle demands risk expertise, prevention and modelling with sustainable risk-transfer capacity, Munich Re’s Florian Gruson says.
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- November 4 2026
SIRC 2026: Swiss Re’s regional P&C head emphasises risk understanding, portfolio quality
Understanding trends that are shaping the risk of tomorrow, and ensuring structures and coverages match the risks being taken is key, Anna Ziswiler says.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: Miller sees ‘positive opportunity for the market’ after expanding Asia footprint
Fresh from its Labuan launch, Miller will deepen existing Asia capabilities rather than open new markets, treaty reinsurance head Richard Broad says.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: Rate adequacy for financial lines in focus as risk environment becomes complex
Concentration risk in cyber is an area that needs closer monitoring as businesses become more dependent on major technology providers like cloud platforms and interconnected supply chains, Sompo’s Emily Poh says.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: New PCC regime to turbocharge Hong Kong’s ILS, captives ambitions: Taiping Re’s Sheldon Yu
Taiping Re is eyeing further evolution of its ILS market initiatives following its recent backing of the first-ever locally domiciled sidecar and the move to introduce protected cell companies by the Hong Kong government.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: 1.1 renewals to be driven by discipline, not broad market shifts: Scor’s Mukul Kishore
Scor's CEO sees a differentiated 1.1, with portfolio performance—not market shifts—driving outcomes as capacity stops being the constraint.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: ‘Risk is moving faster than price’: Antares’ Sri Ram Pappu
CEO warns APAC's steep softening masks fast-rising risk that will surface in claims years later, as it grows selectively in marine, financial lines and cyber.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: ‘There is growing interest in alternative solutions and more tailored reinsurance arrangements.’
Ahmad Noor Azhari, president and CEO of Malaysian Re, says discipline and long-term partnerships will matter more than market cycles as capacity stays abundant and pricing softens.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: Diary day two – Imposter syndrome
Marcus Alcock shares his thoughts from the Sands Expo & Convention Centre.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: Regional reinsurance growth to welcome limit expansion, better program design
Canopius sees greater interest in restructuring programs by combining traditional XoL, structured solutions and parametric products, regional CEO Soon Keen Lee says.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: Axa XL warns data centre risk concentrates amid APAC buildout
Vicky Roberts-Mills, global head of energy transition and digital infrastructure at Axa XL, says scale, density and criticality are reshaping risk across the region.
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- November 3 2026
SIRC 2026: Asia wealth buildup fuels casualty business for Berkley Re
Reinsurer’s Asia Pacific CEO Glen Riddell, who is also the chair of the Singapore Reinsurers' Association, also discusses nat cat volatility, and softening market cycles.
