Emerging risks | Growth Opportunities | APAC Insurance

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Emerging risks | Growth opportunities | APAC insurance

Thursday, 1 January 2026
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People moves

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Everest promotes Paul Trueman and Mark Shaw to drive Global Wholesale and Specialty platform
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Berkley Re Asia promotes Billy Kwan and Si Wei Tay
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Key stories

  • 2025-year-in-review
    2025: Year in Review
  • Munich Re looks to APAC life health and speciality lines at heart of new Ambition 2030 growth strategy
    Munich Re puts APAC life & health and speciality lines at the heart of five-year growth strategy
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    Supervisors flag climate, private assets and fragmentation as core tests for insurers at AIF 2025
  • taiping-re-china-re-qianhai-re-identified-as-reinsurers-behind-hong-kongs-tai-po-fire
    Taiping Re, China Re, Qianhai Re identified among reinsurers behind Hong Kong's Tai Po fire
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    Malaysian Re targets further reduction in property exposure
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(Re)in Focus

“As the regulatory regime changes, insurers are assessing whether their current reinsurance arrangement is fit-for-purpose, and in many cases there is interest in finding new and efficient ways of managing cost-of-capital.”

Alison Drill
Alison DrillAPAC Head of Property and Casualty Structured Solutions at Swiss Re

Editor's choice

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Munich Re looks to APAC life health and speciality lines at heart of new Ambition 2030 growth strategy
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Analysis
Standalone renewable treaties to become essential as global portfolios mature: Swiss Re
Reinsurer says volatile, innovation-heavy portfolios need dedicated structures as global renewable capacity nearly doubles by 2030.
Munich Re puts APAC life & health and speciality lines at the heart of five-year growth strategy
Business's new Ambition 2030 strategy aims to shift earnings away from volatile P&C reinsurance, while targeting €600m in annual cost savings by 2030.
Asia-Pacific bears half of global cyclone losses in ‘paradoxical’ 2025 season: Munich Re
Record-warm oceans intensified storms worldwide, yet favourable steering currents kept global losses far below average while APAC bore the brunt.
Global cyber insurance growth slows for third consecutive year amid stiff market competition: Swiss Re
Although North America and Europe dominate the cyber insurance market, Swiss Re noted that there is significant potential for future growth in the Asia Pacific Region.
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Data insight
Standalone renewable treaties to become essential as global portfolios mature: Swiss Re
Reinsurer says volatile, innovation-heavy portfolios need dedicated structures as global renewable capacity nearly doubles by 2030.
(Re)insurers place their bets on APAC cyber despite softening rates  
Despite increased competition and falling rates, (re)insurers are focused on bespoke solutions and product innovations that can help reduce region's growing cyber protection gap.
Singapore non-life reinsurance premiums climb 7% in Q2, but profits sink offshore and onshore
Strong premium gains in liability and specialty lines could not offset broader profit declines for Singapore’s reinsurers in the second quarter.
Australia's cyclone reinsurance pool claims surge in Q2 2025, fueled by Alfred
Cyclone Alfred accounted for nearly 90% of all Q2 losses, dominating claims since the pool’s inception, according to ARPC data.
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