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Emerging risks | Growth Opportunities | APAC Insurance

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Friday, October 16, 2026
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Jessica Li Junior Reporter
Jessica Li is a Reporter at (Re)in Asia, following the appointments, ratings and deals shaping the region's insurers. Areas of specialty include senior people moves, insurer ratings actions, and M&A across marine, financial and reinsurance lines in markets including Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea and India.
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QBE names James Lo as Hong Kong cargo and marine underwriting lead
July 14 2026
He joins from HDI Global and brings over 18 years' experience to the role.
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China publishes new measures to accelerate build-out of Shanghai reinsurance centre
July 14 2026
The eight-point plan seeks to lift trading volumes, strengthen reinsurers' capital, and bring more international capacity into China's market.
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Markel appoints Sarika Gadekar to strengthen India marine claims capability
July 13 2026
Gadekar takes up a claims adjuster role in Mumbai, part of Markel's push to strengthen its presence in one of Asia's most important growth markets.
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Zurich enters Australian home insurance market through expanded Honey partnership
July 3 2026
The insurer will underwrite and manage claims for Honey's home, landlord, and motor policies from October 2026.
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Heather Loewenthal named independent chair of general insurance code committee
July 2 2026
She took up the three-year role as of 1 July, succeeding Veronique Ingram.
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Markel appoints Sjoerd Blomsma into newly created marine risk engineer role in Singapore
July 2 2026
Reporting to Wanshi Lin, the qualified marine engineer will provide engineering-led insights to underwriting and claims teams across the region.
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Aviva names Jill Stewart head of Australia for Probitas Pacific
July 1 2026
Aviva has appointed Jill Stewart as head of Australia for Probitas Pacific, following Max Broodryk’s decision to leave the business, the insurer said on Wednesday. Broodryk, currently country manager...
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VIG Re gets green light for Singapore base
July 1 2026
Swiss Re veteran Wilfrid Goh will lead the office as the reinsurer pushes deeper into Asia under its VIGRe28 strategy.
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Markel names Henry Ang as head of terrorism, Singapore
June 25 2026
The Everest hire will lead growth of the specialty insurer's political violence and terrorism portfolio across Asia Pacific.
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Howden Re adds three managing directors to build out China and APAC business
June 25 2026
Houqin Zhu, Mike Xin and David Song arrive from Aon Re, Gallagher Re and Guy Carpenter respectively, all based in Hong Kong.
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