Jessica Li – (Re)in Asia

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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KIRI says AI and climate losses may outrun individual insurers' capacity

August 3 2026

Insurance research institute told a Seoul workshop that correlated shocks from both perils need dispersing through reinsurance, capital markets, and a defined public-private framework.

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ICA delays lodging rewritten insurance code with ASIC until late October

August 3 2026

The number and complexity of submissions, and a request from some stakeholders for more time, were among the reasons the council gave for the delay.

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Mega Insurance posts COR of 78% in 2025 as Fitch affirms rating

August 3 2026

The Indonesian insurer's equity of IDR884bn (US$49m) already clears the IDR250bn minimum the regulator sets for the end of this year.

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AM Best affirms QBE's overseas subsidiaries amid group combined ratio improvement to 88.2%

July 31 2026

Agency affirmed European, UK, Bermudian, and North American subsidiaries, citing portfolio management across group's commercial lines book and favourable reserve development in recent years.

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Texel taps Marubeni insurance arm for Japan push

July 31 2026

Specialist (re)insurance broker teams up with a Marubeni Group agency to reach Japanese corporates as it builds out its Asian business.

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S&P upgrades Samsung Fire & Marine to 'AA' on strengthened capital buffers

July 31 2026

Better pricing and a recovering motor book should improve combined ratio to between 88% and 91% this year.

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Early estimate puts Kumamoto quake insured losses at US$3bn-4.5bn, ILS impact likely limited

July 30 2026

Fund managers, brokers expect the loss to land below the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, though aftershocks could still shift the picture.

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Lockton launches global data centre and digital infrastructure practice

July 30 2026

(Re)in Summary • Lockton has launched a global Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure Practice, led by James Nelson in the US and Sam Baker in the UK• Products span construction and property...

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Manulife Malaysia taps Sook Yann Lee as chief partnership distribution officer

July 29 2026

She joins from Prudential Assurance Malaysia, where she spent a decade, most recently leading partnership distribution.

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Rising guarantee claims keep Construction Guarantee's COR above 100% as AM Best affirms rating

July 28 2026

The ratings agency expects a lag before the cooperative's guarantee business returns to past profitability, even if construction activity recovers.

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