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Sunday, November 1, 2026
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Reih Angeles Deputy News Editor
Reih Angeles is Deputy News Editor at (Re)in Asia, steering the desk's breaking coverage of Asia Pacific insurance and reinsurance. Areas of specialty include insurer and life results, reinsurance and catastrophe losses, cyber, and regulatory change across India, Korea, China and Hong Kong.
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Japan Post Insurance NBV doubles in Q1
August 21 2026
Despite double-digit growth in new policy sales, Japan Post continues to face headwinds from a declining in-force policy block.
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MS&AD insurance service profit rises 28% as overseas underwriting strengthens
August 21 2026
The group's overseas insurance subsidiaries delivered strong growth, with insurance service profit up 70% and the combined ratio improving to 91.7%
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Toni Ferrier to step down from Marsh New Zealand leadership roles
August 20 2026
Ferrier joined the broker in 2024 after four years leading AIG New Zealand.
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Oneglobal taps Fabien Goutoulli as Singapore CEO
August 20 2026
He joins after over seven years with Diot-Siaci Asia, where he served as head of Asia for P&C.
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Tokio Marine APAC combined ratio improves as premiums rise 18.5% in Q1
August 20 2026
APAC insurance-related profit climbed 47.6% to JPY12.1bn (US$76m) as the region’s combined ratio improved 3.9 percentage points to 87.6%.
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Sumitomo Life new business premiums rise 26% on overseas and single-premium demand
August 19 2026
The group's in-force annualised premiums reached ¥4.06tn (US$25bn), while core profit rose 82.3% to ¥134.5bn in the first quarter.
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Meiji Yasuda group premiums fall 12% despite overseas growth
August 19 2026
The insurer’s premium income declined in Q1, but higher investment returns and growth in overseas operations drove a 33.7% increase in net operating profit.
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Pen Underwriting Australia elevates Behm, Synnott to leadership roles
August 19 2026
Behm has been promoted to head of underwriting while Synnott takes on the newly created head of operational strategy & transformation role.
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Munich Re regains top spot in AM Best reinsurer rankings as APAC groups reshuffle
August 19 2026
A stronger euro helped the German reinsurer overtake Swiss Re, while Peak Re climbed to 12th on revenue growth and Korean Re slipped to eighth.
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Australia mandates accident insurance for gig delivery workers under new standards
August 19 2026
Under the new guidelines, platforms must provide a “reasonable minimum level of cover” for personal accident risks linked to delivery work.
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