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Korean broker WISE launches specialty unit alongside core reinsurance business

January 2 2026

WISE Insurance splits its Reinsurance Team into R&S units led by Won Lee, with Yubeom Kim heading reinsurance and JB Cheong leading specialty.

Zurich Australia partners with UnderwriteMe to automate claims processing

December 19 2025

UnderwriteMe's Claims Engine has also been integrated within Zurich Australia's internal Claims Concierge team.

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XS Global targets APAC with launch of Hong Kong unit

December 16 2025

Asia Pac unit will initially focus on inward facultative property, casualty, marine, and accident and health business.

Arch Australia names Joe Donovan as deputy regional manager, Marita Elliott as head of underwriting operations and compliance

December 11 2025

Donovan joined the firm in 2017; Elliott joined in 2015.

Wang Fuk Court fire to raise Hong Kong non-life insurers combined ratio by up to 3 points estimates SP

Wang Fuk Court fire expected to lift Hong Kong non-life insurers’ combined ratio by up to 3 points — S&P

December 2 2025

Hong Kong's P&C industry expected to maintain an underwriting profit, but firms may review risk retention, pricing, and reinsurance strategies.

Berkley Re Asia promotes Billy Kwan and Si Wei Tay

Berkley Re Asia promotes Si Wei Tay and Billy Kwan

December 2 2025

Tay named as head of claims and Kwan as head of property and business at the reinsurer.

GLP-1 offers modest mortality benefits for Hong Kong but raises new insurer risks: RGA

November 17 2025

Medication-driven weight loss may reshape underwriting, lapse behaviour and claims long before it shifts long-term mortality assumptions.

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Steve Smith becomes Senior Advisor to Huntington Underwriting

November 11 2025

Hong Kong-based MGA has selected Smith to guide its strategic growth and capital deployment in Asia and beyond.

HDI Australia appoints Peter Button to lead underwriting for professional lines in NSW, ACT

October 20 2025

Button brings more than 20 years of experience in financial and professional lines underwriting, having held senior roles at Sura Professional Risks, Gallagher Re and Allianz Australia.

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Joe Wong returns to Markel as a Professional Financial Risks and Cyber Underwriter

October 16 2025

He returns from working at Swiss Re for over a year as a Facultative Casualty Underwriter.

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