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Sunday, August 9, 2026
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Feature stories

  • Hong Kong skyline with skyscrapers and Victoria Harbour, reflecting Asia's HNW insurance race.
    Asia's HNW insurance race intensifies as insurers compete on scale, service and global reach
  • Illustration of a mountain with a flag for 2026 and a path leading to a summit with a flag for 2028.
    Indonesian insurers on track for end-2026 capital rules, but 2028 poses bigger test
  • Large cargo ship navigating the Strait of Hormuz with containers onboard.
    Hormuz war-risk rates climb again after brief easing in June
  • Illustration of a bonsai tree in a round concrete pot beneath a glass canopy, with a city skyline and distant mountains in the background.
    Statutory floor, compliance mindset leave Korean firms underinsured on cyber risks
  • Facade of a building with the Monetary Authority of Singapore sign (MAS logo on blue square) and gold letters reading Monetary Authority of Singapore, with palm trees reflected in the polished wall.
    MAS targets captive and ILS market growth with new corporate structure

Data and Data Journalism
07 August 2026
Hong Kong life insurers’ direct new business jumps 51% in Q1
New business premiums reached a record HK$141.13bn (US$18bn) as single-premium business nearly doubled, despite a slight decline in policy issuance.
05 August 2026
Australia's general insurance complaints rise 5% in 2025-26, life up 3%
Motor insurance remained among Australia's most complained-about financial products, according to AFCA.
04 August 2026
Health drives China non-life gains, but life fall tips May premiums into decline
Total industry premium income fell 1.5% to CN¥457.83bn (US$67.6bn), the first annual decline of the year.
03 August 2026
Australian private health cover reaches 45.6% of population, highest since 2017
Six straight years of gains have recovered about half the ground lost since 2014, when take-up peaked at 47.3%.
31 July 2026
Japan joins Asia's commercial rate downturn while Vietnam bucks trend in Q2 — Marsh
A run of commercial insurance rate growth in Japan came to an end as regional downward rate pressure continued across Asia.

Analysis
30 July 2026
APAC nat cat risks remain high despite low H1 losses – Munich Re
Regional losses of US$8.7bn in H1 came in at about a quarter of the 10-year average, but the reinsurer says strengthening El Niño conditions leave Japan, Korea, Greater China and Australia exposed through the rest of the year.
27 July 2026
APAC ransomware activity hits record even as cyber rates keep falling: Howden
Behind the softer pricing lies a market propped up by excess capacity, with the report warning that a retreat by just a handful of dominant reinsurers could trigger a rapid reversal.
22 July 2026
Regulation and investment income keep South Korea's non-life outlook stable despite weaker underwriting: AM Best
Claims pressure from the end of the 2024 medical strike and years of motor rate cuts is pushing the strongest insurers abroad in search of new growth.
20 July 2026
Asia Pacific MGAs draw stronger investor interest as buyers prioritise profitability – Guy Carpenter
Top-performing MGAs are attracting premium valuations as international insurers increasingly consider fronting models to access Asia-Pacific markets.
17 July 2026
Cyber insurers face profitability crossroads as soft market persists: S&P
Reinsurers are expected to remain the main buffer for rising cyber accumulation risk as the market moves closer to a pricing turn.

The latest regional people moves

Sahapol Polpathapee, Deputy Country President of Chubb Life Thailand, in front of Bangkok skyline.
Tony Lin, CEO of Generali Life Insurance Malaysia, in front of Kuala Lumpur skyline.
Stara Low, head of growth at Aon, in Singapore with city skyline background.
Portrait of an Asian man with grey hair in front of Singapore skyline and river.
Swiss Re logo at the company's office building in Zurich, Switzerland.
Andrew Morgan, new leader for expatriate and high-end medical in Asia Pacific, in front of a citysky.
Smiling woman portrait in a circular frame centered over a city skyline with the MARKEL logo in the upper left, a professional header image.
Julian Yu, Sun Life's new chief actuary in Vietnam, in front of Ho Chi Minh City skyline.
Nicholas Tan and Daniel Teoh, leaders in Singapore's health and benefits, at WTW.
Prantika Sengupta, appointed as director of marine claims at Tysers in Singapore.

Expert insight

“There’s an end in sight to the UK and US markets and reinsurers want to expand their opportunities and they have a huge amount of appetite for Asian risk.”

Matthew Rose
Matthew RoseManaging Director at Guy Carpenter
“Malaysia, Indonesia and India are very under-penetrated markets. Insurance products in these countries are offered to large corporates and the big-market segment, but SMEs are really overlooked.”

Theo Pitsikas
Theo PitsikasAPAC Head of SME at Zurich

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