AI has moved from enabling attackers to operating attacks, running live intrusions with minimal human direction, compressing the time defenders have to respond and opening new attack surfaces across an enterprise, even as companies adopt technology at a pace that outstrips that of governance controls.
Lockton has appointed Mr Jeremie Deschamps as Regional Head of Cyber Advisory for Asia; Mr Martin Allain as Head of Wholesale for Lockton Asia's Regional Placement Team; and Mr Michael "Mike" Griffiths as Regional Director, Healthcare, for the company's Professional and Executive Risk and Credit Team. All three are based in Singapore.
DBV Insurance Group Joint Stock Company has been fined VND200m ($7,700) by Vietnam's National Competition Commission for engaging in unfair competition practices.
QBE Insurance Group has announced that Ms Sue Houghton, CEO of Australia Pacific, has advised the company of her intention to retire at the end of 2026.
Upon assuming the position of the General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) Chairman, Ishikawa Koji set out his beliefs and commitments as follows:
Helium scarcity presents a unique underwriting challenge. However, while it pressures costs and revenues across multiple sectors, it rarely manifests as a singular 'event' that triggers widespread losses across diverse insurance lines, according to Moody's Chief Research Officer-Insurance Solutions Dr Robert Muir-Wood.
Respondents in Asia Pacific have identified global supply chain paralysis and global Internet outrage as the two most plausible Black Swan scenarios, according to a Allianz Risk Barometer analysis.
The Insurance Authority (IA) in Saudi Arabia has issued a decision to suspend United Cooperative Assurance (UCA) from issuing or renewing insurance policies for all motor insurance products, including comprehensive motor insurance policies, effective from 19 February 2026.
South Korean financial authorities have cracked down on corporate insurance general agencies (GAs) engaged in illegal practices of paying insurance premiums on behalf of policyholders.