Aon, a leading global professional services firm, has projected an 11.3% rise in Asia Pacific (APAC) employee medical plan costs, signalling stabilisation of medical plan costs after two years of steep increases.
The leading medical conditions expected to influence medical cost trends in 2026 in APAC remain largely consistent with the conditions of 2025, according to Aon, a leading global professional services firm.
FGH parent and global reinsurance company, Fortitude Re, and investment firm Carlyle have announced the launch of reinsurance sidecar Fortitude Carlyle Asia Reinsurance (FCA Re).
Sun Life has appointed Mr Anshuman Das as chief bancassurance officer, Asia. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading the company's bancassurance strategy, working closely with the senior leadership team across Asia to drive a world class distribution function founded on excellence, quality and innovation.
NorthStandard has named Mr Michael Hustler as its new head of APAC, effective 27 October.
As the East Asian Insurance Congress celebrates its founding day on October 18, EAIC General Secretary Masayuki Tanaka reflects on the organization's six-decade legacy of cooperation and looks ahead to tackling urgent challenges including poverty, healthcare access, and insurance literacy across the region. His message is printed in full below:
QBE Re has appointed Ms Cindy Foo as head of Asia, treaty, effective 1 December 2025. Her mandate excludes Japan, which continues to be written from QBE Re's London office.
Notable seasonal monsoon flood activity in parts of Asia, such as China, Japan, Pakistan and India in 3Q2025 drove a large portion of the globe's economic flood loss total to date of $28bn, according to Gallagher Re's report, titled "Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report".
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a leading specialist insurer, has launched Enterprise Ctrl, a comprehensive enterprise errors and omissions (E&O) insurance solution that enhances the recently launched TMK Cyber Ctrl+ suite.
Manufacturing executives in the Asia Pacific region are the third most concerned about cyber risk (29%) compared to other industries, only behind financial/professional services (33%) and energy and utilities (40%), a new survey by specialist insurer Beazley reveals.