The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) is implementing updated postcode allocations that determine terrorism insurance premium tiers, following the Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance (Premiums) Amendment (Postcode Update) Direction 2025.
S&P Global Ratings has assigned a 'AA-' long-term financial strength rating to Singapore Reinsurance (Sing Re). The stable outlook reflects that on the guarantor, Odyssey Re, and is aligned with the outlook on the ultimate parent, Fairfax Financial Holdings.
Swiss Re has announced its targets for 2026, including a Group net income of $4.5bn, supported by an updated strategy. The Group also aims to complement the ordinary dividend with a sustainable annual share buyback programme, starting in 2026 at $500m.
China Reinsurance (China Re) has announced that Ms Zhu Xiaoyun, the company's Executive Director and Vice President, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and proposed President.
Miller has appointed Mr Paul Lineham as Head of Data. In his new role, he will work to further enhance the technological solutions Miller brings to its clients, as well as helping implement greater efficiencies and data-driven decision-making to support the firm's growth.
Aon has appointed Mr Richard "Dickie" Norman as Senior Broker within its Reinsurance Solutions Global ReSpecialty Property Team, effective 1 January 2026.
Australia-based Pinnacle Underwriting has joined the Dubai International Financial Centre, to expand its regional presence and strengthen its reinsurance and risk management capabilities, announced a statement on the DIFC LinkedIn page.
Aon has appointed Ben Jones as its new chief operating officer for Asia Pacific beginning 8 December 2025.
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of 'B' (Fair) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of 'bb' (Fair) to Royal Insurance Company (Royal) (Egypt). Additionally, AM Best has assigned the Egypt National Scale Rating of 'aaa.EG' (Exceptional) to Royal. The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.