Pacific Archives - InsuranceAsia News https://insuranceasianews.com/country/pacific/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:24:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Swiss Re CorSo Australia taps Allianz’s Sean McCaffrey as senior property underwriter https://insuranceasianews.com/swiss-re-corso-australia-taps-allianzs-sean-mccaffrey-as-senior-property-underwriter/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:24:32 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=208114 Sydney-based McCaffrey previously worked at Allianz Australia for almost 15 years, most recently as a senior property underwriter.

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Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Australia has hired Sean McCaffrey as a senior property underwriter, according to a LinkedIn update.
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]]> ARPC declares cyclone event for Tropical Cyclone Jenna in the Indian Ocean https://insuranceasianews.com/arpc-declares-cyclone-event-for-tropical-cyclone-jenna-in-the-indian-ocean/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:15:51 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=208068 Fourth cyclone of Australia’s storm season is not expected to impact Indian Ocean territories or the Western Australia mainland.

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The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has declared that a cyclone event has begun in relation to Tropcial Cyclone Jenna after it formed in the Indian Ocean on Monday.
The ARPC specified t...

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]]> IAG integrates RACQI into cat reinsurance program https://insuranceasianews.com/iag-integrates-racqi-into-cat-reinsurance-program/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:32:20 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=208064 RACQI is now covered by IAG's main catastrophe cover, whole of account quota share (WAQS) arrangements, and aggregate stop-loss protection.

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IAG has successfully integrated the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland Insurance (RACQI) into its main catastrophe reinsurance program following its acquisition in September.
In a statement on Tuesda...

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]]> Tesh Patel joins Canopius to lead ANZ distribution https://insuranceasianews.com/canopius-patel/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 23:46:12 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=208055 Sydney-based Patel was most recently managing director of Delta Insurance Australia.

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Canopius has tapped Tesh Patel as its new head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand, according to a statement on Tuesday.
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]]> Tesh Patel joins Canopius to lead ANZ distribution https://insuranceasianews.com/canopius-patel/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 23:46:12 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=208055 Sydney-based Patel was most recently managing director of Delta Insurance Australia.

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Canopius has tapped Tesh Patel as its new head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand, according to a statement on Tuesday.
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]]> Fac reinsurance MGA Pinnacle Underwriting promotes Benjamin Mogford to ANZ head of property https://insuranceasianews.com/fac-reinsurance-mga-pinnacle-underwriting-promotes-benjamin-mogford-to-anz-head-of-property/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 03:19:23 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207966 Melbourne-based Mogfold joined Pinnacle in 2022 as deputy head of property and energy for ANZ following his over four-year stint at Zurich.

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Facultative reinsurance MGA Pinnacle Underwriting has promoted Benjamin Mogford to head of property for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), according to a LinkedIn update.
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]]> AIG taps Chubb’s Ryan Spettigue as client and broker engagement head in Australia https://insuranceasianews.com/aig-taps-chubbs-ryan-spettigue-as-client-and-broker-engagement-head-in-australia/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:22:33 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207968 He spent the last 14 years at Chubb, most recently as national relationship manager for its global brokers strategy in Australia.

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AIG has appointed Ryan Spettigue as its new head of client and broker engagement for Australia, according to a LinkedIn update from Australia CEO Kathleen Warden.
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]]> ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Grant after 282 hours https://insuranceasianews.com/tropical-cyclone-grant-ends-after-282-hours/ Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:52:03 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207914 It had passed the remote Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean last week. 

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The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has declared an end to the cyclone event in relation to Tropical Cyclone Grant after 282 hours after it had formed in the Indian Ocean before Christm...

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]]> Tropical Cyclone Hayley hits Western Australia, ARPC declares end of event https://insuranceasianews.com/tropical-cyclone-hayley-hits-western-australia-arpc-declares-end-of-event/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:31:39 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207749 Multiple severe weather warnings have also been issued for New Year's Eve in Queensland.

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Tropical Cyclone Hayley made landfall in Western Australia on Tuesday, bringing significant rainfall and damaging winds before weakening and being downgraded.
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]]> ARPC declares cyclone event after Tropical Cyclone Grant forms in Indian Ocean https://insuranceasianews.com/arpc-declares-cyclone-event-after-tropical-cyclone-grant-forms-in-indian-ocean/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:06:38 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207589 Tropical Cyclone Grant is set to impact the Cocos (Keeling) Islands as a category 2 system late on Christmas Eve or on the morning of Christmas Day.

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The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has declared a cyclone event in relation to Tropical Cyclone Grant after it formed in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.
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