TMK has appointed Ms Olivia Jackson as Cyber Underwriter within its cyber and enterprise risk team.
AIG has appointed Mr Scott Leney as Regional President of APAC, effective 1 February 2026 and subject to regulatory approval.
New Zealand general insurer Tower has been ordered to pay a penalty amounting to NZ$7m ($4m) for misleading representations that resulted in more than NZ$11m in overcharges to its customers.
IAG New Zealand has appointed Mr Philip Gibson as Chief Executive, effective 2 March 2026 and subject to approvals.
Global specialist asset manager, Aberdeen Investments, announced the appointments of Mr Alan Koey and Ms Echo Yang as Senior Solutions Directors to its Strategic Insurance Group in APAC.
Allianz SE, Reinsurance (Allianz Re) has appointed Ms Anna Kohls as Regional CEO and Head of P&C Client Management of its reinsurance branch in Singapore, effective 1 January 2026 and subject to regulatory approval.
AIA NZ is launching AIA Living Severe Trauma, which the company said is a simplified, cost-effective insurance solution designed to support New Zealanders through the most serious medical diagnoses "without the high premiums of traditional comprehensive trauma cover".
New Zealand's medical inflation, which is already among the highest in Asia-Pacific region, continues to surge and in its wake health insurance premiums too rise, at times making health insurance unaffordable.
Podium Underwriting has been launched as a specialist MGA, operating as an appointed representative of Superian Insurance Group.
Over two thirds of the participants in a survey in New Zealand are of the opinion that natural hazards such as earthquakes, flooding, and sea level rise have a significant impact on their property insurance premiums.