Howden Re has appointed Mr David Song as Managing Director, Head of Retrocession, Greater China, effective October once his contractual obligations to his previous employer have been fulfilled; Mr Mike Xin as Managing Director, Head of Agriculture, APAC, effective 13 July; and Mr Zhu Houqin as Managing Director, Head of China Treaty.
In his new role, Mr Song will focus on strengthening Howden Re’s retrocession offering and supporting reinsurers in accessing broader sources of capacity across Hong Kong and China.
He joins from Guy Carpenter, where he served as Deputy Head of Hong Kong and Senior Vice President responsible for retrocession, China state-owned enterprise clients and Hong Kong local clients. Prior to that, he worked with Aon Re China.
Mr Song brings nearly 30 years of experience in the reinsurance broking and strategic planning, with deep local knowledge and extensive expertise across the Hong Kong and Mainland China markets.
His career spans a wide range of disciplines, including property and casualty, agriculture, retrocession and ILS, among others.
In his new role, Mr Xin will support the growth of Howden Re’s agricultural capabilities across the region, with the China market playing a key part. He will help clients in one of the world’s largest and most strategically significant agricultural insurance markets access reinsurance capacity worldwide.
Mr Xin joins from Gallagher Re, where he served as Executive Director responsible for China agricultural reinsurance and APAC regional business. He brings more than 20 years of specialist experience in agricultural reinsurance, having previously held senior roles at JLT Re and Aon Benfield.
In his new role, Mr Zhu leads the expansion of Howden Re’s treaty capabilities in China, while acting as a senior mentor to the next generation of treaty professionals.
Mr Zhu brings more than four decades of experience across the Chinese and international reinsurance markets, having previously held senior leadership roles at Willis Re and TigerRisk before its acquisition by Howden Group and subsequent rebranding as Howden Re.
He joined Howden Re from Aon Re on 17 June 2026.