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We are excited to welcome Andrew H. as Managing Director & Head of Growth, Asia Pacific. With more than 20 years in the insurance and reinsurance industry, including 15 years in Asia Pacific, Andrew brings strong commercial insight to our growth, client management and advisory work. He will drive APAC growth by strengthening senior client partnerships and accelerating strategic initiatives and investments in high-potential markets. Please join us in welcoming Andrew to the Guy Carpenter team.

In the third part of The Convergence of Financial and Reinsurance Capital, Laurent Rousseau assesses whether the market’s redesign is structural or cyclical, and what that means for insurers and reinsurers. He emphasizes how the investor base is broader and more permanent than during previous peaks, while acknowledging how new structures can bring complexity, and regulatory and accounting challenges. Read the paper to see the practical implications for strategy, capital and operations: https://lnkd.in/gkwJawgE

In an interview with InsuranceAsia News, Steve Warwick , Managing Director, GC Access, Asia Pacific, explains that the Asia Pacific MGA market is at an inflection point. While the market remains at an earlier stage of development with activity concentrated in a few key hubs, the region’s large premium pool and expanding talent and technology mean MGAs will not simply reallocate existing business. Instead they will create new capacity and distribution. Read the full article for a clear view of MGA market dynamics and Guy Carpenter’s perspective: https://lnkd.in/edUBgwxY

Alternative capital is reshaping the (re)insurance landscape, and with it, the role of the modern reinsurer. In a recent interview with the Insurer, Laurent Rousseau, CEO of Global Capital & Advisory and EMEA, discusses how reinsurers that successfully leverage third-party capital will be best positioned to drive efficiency, unlock strategic optionality, and address increasingly complex risks. Read the full interview to learn more about the future of alternative capital and reinsurance transformation: https://lnkd.in/eEd_KcQQ

In the latest Word on the Street episode, Johan T Linde OLY 🇦🇺🇪🇪, Head of Public Sector Risk Solutions, Pacific Region, and Ben Savill, CEO, Pacific Region, discuss insights from Ben’s Pacific RIM outlook panel at the 2026 IFTRIP Conference in Sydney. Ben shares practical observations on the importance of data granularity, AI-driven analysis and clear risk definitions to bring transparency and alignment to the market. He also explains the government influence on event dynamics and the growing role of alternative capital, such as cat bonds, in managing risk. Hear the full discussion and learn how Guy Carpenter’s capabilities can help: https://lnkd.in/dip5fr2s

As climate-driven extreme weather reshapes tail risk, what will it take to keep insurance available and affordable? In "Insurability in a Changing Climate," the latest World Economic Forum blog series on insurability in a changing world, experts from Guy Carpenter and Marsh explain why resilience is increasingly determining insurability and why reinsurance and resilience are now inseparable from sustainable underwriting. The article outlines practical steps insurers and businesses can take to strengthen underwriting decisions and support long-term capacity, including better risk quantification, improved exposure data, modeling property and community-level resilience. Learn how Guy Carpenter’s expertise in reinsurance and insurance market dynamics, combined with tools to assess current and future climate risk, can help you better understand, manage, and transfer extreme weather risk: https://lnkd.in/eEwt-_2w

This transaction marks another important step in Everest’s strategy to refocus its portfolio on core global reinsurance, and wholesale and specialty insurance. Guy Carpenter’s Capital & Advisory team acted as exclusive financial advisor to Everest Group in connection with this transaction. Our team drew on Guy Carpenter’s global reach and the sector expertise of our broking colleagues in Latin America. We are grateful to Everest for their partnership and delighted to help them achieve their strategic objectives. Learn more about Guy Carpenter Capital & Advisory: https://lnkd.in/epjntQpb

In the second part of The Convergence of Financial and Reinsurance Capital, Laurent Rousseau examines the investor case: why financial capital is flowing into reinsurance, who is buying this risk, and how structures like cat bonds and sidecars deliver uncorrelated, collateralized returns. See Guy Carpenter’s take on rising institutional allocations and how broader investor interest deepens the market: https://lnkd.in/gkwJawgE

To stay up to date on catastrophe events, visit Guy Carpenter’s CAT Resource Center: https://lnkd.in/g2fBxv_n

In the latest Guy Carpenter 2026 Western North Pacific Typhoon Season Outlook, we present the seasonal forecast and ENSO outlook, assess shifting storm tracks and regional landfall risk (notably Japan and Korea), and review sector exposures, reinsurance and capital implications, plus practical claims and operational preparedness guidance. Read the full report and learn how Guy Carpenter helps you respond faster to catastrophe events: https://lnkd.in/gMUK9hkc