Insurance groups and intermediaries across Asia have reported a series of senior appointments in general insurance, life insurance, reinsurance, and broking across India, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, and Southeast Asia. The changes involve HDFC ERGO General Insurance, FWD Group, Pacific Century Group, Price Forbes, and QBE Re.
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co. Ltd. has named Parthanil Ghosh managing director and chief executive officer, effective April 16, 2026, subject to regulatory and other approvals. He will succeed Anuj Tyagi. Ghosh joined HDFC ERGO in 2016 through the merger with L&T General Insurance and has served as executive director since May 1, 2025. He has more than 30 years of experience in financial services and insurance, including over 16 years in general insurance across product, distribution, and operations. At HDFC ERGO, Ghosh has worked on retail business, commercial lines, crop, underwriting, reinsurance, claims, and technology. He has also been involved in the integration of L&T General Insurance and Apollo Munich Health Insurance into a single operating platform.
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Keki M. Mistry, chairman of the board at HDFC ERGO, said: “Parthanil brings in extensive industry knowledge, deep operational insight, and strong strategic leadership to the role. He has been a key contributor to the company’s progress and success in recent years, enabling HDFC ERGO to strengthen its market position and in building a culture focused on customer trust, technical excellence and sustainable growth.” He added that the board is confident Ghosh “will build on that success story and take the company to the next level,” and thanked Tyagi for his work and future plans.
Theo Kokkalas, chairman of the board of management of ERGO International AG and chief operating officer of ERGO International, said India remains “a strategic growth market” for the group. “I am convinced that under the leadership of Mr. Ghosh, the company will build on its success story, driven by our focus on technical excellence, customer centricity, and digital innovation to achieve profitable growth and future readiness,” Kokkalas said.
In Hong Kong, FWD Group Holdings Ltd. has announced senior appointments affecting its group finance function, actuarial leadership, and Thailand business. David Junius (pictured right) will join FWD Group as managing director and group chief financial officer on July 1, 2026, following a period as deputy group CFO. Alex Wong (pictured left) has joined as group chief actuary, and Knattapisit “KK” Krutkrongchai has been appointed CEO, Thailand, effective May 11, 2026. All appointments are subject to regulatory approval.
Junius will replace group CFO Sid Sankaran, who plans to return to the US. Wong succeeds former group chief actuary Michael van Vuuren, who has moved to another company. KK will take over the Thailand business ahead of the retirement of David Korunić on June 30, 2026, after more than 35 years in the industry. Sankaran and Korunić will remain with FWD Group as advisors. Sankaran will focus on investment strategy for the general account and on institutional investor relations.
Huynh Thanh Phong, group CEO and executive director of FWD Group, said: “We’re delighted to welcome talent of the calibre of David, Alex, and KK to FWD Group. The depth and breadth of their experience make them exceptional additions for the next phase of FWD Group’s growth and development as a Hong Kong listed company that’s firmly focused on customers. I would also like to thank Sid, Michael, and David for the significant contributions they made during some critical years for FWD Group, steering the company out of the pandemic period and toward our successful initial public offering last year.”
Junius has nearly 30 years of experience, including CFO roles at Pearl Health, Cowbell Cyber, and SiriusPoint, where he also served as chief operating officer. Earlier in his career, he held senior finance positions at AIG, including corporate treasurer, international CFO for its general insurance operations across 50 countries, and Asia-Pacific CFO with responsibility for the Japan life business. Wong has more than two decades of international life insurance experience and was previously group chief actuary at HSBC Life, overseeing actuarial management across Asia, Europe, and the Americas and leading the global actuarial centre of excellence. KK has close to 30 years in insurance, including as CEO of Krungthai-AXA in Thailand and senior distribution and marketing roles at AIA in Thailand, Hong Kong and Macau.
Pacific Century Group (PCG) has appointed Sankaran as an advisor effective Sept. 1, 2026. Based in New York, he will work on strategic and investment opportunities across PCG’s portfolio and on relationships with institutional investors and asset managers, with a focus on financial services. PCG said his global insurance and financial markets experience is expected to be relevant to the group’s investment and portfolio activities.
In Singapore, Price Forbes has added four senior practitioners to its newly formed treaty reinsurance team: Bruce Ford, Goh Thian Leong, Mark Foster, and Florence Lam Puoy Yin. The appointments are effective immediately. The hires follow the arrival of Dick Heath as managing director of reinsurance and wholesale, as the broker develops its treaty and wholesale business in Singapore. Ford joins as chief commercial officer of the reinsurance and wholesale unit from Miller Insurance Singapore, where he was a treaty reinsurance executive. His previous roles include regional head of treaty at Allied World Re, Australian CEO at St Paul Re, and Australian chief reinsurance officer, Asia-Pacific, at ACE. Goh becomes head of specialty, reporting to Heath. He has 50 years of experience in broking and underwriting and was most recently treaty director at Arthur J. Gallagher, where he took part in establishing the treaty division and in work on systems, controls, and new product lines.
Foster takes up the role of head of treaty, also reporting to Heath. He has more than 40 years in reinsurance broking, including 20 in Singapore, and has held senior roles in treaty and facultative business at Cooper Gay, Asia Re, and Arthur J. Gallagher, where he was director of reinsurance. Lam joins as director of specialty, reporting to Goh. She was previously divisional director, treaty broking and placements, at Arthur J. Gallagher and has worked at Asia Reinsurance Brokers, Jardine Thompson Graham, Cigna Reinsurance, and Insurance Corporation of Singapore.
Philip Johnson, CEO for Asia-Pacific at Price Forbes, said: “We’re thrilled to announce the addition of four highly experienced treaty reinsurance producers, along with the recently appointed senior claims and actuarial specialists, making us a fully composite treaty broker in Singapore. We’ve assembled a market-leading team with exceptional expertise, and we’re excited about what they will achieve together as we continue to scale and strengthen our offering through 2026.” Chris Bonard, president of Price Forbes Re, said the move “cements our position as a reinsurance broker of choice across facultative and treaty lines in Asia” and reflects Asia-Pacific as “an important area of focus” for the firm.
QBE Re, the reinsurance division of QBE Insurance Group, has created the position of head of Southeast Asia and appointed Soichiro Tanaka to the role, based in Singapore. Tanaka has 13 years of experience in insurance and reinsurance across Asia. He joins from Aspen, where he was a senior underwriter responsible for property, casualty, and specialty business in the Singapore branch. In his new role, Tanaka will be responsible for underwriting strategy in Southeast Asia, including portfolio management and business development. He will report to Cindy Foo, head of Asia, treaty. Foo said: “We are delighted to welcome Soichiro to the role as we continue to grow our Asia portfolio. I am confident his strong technical expertise and breadth of multi-line experience in Southeast Asia will be an asset to QBE Re.”
