Editorial
Mr George Sartorel: Thoughts on the winning formula at the F1
Interview - HK-OCI gears up preparations to pass the baton
Lloyd's: Asian reinsurance buying trends not quite on par yet
Interview - Malaysian Re to fly the Asean flag in a bigger way
Interview - Antares joins Lloyd's Asia, sets eyes on China
Risk Management Interview - Tunstall Associates: Going solo - Not for the faint of heart
19th Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2015 - When the stars shine: Brilliance floods Asia
Reinsurance Spotlight - SIRC: Meeting society's unmet needs in an uncertain world
Spotlight on Loss Adjusting - Cunningham Lindsey looks to do more with less
Spotlight on AAC & Actuaries - 19th Asian Actuarial Conference: Actuaries can play a more prominent role in policy decisions
Spotlight AAC & Actuaries - Key role for actuaries as insurance moves from protection to prevention
Product Bytes
Life Feature - Asia's Senior Markets: More opportunities than challenges?
Event Page - Hong Kong Insurance Awards 2015 winners
Event Page - Philippine insurers look into future trends
Cover Story - AEC: Set in Motion - AEC: Southeast Asia welcomes a new economic dawn
Cover Story - AEC: Regulatory harmonisation must go hand in hand with liberalisation in ASEAN
Sri Lanka: Developing in the right direction
Sri Lanka: Interview with the Regulator: A need to develop products that meet diverse needs
Sri Lanka: A market on the verge of a rebound
Sri Lanka: The segregation of life and general business
Think Tank: The Geneva Association - India: Social insurance schemes in the social media era
Legal Page - Singapore law on automotive emissions standards and automobile product liability
Agriculture Focus - Digital AGRO
Agriculture Focus - Parametric Insurance: Solution against climate change effects
Emerging Risks Focus - The new seven
Customer Focus - Guidance Note 16 in Hong Kong: Treating customers fairly is more than just compliance
Indonesia Rendezvous 2015 - BPO deficits & reinsurance retention: Old story, new twist
FAIR at 50 - Call for more regional cooperation through reforms
Marine Market Update - Marine insurance still grappling with profitability issues
IT in Insurance - An insurer's journey to cloud
Asian News - Asia: Need PPP to close gap in Nat CAT insurance
Asian News - Asia: Experts remain bullish on China, regional prospects
Asia News - Asia: Population at risk of severe floods to rise by 30% by 2020
Asian News - ASEAN: Flood models developed for Malaysia and Jakarta
Asian News - Australia: Commission guidelines for retail life insurance
Asia News - Bangladesh: World Bank to help build insurance sector capability
Asian News - China: Estimated losses from Tianjin blasts exceed US$1.5 bln
Asian News - Hong Kong: Zurich buys general insurer Kono
Asian News - India: Guidelines issued for foreign branches and Lloyd's presence in market
Asian News - Japan: Postal insurer unlikely to shake up life market despite hot IPO
Asian News - South Korea: Regulator steps up moves to revitalise insurance mart
Asian News - Malaysia: More financial protection needed against cancer
Asian News - Myanmar: Insurance mart grown by 40% since opening up in 2013
Asian News - Pakistan: Rules drafted for reinsurance brokers
Asian News - Philippines: IC Commissioner Dooc named as honorary commissioner of Louisiana
Asian News - Singapore: Several (re)insurers expand in city state
Asian News - Singapore: With 485 complaints, FY2014/5 saw most gripes against FIs' practices
Asian News - Taiwan's ILP mart most attractive for foreign asset managers - Cerulli Associates
Asian News - Thailand: New laws will see further liberalisation
Asian News - Vietnam: Sun Life Financial to increase its stake in PVI Sun Life to 75%
Global News - M&A trend set to persist into 2016
Global News - Lloyd's gives syndicates scope to write 3-yr contracts from 2016
Global News - IAIS adopts HLA requirement and revises some ICPs
Risk Management News - Mix of energy sources needed to provide energy security
Diary of Events
People on the Move
Stronger forces of unprecedented change seen in any lifetime; the continued protection gap for catastrophe risks; the urgent requirement for insurance to be relevant and innovative as needs for covers are still unmet - these are some of the issues brought up at the record breaking 13th SIRC. Asia Insurance Review brings you the highlights.
We spoke to loss-adjustor Cunningham Lindsey on the challenge of attracting talent and whether technology can bridge some of the gap.
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At the AAC which saw some 800 delegates, the role of actuaries in the decision making chain in insurance was feted and actuaries were urged to play more prominent roles in the public and private sectors.
The Health & Retirement Conference organised by the Singapore Actuarial Society hailed that actuaries have a key role to play as the industry seeks innovative approach and product designs; and also the trends in the health and retirement space.