From Editor-in-chief
Great Eastern Life: Delivering on Indonesia's great promise
Ageas: "Insurance is by definition a very local business"
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions: Gunning for a slice of the pie
Worldwide Broker Network: Linked up for success
PwC: Fit for the future
BlackRock: The search for yields
The great new expectations on CFOs: CFOs hold balance of power
A market led by enlightened regulatory reforms
Life: Riding on government initiatives
Non-Life: Gearing up for motor and fire detariffication
Regulations galore
Malaysian Re: A greater focus on international growth
MITBA: Setting the bar for brokers
Preparing for AEC
#prayforMH370
Going Full Circle - From protection to profit and back again
The retirement system of China: Social security pension, enterprise annuities and savings
Privacy Management Programme: The new regulatory trend in Hong Kong
Bring on tomorrow: When an insurance policy becomes a recruitment tool
Rapid growth markets: Waves of change: A new lens on insurance market growth
Social commerce: Up the ante, change the game
Bancassurance - Has it peaked and what lies ahead?
Bancassurance - What do banks look for in an insurance partner?
Healthcare focus: Reality bites - National healthcare schemes lack "depth"
Life markets trend: Myth and Reality: Finding the pulse of the Asian insurance consumer
Life markets trend: Risk insurable
Asia: April renewals saw continued pressure on prices
Asia: Reputation damage from a cyber-attack top concern in Asia, says Marsh
Australia's retirement income system ranks most sustainable, says Allianz
Australia: Arthur J. Gallagher makes two acquisitions in ANZ
China: New M&A rules will spur more deals
China: Professional payout "agents" are the bane of insurers
Hong Kong: Hang Seng and Bupa sign 10-year exclusive deal
India: SBI Life settles claim for martyred LTC
India: IRDA launches highway ambulance pilot project
Japan: NKSJ Holdings and Sompo receive sustainability awards
South Korea: Ferry disaster payout likely to reach US$140 mln
South Korea: Aviva sells its stake in JV with Woori
South Korea: Lotte, KB bids for LIG Insurance
Malaysia: Losses from missing plane will be manageable to industry
Myanmar: Willis opens representative office
Pakistan: Microinsurance critical for insurance sector
Singapore: Catlin sets up General Aviation Consortium at Lloyd's Asia
Taiwan: Yuan-denominated life policies now allowed
Vietnam: Catalytics to develop CAT models with VinaRe
Insurers derived best share price outcomes when acquiring in same country, Towers Watson
AXA and Facebook enter strategic partnership
Allied World approved to launch managing agency at Lloyd's
Most European insurers ready for Solvency II - EY
Worldwide Broker Network™ adds new partner firms
Swiss and US winners for 2014 Shin Research Excellence Award
Nepal Aviation Insurance Summit 2014: A catalyst for change in a challenging environment
Diary of events
People on the move
In this curtain-raiser to the 2014 LIMRA Strategic Issues Conference in Taipei, Mr Ian Watts of LIMRA, LOMA and LL Global, Inc, refers to a study they conducted on consumer expectation and experience around both channels and products.
Buy Now
There is an increasing number of life insurance applicants with rare diseases. Dr Andreas Armuss from Munich Re discusses the magic of a global network of experts making medical know-how available to clients worldwide and hence allowing hitherto uninsurable disease to be insurable.