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May 2023

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May-Home
Editor's Letter
Magazine article aboutGenerative-AI

Generative AI

Insurance
Magazine article aboutBlue-water-thinking-and-P-I-clubs

General

Blue water thinking and P&I clubs

Ensuring competency in marine insurance

New technology and cyber risks on the high seas

Seven trends in multinational insurance programmes

Insurers continue to integrate ESG

Blueprints for a sustainable Asia

Myanmar - digital approach makes prospects positive

Life & health

Using technology to improve health insurance

Prioritising health and retirement goals in Asia

Reinsurance
Magazine article aboutReinsurers-earnings-challenged-by-declining-asset-values

Reinsurers' earnings challenged by declining asset values

Market Profile
Magazine article aboutStrong-earnings-recovery-for-Australian-listed-insurers

Australia

Strong earnings recovery for Australian listed insurers

It's time to join ARPC's cyclone pool

The future of life insurance is healthy

A mature and politically stable market

Focusing on risk mitigation

A credit view: Weighing the risks of more catastrophes

Failure of risk management in Australia

Bancassurance in Australia

Strengthening regulation to prepare for the future

Australian InsurTech firms scale internationally despite limited capital

China
Magazine article aboutNew-business-value-continues-to-drop-is-the-turning-point-near-

New business value continues to drop, is the turning point near?

Sponge cities can be the solution to flood

Notebook
Magazine article aboutThe-road-to-net-zero-is-not-smooth

The road to net zero is not smooth

View from India - Insurance industry can help India attain net zero

Too early to determine financial impact of sustainability standards

Taming the medical inflation dragon in ASEAN

Risk
Magazine article aboutUnlocking-a-robust-claims-fraud-risk-framework-in-Asia

Unlocking a robust claims fraud risk framework in Asia

Ransomware and vulnerability of the pharma industry

Broking
Magazine article aboutModern-insurance-broking-in-Japan

Modern insurance broking in Japan

Maximising the competitive advantage

Brokers are integral to the Indian market

Economic recovery bodes well for brokers

News

Asian

Hong Kong: Insurers move closer to implementation of RBC regime

India: Regulator urges swift action

Vietnam: Two foreign investors increase stake in non-life insurance market

Risk

AI can spread climate misinformation cheaper and faster

Political risk set to remain elevated but threat levels overestimated

Staggering cost of mental health is a crisis for insurers

Product Bites

Malaysia: Tokio Marine to offer affordable insurance to gig workers

Singapore: Beazley launches private equity liability product for portfolio companies

Singapore: FWD adds cyber cover to home insurance product

Diary
People on the move

People on the move

Market Profile

Australia

Strong earnings recovery for Australian listed insurers

The five ASX-listed insurers have all achieved bottom-line growth in the first half of FY2023, reversing a declining trend in FY2022 due to a challenging operating environment with a higher incidence of natural disasters, volatile investment markets and stubborn inflation.
 

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It's time to join ARPC's cyclone pool

Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) launched a Cyclone Reinsurance Pool to help reduce insurance premiums on home, commercial and strata insurance in cyclone-prone regions across Australia, as ARPC’s Dr Christopher Wallace reports.
 

The future of life insurance is healthy

Asia Insurance Review spoke with Council of Australian Life Insurers’ Ms Christine Cupitt on a range of issues impacting Australia’s life insurance industry.
 

 

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A mature and politically stable market

A recent report by S&P Global Ratings said that the Australian insurance market continues to be impacted by rising claims resulting from increased weather-related catastrophes that is fuelling premiums and reinsurance costs for property and casualty insurers.
 

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Focusing on risk mitigation

Much like the rest of the world, Australia has been affected significantly by the rise in frequency and severity of extreme weather events due to climate change and a challenging economic situation due to the rise in inflation.
 

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A credit view: Weighing the risks of more catastrophes

More fire, more rain, more storms, more natural disasters. That equals more risk, higher costs. It’s a predicament that insurers the world over are grappling with.
 

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Failure of risk management in Australia

The Governance Institute of Australia’s 2020 risk management survey highlighted that 84% of 393 respondents believed risk management was highly valued in their organisation, up from 70% in 2019.
 

Bancassurance in Australia

Where is bancassurance in Australia headed? Does it have a sustainable future given the dominance of a few large insurers?
 

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Strengthening regulation to prepare for the future

We look at some of the priorities for Australia’s financial regulators in the coming years.
 

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Australian InsurTech firms scale internationally despite limited capital

InsurTech start-ups in Australia do not have the same access to funding as other markets. However, there are plenty of opportunities for them to expand internationally and serve the needs of the insurance industry.
 

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