From Editor-in-Chief
Achievements, problems and prospects in China's insurance market
Allianz Re: RBC rules set to change reinsurance dynamics in Asia
Challenges of regulations: More certainty in risk taking
Challenges of regulations: Risk-oriented regulation strengthening Asian insurance markets
Challenges of regulations: IAIS and global insurance developments - The effect on Asian insurers
Challenges of regulations: What the finalised IFRS 9 means to insurers
Challenges of regulations: All boils down to governance and risk management
Back to business as usual
Interview with a Regulator: Better days abound
Life: Middle-class aspirations boost sector
The future of Thailand's insurance industry: Where do the opportunities and challenges lie?
Insurance outsourcing - What are the requirements?
Indonesia: The icing on MINT
M&A: Look beyond the numbers
The three basic rules of insurance ERM for new generations
Insurance M&A activity in Asia Pacific
Bring on tomorrow: Loss control expertise as a differentiator
Australian awards tribute: Victory salute
Actuarial feature for EAAC: What more can actuaries do?
Actuarial feature for EAAC: Actuaries in the driver's seat: Why now is our time to lead
Actuarial feature for EAAC: Actuaries - Going above and beyond traditional roles
IRFRC: Mortality Trends in Asia-Pacific (1950-2012)
Health insurance focus: Individual Private Medical Insurance - A golden ticket for intermediaries
Organisational focus: Critical co-operation in a company
Natural catastrophe: Asia - Mitigating diverse CAT risks
Natural catastrophe: Windstorms - A rising threat?
Natural catastrophe: A Solar Superstorm - What if?
AEC feature: ASEAN Insurance Council: Facilitator of cooperation and collaboration
The Cloud Empowered Enterprise
Asia: AEC promises radical transformation for ASEAN
Asia: Companies in Asia face increased regulatory actions on data privacy - Marsh
27th EAIC: Stage set with more than 1,200 delegates to attend
Allied World to acquire RSA's Hong Kong and Singapore operations
ASEAN capital market regulators launch framework for the cross-border offering of CIS
QBE Asia Pacific launches online insurance portal and SME product
Asia: Emerging markets driving global construction industry
Lloyd's construction consortium extended to Asia
XL Group establishes Kidnap and Ransom capability in Asia
Australia: QBE to sell or float some businesses
Beijing licence awarded to Lloyd's China
Foreign insurers still optimistic about prospects in mainland China - EY
China Re P&C collaborates with RMS to strengthen typhoon model
Hong Kong: Latitude Brokers launches as independent Marine specialists.
Hong Kong's inaugural Insurance Awards unveil 12 winners
India: GIC Re to expand operations in SAARC region
Indonesia: New state-owned reinsurer to be launched in Oct
Indonesia: FWD Life partners with Bank Victoria for bancassurance
Japan: Insurers to cut duration of disaster covers
South Korea: Disasters dent overseas operations of insurers
Myanmar: World Bank to help in insurance sector development
Pakistan: Up to 25 new takaful windows expected next year
Taiwan: Policyholders can swap life policies for other covers
Asia industry awards: 18th Asia Insurance Industry Awards: Judges meet the finalists face-to-face
Monte Carlo Rendezvous - Predictions for moderate growth despite pricing pressures
Ship groundings head top causes of loss for businesses
Bermuda registers 41 new insurers in first seven months of 2014
Diary of events
People on the move
COVER STORY
Regulators are setting standards that embrace the underlying principles of solvency management, risk management and consumer protection even in Asia. They come in various acronyms too from ComFrame, C-ROSS, FAIR, LAGIC, RBC and Solvency II going alphabetically, and the big boys have concerns about being labelled a G-SII. All this puts insurers under higher accountability and capital standards as well as bringing more certainty to risk taking. So what are the opportunities in these challenges for insurers as they adjust to new realities?
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COUNTRY PROFILE
No matter what you read or hear, the market has been, and still is, resilient, never dented by the political uncertainties or the flood of increased claims. Thailand is now getting back to business as usual. And that is the word from the ground. In...
SPECIAL FEATURE
In thinking about what else actuaries might do, it is perhaps worth revisiting the reason why actuaries became so important to insurance, says Mr Sam Morgan and Mr Neil Cantle from Milliman
Allianz Re's Regional CEO Asia-Pacific, Mr Kenrick Law, tells us that while the advent of risk-based solvency regimes in the region could lead to reduced demand for reinsurance by stronger capitalised insurers, opportunity still beckons as buyers...
Regulators are setting standards that embrace the underlying principles of solvency management, risk management and consumer protection even in Asia. They come in various acronyms too from ComFrame, C-ROSS, FAIR, LAGIC, RBC and Solvency II going...
Following the financial crisis, the topic of risk management has become a key issue in the financial world. Many insurance companies are moving towards a comprehensive and holistic risk management system incorporating classical risk management...
Increased regulatory scrutiny is the order of the day for insurance firms, regardless of their size. Mr Rob Curtis of KPMG Australia explains the objectives of these various regulations which include ComFrame and Backstop Capital Requirements (BCR)...
Amidst the political conflicts in the country that went on for a lengthy period of time but which has now calmed down, Thailand's insurance industry has continued to grow from strength to strength. With a stellar performance in the first half of the...
Life insurance industry in Thailand has shown continuous and promising growth as evident from the 14% average growth during the past seven years (2007-2013), partly contributed by the country's overall economic expansion that has helped drive...
Much has been written about the economic prospects of MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey) - also referred to as the new "BRIC" on the block. We take a close look at the insurance potential, and why Indonesia could be the pick of the crop.
At the 2nd Conference on Insurance M&A in Asia, speakers spoke about the importance of looking beyond the financial numbers, the importance of insurance in a deal, and also how M&A is like ballroom dancing.
In this extract from The Geneva Association's Insurance and Finance's Newsletter, Mr Shigeyuki Goto of MS&AD Insurance Holdings lists three rules that insurers should follow when adapting their ERM systems and processes to the new regulatory...
Although interest in M&A in the region remains high, experts from Clyde & Co highlight a number of challenges that continue to apply a hand brake to M&A activity.
Mr Jose Harfuch of AIG says brokers can differentiate themselves by connecting their clients with insurers which have sophisticated expertise, especially in the area of loss control, a service which is increasingly becoming more crucial in today's...
A victory salute to the winners of the 10th Australian Award organised by ANZIIF and AIR where the winners stand tall.
Mr Clement Lam of Sun Life Financial Asia looks at how actuaries can lead industry innovation by taking a more outward-looking perspective and embracing the broad thinking and people skills needed to be effective operators in large insurers.
Mr Simon MacCormac of CSC talks about the new paradigm set to save money, enforce centralised corporate control over information assets, and deliver on critical business imperatives for insurers.
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) vision to create an integrated regional market with free flow of services and financial liberalisation holds much potential in radically transforming ASEAN, however, there is still a lot of work that needs to be...
Companies across Asia face increased scrutiny on data privacy and cybercrime as governments in the region either strengthen existing laws, or create new ones, in response to the increased frequency and severity of cyber-attacks, Marsh said in its...
With about a month to go, about 1,200 delegates have already registered for the 27th East Asian Insurance Congress which will be held in Taipei from 2 to 6 November.
Some 40 out of 500 entries made it to the finals of the Asia Insurance Industry Awards (AIIA) meant to recognise and salute excellence in Asia's insurance industry.
Despite the relative pessimism on pricing and the increased risk retention by ceding companies, global reinsurers at Monte Carlo Rendezvous expressed optimism of a moderate growth for P&C and natural catastrophe cover in the medium term.
Nearly 70% of financial losses worldwide arise from 10 causes of loss, with the largest single identified cause being ship groundings, reflecting the high values of modern shipping risks, followed by fires and aviation crashes, according to a report...
As of the end of July 2014, Bermuda has registered 41 new insurers, along with a total of 11 intermediaries: four agents, four managers and three brokers, reported Intelligent Insurer.