Exclusive: Steering GIC Re in a new era of competition
Asia set to propel AGCS' growth
Investors Trust Assurance: Scoring all-round growth
Brokers - Taking the "disruption" bull by its horns
Japan - Mature yet under-protected
Japan - Interview with the Regulator: Forging strength from inside-out
Japan - General Insurance: A mature market underinsured
Japan - Life Insurance: Providing greater peace of mind to society
Japan - Intuitive innovation
Japan - Cyber: Rocky road to resilience
Japan - The New Three Arrows
Japan - Insurers hot on M&A pursuit
Japan - New rules for solicitation of insurance policies
South Korea - New regulations to boost insurers' capital and risk management
Digital Trends - New-age Critical Illness Insurance
MDRT Experience - Value of a trusted adviser/agent is irreplaceable
Marine - Marine risk management: Are losses in car shipping the new normal?
Reinsurance - 9th India Rendezvous: Industry needs to create ecosystem of change
Motor - Playing God: What does it mean for motor insurers?
Legal Page - Driverless cars: The cyber revolution
Think Tank - The Geneva Association: Facts vs Sentiment: Deals in the insurance sector
IASB Regulations - The last sprint?
Investment Column: M&A Focus - Limitation of Liability: Let the buyer or seller beware
Nat CAT Feature - APAC leads 2015 global Nat CAT losses
Growth in Uncertain Times - Hidden opportunities to enhance your margins
Big Data and Analytics - Roundtable on the Analytical Insurer: Analytics strategy continues to evolve for insurers
Big Data and Analytics - Time to deep-dive into data
Construction - Designing your risk plan brick by brick
Interview - Closer ties between insurance and risk management
AEC News - Muang Thai wants to expand its life presence in AEC markets
Asian News - The age of personalised solutions
Asian News - Asia: Thailand included in WHO's list of countries with autochthonous Zika transmission
Asian News - Asia: Japanese professor wins 2016 John S Bickley Founder's Award
Asian News - Asia: Insurers must think and act fast on innovation
Asian News - Asia: M&A trend to kick off in 2016
Asian News - Australia: Actuaries Institute to spearhead data analytics
Asian News - Bangladesh: Govt plans to form pension fund authority for private sector
Asian News - China: Govt estimates insured losses from Tianjin blasts at US$1bln
Asian News - China: UnionPay's enforcement action against insurers roils market
Asian News - Hong Kong: Practice guides issued to address agents' concerns
Asian News - India: Upbeat forecasts for health insurance market
Asian News - Indonesia: Foreign ownership rule to be revised for insurers
Asian News - Japan: Commercial premiums forecast to grow at 5% this year
Asian News - Malaysia: Milliman opens new office in KL
Asian News - Myanmar: Japan at the fore among foreign insurers
Asian News - Nepal: 25 April quake was world's costliest Nat CAT last year
Asian News - Pakistan: Regulator wants more publicity for dispute resolution panels
Asian News - Philippines: Insurance mart to grow 28% this year to US$6 bln
Asian News - Singapore: New premiums grew 8% in 2015 to US$2 bln
Asian News - Singapore: Brit opens office on Lloyd's platform
Asian News - Taiwan: Insured loss from 6 Feb quake estimated at over US$7 mln
Asian News - Thailand: Licencing rules to ease for life and non-life insurance businesses
Global News - Lloyd's announces first-ever set of core data requirements for cyber insurance
Global News - ILS market records US$70 billion in 2015 amid growing investor confidence
Global News - Insurers ask IAIS to re-look proposals before proceeding
Corporate Risk Management News - Rise of "lone wolf" attacks a key terrorism risk for 2016
Corporate Risk Management News - RIMS'16 - Go beyond!
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Event Page - MSIG helps to kick-start new and inter-disciplinary research in Singapore
Event Page - MARIM CRO Forum 2016: Promoting risk management best practices
Event Page - Upcoming Event: Best life insurance event to go to in April? International conference in Hong Kong on Insurance Evolution.
Diary of Events
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COVER STORY
Technology has greatly empowered today’s customers with information transparency and more direct access to insurers. Is there then a need to re-look the traditional role of the broker?
COUNTRY PROFILE
Despite being a mature market, both the non-life and life sectors in Japan are under-protected. It is a market of interesting paradoxes. Asia Insurance Review speaks to the regulator and some key players on the issues of the day.
INSIGHTS
At a breakfast roundtable co-hosted by SAS and Asia Insurance Review, a group of insurers discussed their analytics journey which includes having a central unit, mining the data, creative uses of data and developing a 360-degree view of the customer.
Mrs Alice G Vaidyan took over as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of GIC Re, India’s national reinsurer in January 2016. She is the first lady CMD of the company and also the first lady Chairman in the Indian insurance industry. In an...
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Mr Andreas Berger, Chief Regions & Markets Officer – Germany & Central Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, Asia at AGCS discusses changing risk perceptions in Asia.
Investors Trust Assurance SPC (ITA), an international insurance company providing investment-linked insurance products specifically designed for international investors, has seen “growth across the board in all regions”, including Asia,...
The Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) remains confident of its market’s resilience despite facing global headwinds and significant Nat CAT losses in the past year. Hence, its focus is directed squarely on ensuring consumer protection and...
Japan has the world’s largest property protection gap at US$41 billion, say Swiss Re sigma estimates. Despite a rising insurance penetration rate in recent years, and the premium growth trend continuing in FY2015, the country still lags behind...
There may be some market disquiet about the mounting regulatory burden but the regulatory blueprint is likely to improve the riskmanagement capabilities and overall financial health of Korean insurers.
Tips on reforming Critical Illness Insurance through the digital revolution.
Despite changes in technology and the way insurance is distributed, the value of a trusted adviser/agent is irreplaceable.
Recent incidents have shown that the shipping of cars is rightly assessed as a substantial risk factor within cargo. Appropriate risk management is thus necessary.
With the imminent entry of foreign reinsurers, an ecosystem needs to be adopted by Indian companies to stay competent and relevant, said speakers at the Rendezvous with some 650 delegates.
Fully autonomous cars will have to choose who lives and who dies in a fatal accident. Still think autonomous cars will mean the end of the road for motor insurers?
Clyde & Co explores some of the opportunities and perils facing insurers regarding fully automated vehicles, with a particular focus on the cyber risks involved.
Extract from The Geneva Association Papers on what makes for a successful M&A deal.
EY explores the impact of several imminent regulations from the IASB and the preparedness of insurers in Singapore and Hong Kong.
With construction projects growing in size and complexity, a more strategic approach to insurance and risk management can help set the industry on its positive growth path.
A risk management veteran recommends more movement of talent between the risk management and insurance sectors.