Crypto: Risk or opportunity
Asia Advisers Network Insights
General
Holding the world to ransom
Insuring construction risks: Shaping a consolidating sector
Life & health
Meeting challenges stemming from dementia
Hong Kong welcomes new reinsurer
New Himalayan reinsurance kid on the block
Taiwan
Regulation for greater financial stability
Reinsurance rate rises and robust demand
Steady growth in 2020 under threat from spike in infections
Turbulent market conditions impact life
Taiwanese start-up makes underwriting diabetes easier
Climate training classes are now in session
The Geneva Association - The global risk landscape after COVID-19: What role for insurance?
Hotels need to reassess risks and insurance cover
Understanding the modern risk environment
From public welfare to insurance
Data is an opportunity to create better health insurance
Takaful to lead the way in sustainability
Insurance aggregators and the digital surge
CFOs must drive digital transformation
InsurTech: Ecosystems are about collaboration
Enhancing digital capabilities of APAC insurers
Infographics: Revealing insights from insurance industry leaders in Asia
Asian
Asia: Hybrid SIRC planned for this year
China: CBIRC rules for crisis resolution by insurers emphasise self-reliance
Hong Kong: FWD seeks US IPO
India: IRDAI requires insurance intermediaries to have professional indemnity cover
Malaysia: Generali to acquire AXA Affin and become second largest general insurer
Risk
People risk intensified on back of pandemic
Insurance can help restore mangrove as coastal defences
Product Bites
People on the move
MARKET PROFILE - Taiwan
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REINSURANCE
Tencent-backed FuSure Reinsurance is expected to bring more technological innovation to the market.
CHINA
We spoke to Waterdrop founder Mr Shen Peng to understand the strategy of China’s first InsurTech company listed offshore.
INSURANCE - General
In Australia, the construction market has become more competitive with mergers and acquisitions and COVID-19 has added a level of uncertainty.
RISK
COVID-19 has amplified many trends that were already under way and a number of lasting effects are expected to change the risk landscape and operating environment for insurers fundamentally.
While many technological developments – like AI and driverless cars – could have been lifted straight from the pages of science fiction, the same cannot be said of cryptocurrencies.
The MDRT Academy continues to grow with new members Singapore: Surer launches marketplace for instant insurance quotation Manulife partners LIMRA to secure top advisory talents Hong Kong: Regulator looks at conduct issues for agents selling...
In 2020, the world lost $20bn to ransomware attacks, up from $11.5bn in 2019 and a full 57 times more than the $325m in 2015. US-based Cybersecurity Ventures predicted a 30% y-o-y growth in ransomware attacks, with a new attack being perpetrated...
With the progression of the super-ageing society, how to address dementia has become a serious social issue in aged economies including Japan. The Life Insurance Association of Japan examined the challenges stemming from dementia and issued a...
Himalayan Reinsurance Company has been granted an operating licence by the Beema Samiti for conducting reinsurance business.
Taiwan is one of the most advanced insurance markets in the Asia, and with that comes the need for progressive regulation. Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has been grappling with developments in the market, including sustainability...
We spoke to Central Reinsurance Corporation for some insights on the reinsurance sector in Taiwan and how the rest of the year might pan out.
With the effects of the pandemic kept to a minimum through 2020, Taiwan’s general insurance sector continued to grow steadily. A spike in infections in the community earlier this year is threatening to disrupt momentum.
Despite the insurance industry having made headway over the last few years in its efforts to combat climate change, there is much that can still be done in many areas, such as training and education.
The pandemic forced many hotels to switch over to non-traditional roles, at times due to government mandates. How does this impact their risk profile and liability coverage?
What are the emerging risks of today? The COVID-19 pandemic has all but overshadowed the classic risk topics that the industry engages in, such as Nat CAT, supply chain and cyber, but as that shadow begins to recede, are newer risks being brought to...
Pandemic-induced digitalisation can be a game changer for the health insurance, especially in a market like China, where the big numbers generate lots of data, which can help create digital health insurance ecosystems and a win-win situation for...
The pandemic has provided a new opportunity for takaful operators to overcome issues of scale, distribution and relevance.
The digitalisation catalysed by the pandemic can help aggregators make themselves more relevant and also help boost insurance cover.
Insurance company CFOs today must take the lead in business transformation around digital capabilities and also navigate the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The largest gathering of InsurTechs, insurance industry executives and investors, ITC Asia had the challenging task of exploring the future of insurance, and its role and responsibilities in the digital age.
During a webinar last month, experts from the APAC region talked about challenges insurers are facing as they press on with digitalisation, as well as some of the areas in which they expect to more innovation in the near future.
Plans are afoot to hold this year’s Singapore International Reinsurance Conference (SIRC) as a hybrid event – according to the event organisers, the Singapore Reinsurers’ Association (SRA).
Insurance companies, banks and other financial entities have been directed to draw up and submit to the CBIRC their first-ever recovery plans by the end of August next year so as to strengthen crisis awareness and the crisis response capabilities of...
PCGI Intermediate, the parent company of FWD Group and FWD, has filed confidentially for a US initial public offering, moving ahead with preparations for a long-awaited listing, according to a report by Bloomberg.