All eyes on India
2024
Putting the customer at the centre of everything
A moment of reckoning for reinsurance
Reinsurance: Unaffordable, uninsurable, uninhabitable
SIRC Connect
National reinsurance catastrophe pools
General
Growing a specialist insurance business
Fuss-free automation of insurance processes
Bancassurance expansion and digital transformation
Stronger bancassurance sales through digital channels
The changing insurance sector landscape and developing the workforce
Malaysia: Resolving human-elephant conflict with insurance
AI redefines insurance, makes it more effective
Life & health
Designing the right products for mental health
In ageing Singapore, life insurers need to be more innovative
Non-communicable diseases education required in Malaysia
India
Making the right moves into the top league
Brokers have a lot to do for the future
Strong regulatory push aids life sector growth
Talent crunch can crunch the industry
Critical illness covers get innovative
Chennai floods cost tops $1.3bn
Full steam ahead to insure every Indian by 2047
A big opportunity for reinsurers
The broker's view of bancassurance
Reinsurance to support the Indian market
Indian non-life sector on growth trajectory
Claims: Simpler, faster, more efficient
Harder to push rate hikes in China
Chinese insurance experts discuss future trends
An unprofitable year of personal pensions in China
Millions opt out of China's state health insurance system
Data insights fuel insurance business
Earth observation data for insurance
Underwriting cyber efficiently
Enabling insurance with technology
Heightened M&A activity in insurance forecast across Asia
Digital and green transitions top priority for ASEAN insurers
Asian
Asia: InsurTech demand in the region likely to attract further investment in 2024
Australia: Non-life insurance giant report calls for disaster risk to be included in land planning decisions
Singapore: MAS to enhance the policy owners' protection scheme
Risk
Economic uncertainty is a major business risk
AI-written content can spark liability concerns
Risk of drought looms ahead as an unprecedented emergency
Zuno General Insurance launches EV add-on cover
Etiqa Insurance Singapore and Surer launch MDW insurance
Rakuten Life Insurance launch new medical insurance plan
ICICI Lombard launch new health coverage, MaxProtect
People on the move
MARKET PROFILE - India
INSURANCE - General
As digital banking grows in popularity, bancassurance is now leveraging technology to engage policyholders, align with expectations and offer customised protection solutions.
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INSURANCE - Life & health
Over the past two years, insurers have been providing coverage for mental health treatment, as the stigma surrounding it begins to fade.
There are many challenges facing the insurance sector today, most of all the difficulty in finding good talent from a shrinking pool with increasing demands.
One common theme running through (re)insurance industry gatherings since Monte Carlo 2023 has been that this is ‘India’s time’.
We are living in a world facing increasingly complex risks and individuals and businesses must focus on whether they are accurately evaluating or sufficiently preventing and mitigating the various risks that they face.
A reinsurer with a AA- credit rating is in a strong position in the market.We caught up with AXA XL Reinsurance’s Mr Renaud Guidée.
Reinsurance brokers are lucky – or unlucky – enough to have to take a more macro view of the sector than reinsurers. We caught up with Gallagher Re (Asia Pacific)’s Mr Mark Morley.
Last year’s Singapore International Reinsurance Conference showed how critical informed discussion is in advancing the role of reinsurance as an enabler of a sustainable future for mankind.
We caught up with Tokio Marine Kiln’s Mr Pavlos Spyropoulos to find out how business has been and where the bright spots for the year ahead might lie.
Low code/no code development platforms are gaining popularity in the insurance industry, but what are the implications for insurers? What are some gains insurers would be able to make?
The Indian insurance industry, backed by a proactive regulator and regulations is projected to touch $222bn and become the sixth-largest insurance market globally by 2032.
The Indian insurance market has plenty of unexplored and untapped areas, especially for brokers.
The Indian life insurance industry is undergoing transformation, aided by macro factors and enabling measures by the regulator.
Australia’s InsurTech scene seems to be growing from strength to strength with start-ups aimed at solving problems in the insurance space.
China is seeing a recalibration of its insurance markets in the face of slowing growth, deflation and multiple macroeconomic factors.
The 15th China Rendezvous marked its return after a three-year hiatus when it was held in Beijing on 1 December. This year’s theme, ‘Embracing the New Era of Excellence – The Future Map for Insurance’ highlights the potential...
Even as the Chinese regulators mull over how to increase the public’s insurance participation and make them save in their personal pension accounts, the pilot phase of the personal pension system has completedone year.
Moody’s RMS has come a long way in recent years, expanding its coverage and business offerings. We caught up with the agency’s Mr Andy Hare.
ICEYE styles itself as an organisation that provides Earth observation data to government and businesses – including insurers – to help them solve problems.
The cyber market is growing fast. But are there enough specialists to cover the demand?
A number of Asian jurisdictions, including China, have been rolling out policy initiatives to promote the digital transformation of financial services.
IAG, Australia’s largest general insurer, has released a report calling for disaster resilience to be a greater consideration in all land planning decisions to reduce disaster risk in communities across the country and to keep insurance...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is proposing changes to the Policy Owners’ Protection Scheme to enhance its coverage, simplify its design, and improve its operational efficacy.
India’s Zuno General Insurance has launched an electric vehicles (EV) add-on cover, specially designed to provide comprehensive protection for EV and hybrid vehicles.
Etiqa Insurance Singapore, together with local InsurTech Surer have launched a fully customisable migrant domestic worker (MDW) insurance product called Go-Helper insurance.