From Editor-in-Chief
Principal Financial: Retirements to breathe new life into emerging economies
Everest Re: Pricing is a big concern for the industry
Lloyd's: Naïve capital poses risk in Asia
AXA: Awareness on disaster management improving, but more still to be done
Aon Benfield: "The market will be what it is"
Swiss Re: Prevention better than cure
Munich Re: Infrastructure underwriting needs solid foundations
DBS: A partnership you can bank on
ASEAN focus: Mind the needs of long-term providers in designing capital standards
Investment feature: In search of yield
P&C look back and prospects: Stage 2015 set: Regulations, risk management, Real Action!
P&C look back and prospects: Tsunami Risk: The coastal region of the China Sea
P&C look back and prospects: Underneath the surface: A debt-ridden Asia?
Awaiting the "Open Sesame" to higher ideals
A crossroad awaits
Capturing the potential in India's non-life insurance market
GIC Re: World players welcome in India
An insurance surge needed to promote rapid growth
Winners all!
Insurance Institute of India: Sixty and still going strong
Insurance and e-commerce - Web-Aggregation business in India
Critical Illness-Fit for the elderly?
Raising the bar for risk managers
P&I Clubs deal with multiple headwinds
The case for Connected Wearables in Insurance
Eye on intangibles
Breaking News: Indonesia - Regulator proposes more business be placed with local reinsurers
Asia: Berkshire Hathaway opens direct office in Singapore and eyes Hong Kong
Asia Pacific: Businesses' concern about cash flow up from last year - Atradius
Insured global disasters down 24% in 2014 to US$34 bln; economic losses down 16% to $113 bln - sigma
Asia Pacific pension funds eye alternative assets - State Street
Reputation Institute and RL Expert Group launches member network in Asia
Australia: Insured losses for Brisbane hailstorm estimated at US$663 million
Australia: Calliden shareholders approve acquisition by Steadfast
China Re receives final approval for Lloyd's syndicate for 2015
Hong Kong: Medical costs on the rise
First Financial Inclusion summit in India
India: Need felt for disaster related insurance programme in South Asia
Japan non-life insurers to tighten catastrophe risk management - Fitch
Malaysia: Fairfax acquires MCIS
Nepal: First local reinsurance company receives Government approval
Pakistan: 250,000 mobile subscribers join life insurance scheme
Philippines: Hagupit economic loss estimated at US$75 mln
Sri Lanka: Assets of insurance companies grows in first half
Consider risk and capital aspects in RI programme carefully - Swiss Re
Mitsui Sumitomo Thailand branch celebrates golden jubilee
Everest Re: Celebrating 35 good years in Asia
XL in discussion to acquire Catlin
IAIS begins first public consultation on global insurance capital standard
AXA launches unique global online game
Group collaboration needed in new risk world - Risk managers
Long-term aviation safety record shows improvements despite 2014's extraordinary record - Allianz
Stephen Catlin to receive the 2015 Insurance Hall of Fame Award
Deloitte unveils 10 predictions on healthcare trends in 2020
Diary of events
People on the move
COVER STORY
2014 came and went by in a flash, albeit not without leaving its mark on history. We look back at the most significant events and trends that have kept industry players awake at night, all of which they say will continue to play out in the year ahead.
COUNTRY PROFILE
The excitement is on the FDI easing. They say it will dramatically transform the outlook and strategies of the main players in the market. Some just need it to get more capital pumped in to improve systems and processes. But the excitement is...
NEWS
Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK or Otoritas Jasa Keuangan) has proposed for insurers to retain or reinsure more business with domestic reinsurers, in order to "improve and optimise capacity in the country".
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Amid signals that Asia's economic growth is starting to lose steam, well-devised retirement pension systems could provide the key to sustain long-term GDP growth, says Mr Larry Zimpleman, Chairman and CEO of Principal Financial Group. By Gregory...
Mr Dominic Addesso, President & CEO of Everest Re shares with us his views on the issues that the industry will have to continue to tackle in the coming year as well as their plans for expansion in Asia and Europe. By Dawn Sit
Lloyd's Vincent Vandendael tell us about the challenges of opportunistic capital flowing into Asia and the need to improve insurance awareness. By Ridwan Abbas
Members of the ASEAN Insurance Council, together with Southeast Asian regulators, converged in Brunei, for their respective annual meetings, culminating in a joint plenary where insurers and supervisors exchanged viewpoints towards effective and...
The interest rate environment and the shift towards alternative investments, particularly infrastructure, were topics hotly debated at the 3rd Asia Investment Management Summit for Insurance in Singapore.
2014 came and went by in a flash, albeit not without leaving its mark on history. We look back at the most significant events and trends that have kept industry players awake at night, all of which they say will continue to play out in the year...
Dr Kirsty Styles from Aspen Insurance welcomes the advances made in probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment since the Tohoku quake but admits earth scientists still have many challenges to overcome. She notes that the Tohoku quake is the costliest...
Although Asia appears healthy on the surface, it continues to take on even more debt to support its overall growth and capitalise on perceived opportunities, says Mr Michael Frigo from Atradius. Risk mitigation and the adoption of trade...
In the 15 years since India reprivatised its insurance industry, several models have been developed to optimise operations, distribution, and suitability. And serving the population's protection needs profitably, this could remain a challenge. Mr...
Indian life insurance sector has expanded at a much faster rate than the non-life sector and it now accounts for 80% of India's total premium volume, with penetration four times as high as for the non-life segment. Ms Saraswathi Subramaniam of Asia...
Critical Illness (CI) insurance cover is mostly targeted at young adults rather than the elderly. In this extract taken from The Geneva Association newsletter, Mr Tim Eppert of Gen Re suggests what a CI product that is directly addressed to the...
The inaugural Asian Risk Management Conference saw the gathering of risk professionals including risk managers, insurers, and brokers. We bring you the highlights which include raising the bar through continuous learning and certification, building...
P&I Clubs tell us about rising claims inflation, a more pronounced regulatory and sanctions environment and why prudent underwriting is key as the global economy show signs of improvement.
Mr Andrew Dart of CSC discusses the impact on mainstream awareness of health and fitness through the Apple Watch launch and how this trend will positively impact the development of data driven Life and Disability Insurance propositions.
At the 3rd Asia Insurance CIO Summit held in Singapore, industry experts discussed at length, how best to take the business further through innovation, as well as the complex issues revolving data analytics and management.
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BH Specialty) is close to obtaining a non-life licence in Hong Kong in what would be the next step for its corporate business in Asia following last month's inaugural launch in Singapore, as revealed by its...
The latest edition of the Atradius Payment Practices Barometer for Asia Pacific reveals that more businesses in the region feel pressured by the stresses of maintaining sufficient cash flow last year than the year before. This reflects the growing...
About 800 guests, including His Excellency Shigekazu Sato, Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Thailand; and Her Excellency Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, attended a ceremony...
The Board of Directors of Everest Re Group held their quarterly board meeting in Singapore last November. To celebrate the Board of Directors' inaugural visit to Asia Pacific, Everest Reinsurance Company hosted an industry cocktail reception at...
Both Catlin and XL Group have confirmed that they are in preliminary discussions for XL to acquire Catlin and form a combined entity.
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has begun a public consultation to help guide development of its risk-based, global insurance capital standard (ICS). This is the first of three planned public consultations on the ICS...
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