AIIA
And the winner is ...
Crowning new champions of the industry
Stars of 2017 continue to shine bright
Life & health
Looking beyond the horizon
The composition of a life business
General
The challenge of insuring IP
Seeking a buffer in a tough marine market
Managing general agents - A changing proposition
SIRC: Reinsurance reloaded - Cyber and the IR4 world
JLT-MMC merger
Is Indian insurance protectionist?
Planning for the future
India Inc needs to up its risk management capabilities
Asia Pacific and cyber demand
Prerequisites for a sustainable cyber risk insurance market
Investment tips from a professional
Asset management and navigating unprecedented change
Asia and the future of global wealth
Insurance and sustainability
South Asia
Pakistan: Economic upswing to revive insurance sector
Sri Lanka: Developing alternative distribution channels
Maldives: Small is beautiful
2019 outlook: Shocks and stimulus therapy
Who will unleash China's commercial health insurance market?
Leveraging environmental data
Insurance and IR4.0 - a brave new world
Insuring happiness
Harnessing diversity
Increasing inclusion and diversity in Asia Pacific region
Diversity and inclusion - What does it really mean?
Home away from home
Indonesia - from potential to reality
View from India - Health insurance policies will be more customer friendly
Asian
Asia Pacific: 3 markets in region have above average pension systems
Australia: Modest returns spur Aussie owners to divest life
China: Life insurers report narrowing decline in cumulative monthly gross premiums
Hong Kong: Typhoons lift territory's insurance penetration rate
India: Call to change crop insurance scheme to prevent 'abnormal' gains by insurers
Indonesia: 93% of population devoid of life insurance
Japan: Non-life insurers to enjoy stable pricing conditions
Malaysia: 4m non-life policyholders hit by sales tax changeover
Myanmar: Microinsurance mart attracts $1.1m investment
New Zealand: Country is ranked second riskiest in the world
Pakistan: Regulator to tighten governance rules for insurers
Philippines: CAT risk scheme to boost insurance mart
Singapore: Insurance broking to lead in new fast-track sandbox
South Korea: Significant proportion of adults financially unprepared for retirement
Sri Lanka: A bancassurance union
Thailand: IFC funds online motor insurance platform
Vietnam: Non-life sector sees declining underwriting margins
Global
California wildfires slated for multi-billion dollar insured losses
IAIS conference embraces FinTech, cyber risks, climate risk and sustainable development
Risk
Hong Kong: Regulator sets out approach towards virtual assets
India: Cyber attacks, data fraud and volatile weather top risks for Indian corporates
Product Bites
People on the move
DIVERSITY IN INSURANCE
REINSURANCE
JLT Re’s CEO Michael Reynolds gives us his take on the JLT-MMC merger and what it means for the industry.
Buy Now
REGULATION
We speak to IA’s newly appointed CEO Clement Cheung about the challenges and opportunities ahead.
CHINA
China’s commercial health insurance market is poised for massive growth, driven by national policies, demographics and consumer demand. EY Asia-Pacific FSO innovation and FinTech leader Effie Xin, and EY Asia-Pacific insurance leader Jonathan...
TECHNOLOGY
Big data enables insurers to quantify risk, design and price insurance products and to validate and set-tle claims.
ACTUARIAL
Behavioural economics are emerging as increasingly important for life. RGA Global Reinsurance CEO Ronald Poon-Affat provides his views.
While the rest of the world winds down for Christmas, the renewals have created havoc for insurers and everyone is busy running around – especially brokers and cedants – looking for the best rate with the maximum covers.
The Asia Insurance Industry Awards are over for 2018, but many industry players have already set their sights on the 2019 awards.
Fifteen insurance champions were crowned at the glittering 22nd Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2018.
We look back at how some of the winners of the 2017 Asia Insurance Industry Awards fared in 2018.
AIA Singapore recently unveiled two humanoid AIs that promise to improve efficiency of its customer service centres in the island. AIA group CEO Ng Keng Hooi talks about this industry-first achievement.
China Taiping General manager of life insurance Lance Tay talks about the decision to become a composite.
Raising awareness and availability of intellectual property insurance in Asia is important, says Mr Mark Waters from Antares Underwriting Asia.
The 15th Singapore International Reinsurance Conference saw much discussion of cyber, digitalisation and industrial revolution 4.0.
As India awaits the release of new draft reinsurance regulations by IRDAI,we speak to Indian reinsurance veteran Mr R Raghavan.
SBI Life Insurance Company’s RoopKumar Nagumantry offers an insider’s perspective.
We spoke to Beazley’s newly-appointed head of Asia-Pacific Lucien Mounier, about the great opportunities for cyber business.
Sustainable growth of the cyber insurance market should not be taken for granted. This report from The Geneva Association.
HSBC’s global head of insurance segment Andries Hoekema talks about Asia growth opportunities.
Mr Paul Carrett from FWD Group and Ms Philippa Thompson from Bloomberg discuss the world of insurance asset management.
We talk to Allianz chief economist Michael Heise about recent developments and the future of Asia’s wealth.
The Pakistani insurance sector has continued its upward trend in terms of premium growth – but low insurance penetration remains a challenge.
The Sri Lankan insurance industry continues to face the challenge of low penetration in spite of an economic upswing and higher insurance premiums being generated in the market.
The Maldives has a vibrant insurance sector. We look at the growth story.
Euler Hermes economist Mahmoud Islam looks at the three shocks weighing on China’s outlook – US protectionism, currency and financial market weaknesses.
Asia Insurance Review’s special summit on industrial revolution 4.0 delivered a message for the industry to keep an open mind.
We talk with several insurers and find out how the insurance industry is faring when it comes to diversity and inclusion.
Companies are realising that having a culture that’s both inclusive and diverse is a differentiator. Ms Smilla Yuan and Mr Chad O’Reilly from Willis Towers Watson give their views.
Ms Bettina Dietsche from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE discusses what diversity means.
Labuan IBFC CEO Farah Jaafar-Crossby provides some revealing insights about the jurisdiction.
The Indonesia Rendezvous was a roaring success with lively sessions, informed debate and spectacular hospitality. Asia Insurance Review was there to provide some insider insights for readers.
Indian health insurance companies can look forward to some ‘healthy’ times.
The pension systems of three markets in the Asia Pacific have been rated as above the average of 34 retirement income systems reviewed by Monash Business School’s Australian Centre for Financial Studies and global human resources consulting...
The latest data from the CBIRC show that life insurers posted gross premium income totalling CNY2.19tn ($316bn) for the January to September period, a y-o-y decrease of 3.5%.