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Sep 2022

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September-Home
Editor's Letter
Magazine article aboutChina-Handle-with-care

China: Handle with care

Reinsurance
Magazine article aboutSIRC-Inflation-implications-for-reinsurance

SIRC: Inflation implications for reinsurance

India: Pros and cons of obligatory cessions

Nepal: Reinsurance challenges and solutions

Harnessing the power of data

APAC reinsurance in focus

Insurance
Magazine article aboutElectric-Vehicle-Insurance-Singapore-EV-insurance-gains-popularity-but-lacks-scale

General

Electric Vehicle Insurance - Singapore: EV insurance gains popularity but lacks scale

Electric Vehicle Insurance: View from India - India: Are insurers ready for electric vehicles?

Electric Vehicle Insurance - Philippines: Lack of EV claims data a concern

Electric Vehicle Insurance - South Korea: EV insurance playing catch-up

Electric Vehicle Insurance - EVs in Australia, China and Hong Kong

Hong Kong regulator faces challenges retrieving missing funds

Securing the NFT market

Ensuring resilient economies through insurance

Bangladesh insurers face climate change test

India: Climate change and insurers

Life & health

Life insurance adapts to climate change

Driving offline success in an online world

Market Profile
Magazine article aboutInsurers-facing-persistent-profit-challenges

Malaysia

Insurers facing persistent profit challenges

InsurTech progressing cautiously

Regulation for sustainability, affordability and innovation

Reinsurers face uncertainties in flood risks

Government initiatives boost life sector

P&C insurance returns to previous growth standards

Australia
Magazine article aboutMaking-insurers-more-efficient

Making insurers more efficient

Mortgage insurers well placed to ward off gloom

Briefs

New insurance investor guidelines in Australia

Actuaries Institute: COVID-19 third leading cause of death in 2022

Turbulent times ahead in class action environment

APRA blueprint 2022-2026

China
Magazine article aboutCritical-illness-insurance-in-crisis

Critical illness insurance in crisis

Market recovery momentum continues

Notebook
Magazine article aboutThe-Geneva-Association-Ransomware-An-insurance-market-perspective

Think Tank

The Geneva Association - Ransomware: An insurance market perspective

News

Asian

Asia: Insurance pricing in region rises by 3% in Q2

Japan: Tokio Marine sounds alert on COVID-related losses in Taiwan

Singapore: AM Best upgrades Singapore Re's ratings on appeal

Risk

Cyber security and data privacy top people-related risk in Asia

Semiconductor industry supply chain risks

Australia: 20 top financial and business bodies agree on need for sustainability reporting standards

Product Bites

Hong Kong: AXA announces flexible wealth accumulation plan

Hong Kong Life launches new savings plan

Malaysia: KTMB offers takaful plan for passengers

Diary
People on the move

People on the move

Market Profile

Malaysia

Insurers facing persistent profit challenges

Listed insurers in Malaysia have started the year by posting near double-digit GWP growth in the first three months of 2022, but they continue to face profitability challenges due to volatility on the investment front.
 

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InsurTech progressing cautiously

InsurTech in Malaysia is on its way to becoming a significant component of the country’s insurance ecosystem with strong government and regulatory backing and rising customer demand for technological offerings.
 

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Regulation for sustainability, affordability and innovation

We look at some initiatives that Malaysia’s insurance regulator has undertaken in the recent past to improve the country’s protection sector.
 

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Reinsurers face uncertainties in flood risks

Reinsurers in Malaysia are working on solutions to address underinsurance from Nat CAT risks such as floods. Flood insurance penetration in the country is very low and poses a major challenge for the government to support those affected by floods.
 

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Government initiatives boost life sector

The 16 members of the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia, boosted by a number of government initiatives, closed the year 2021 with a robust 12.4% growth in new business over 2020.
 

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P&C insurance returns to previous growth standards

Post pandemic, Malaysia saw good growth for the general insurance sector, with GWP rising by 2.1% in 2021, after declines in 2019 and 2020. This growth was in line with improvement of the general economy.
 

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