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Increasing client value through innovation and tailored products
Fosun: The investment edge
Ageas: Growing through solid partnerships
HSBC Global Asset Management: Matching liabilities for more secure returns
Reinsurance renewals - Stability and sustainability expected
Reinsurance renewals - The need for sustainability and the realities of the 2015 renewal
Reinsurance renewals - Rendez-vous de Septembre: Conservative optimism sets tone for market
Reinsurance renewals - The Right Price for Risk: "Let's not underestimate the human element in underwriting"
Reinsurance renewals - The partnership package
Underwriting focus - Harnessing social media data for enhanced underwriting effectiveness
New business: Casualty insurance - Urbanisation: Implications for casualty insurance in emerging markets
Marine spotlight: Underwriters can be their own worst enemies
Life focus - Southeast Asia's developing life insurance markets
Broker focus: Establishing a native global broker in Japan
Broker focus: The changing landscape of reinsurance broking
Investment & asset management in insurance: Strategic asset allocation for Asia-Pacific life insurers
CIO summit focus: Impact of technology - Online comparison portals: New partners for Asia's insurance industry
CIO summit focus: Impact of technology - Coordinating the chaos of insurance customer communications
Corporate profile: AXIS Capital: Celebrating 10 years in the dynamic Asia-Pacific region
A drive to benefit consumers & companies
Interview with Regulator: Game plan for success
Life: Marching to the beat of market-friendly regulations
Non-life: Full steam ahead for innovation
Staying resilient in times of change
More regulatory hurdles removed to facilitate foreign investment activities
Myanmar - Foreigners welcome now to help in market development
Myanmar - Patience is a virtue here!
Pensions: Incentives and creativity needed to encourage more to act on pensions
Insurance for the greater good
Big data and how to ensure it does not become a big issue
Bring on tomorrow - How brokers and carriers can combine to help drones take off
Takaful rendezvous - Retakaful: Beyond capacity provision
Asia: EAIC is finally here!
Asia: LIAM: Life Association marks 40 years
Asia: Protectionism threatening Asian economies - Lloyd's Chairman
Asia Pacific regional reinsurers more resilient than CEEMEA to headwinds - S&P
Asia: Ship hijackings on the rise in Southeast Asia's waters
Asia: Par business in Asia gaining market share - Milliman
Australia: Govt entities work to achieve a more positive risk culture
China: Premiums grow strongly despite product restrictions
China: RGA receives Shanghai branch licence
India: IRDA says industry needs $8 billion capital infusion
India: Government health insurance scheme reduces mortality among poors
Indonesia: New supervisory unit for financial groups to be set up
Japan: Tokio Marine sees many good M&A targets in the US
Malaysia: LIAM seeks more incentives from government
Singapore: Life insurance web aggregator to be ready by 1Q 2015
Singapore: Plan to launch CAT bond in Singapore
Singapore: Expats find living costs in Singapore impacting their savings habits
Thailand: Pacific Cross Group makes Thai acquisition
Asian Risk Management Conference 2014: A game-changing initiative by PARIMA
Hong Kong insurance industry hosts inaugural award ceremony
ASEAN insurance summit: The ASEAN way to integration
Willis launches Disease Response Center site amid Ebola threat
Influx of new capital continues to reshape reinsurance market - Guy Carpenter
Lloyd's reports 21% increase in profit for 1H 2014
Insurance industry to double its climate-smart investment by end of 2015
Mutuals and cooperatives are the fastest-growing insurance sector since 2007 - ICMIF
IFC-World Bank partners with AXA to boost insurance coverage globally
Diary of events
People on the move
While Myanmar may not be opening its doors to foreign investments in insurance yet, the government is open to having foreign insurers provide training and research expertise to the local sector. H.E. Dr Maung Maung Thein, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance and also Chairman of the Insurance Business Regulatory Board, explains.
Buy Now
Foreign insurers keen to enter the insurance market in Myanmar will need to be patient as the market is not likely to open up anytime soon.
The challenge of longevity risk lies in effectively educating the public on it and incentivising them to take action to plan their retirement, said speakers at the recent 10th Asia Conference on Pensions & Retirement Planning.