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Mar 2025

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March-Home
Editor's Letter
Magazine article aboutFrom-globalisation-to-fragmentation

From globalisation to fragmentation

Market Profile
Magazine article aboutCommitment-to-fostering-a-thriving-lifestyle-for-all

Japan

Commitment to fostering a thriving lifestyle for all

ESG support initiatives by insurers

Japanese non-life insurers shift focus to profitability

Regulator looks to improve business practices in non-life

Reinsurance market stable despite several Nat CAT events

Organisers of EAIC 2026 in Tokyo gear up for biennial regional event

International Women’s Day
Magazine article aboutProtection-plans-for-women-more-focussed-with-changing-times

Protection plans for women more focussed with changing times

View from India - Empowering women through gender-focused strategies

Insurance
Magazine article aboutLessons-from-Los-Angeles-wildfires

General

Lessons from Los Angeles wildfires

ESG plays a larger role in insurer asset management

Asia: Global developments will impact insurer asset management

Insurers continue to focus on ESG

AI risks reshaping the insurance sector

Bancassurance is a symbiotic relationship

Bancassurance can be a game-changer

Life & health

AI will transform health insurance

China
Magazine article aboutChina-pulls-out-all-stops-to-go-green

China pulls out all stops to go green

Pension trusts sprout shoots as an emerging business

Notebook
Magazine article aboutTraditional-insurance-can-t-keep-pace-with-climate-change

Traditional insurance can't keep pace with climate change

India's time on the world insurance stage has arrived

18th India Rendezvous 2025: Student essay competition - Where vision sparks action - charting the future of insurance

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announces the Global Insurance Excellence Awards with Asia Insurance Review

News

Asian

Australia: FSC welcomes financial advice education reforms

Cambodia and Laos strengthen insurance ties

China: New guidelines for EV insurance

Indonesia: Mandatory motor third-party liability programme delayed

Malaysia: Parliament takes note of surging insurance premium hikes, to hold public hearings

Thailand: Government considering price hike on health insurance for migrant workers

Product Bites

Product bites

Diary
People on the move

People on the move

Market Profile

Japan

Commitment to fostering a thriving lifestyle for all

With society and the economy constantly evolving as the world moves forward, and global geopolitics becoming increasingly complex, the life insurance industry has the moral responsibility to ensure a good long-term future for its policyholders and society as a whole.
 

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ESG support initiatives by insurers

How insurers support their stakeholders’ ESG initiatives is becoming a crucial issue in the global insurance sector. This topic was discussed by a sustainability panel during the ASEAN Insurance Congress held in Brunei last November.
 

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Japanese non-life insurers shift focus to profitability

The non-life insurance sector in Japan is manoeuvring through a challenging environment characterised by shifting consumer demands, regulatory adjustments, and heightened competition.
 

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Regulator looks to improve business practices in non-life

Over the past year, Japan’s insurance regulator, the Financial Services Agency, has turned its attention to business practices in the non-life insurance industry, from creating a healthy environment for non-life insurers by promoting the use of brokers to strengthening systems for sales agents.
 

Reinsurance market stable despite several Nat CAT events

Over the past few years, Japan’s reinsurance market has experienced urgencies to revisit basic product principles, coverage and limitations, for insurance to be continuously and appropriately provided.
 

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Organisers of EAIC 2026 in Tokyo gear up for biennial regional event

Japan, which will host the 31st Conference of the East Asian Insurance Congress (EAIC) in 2026, aims to address significant issues and areas of high interest to the industry during the regional gathering, considering the current environment surrounding the global insurance sector.
 

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