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Oct 2018

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October-Home
Editor's Message
Insurance
Magazine article aboutCombatting-Asia-s-lifestyle-disease-epidemic

Life & health

Combatting Asia's lifestyle disease epidemic

Golden soil and wealth for toil

General: Marine

Making headway in port technology

The new Achilles' heel of the marine industry

General

The worst flood in a century

Reinsurance
Magazine article aboutNat-CAT-The-calm-before-the-year-end-storm

Nat CAT- The 'calm' before the year-end storm

A national leader of the industry

Opinion

Monte-Carlo calling

Risk
Magazine article aboutHow-2018-s-intensified-geopolitical-risks-could-impact-Japan-and-Asia

How 2018's intensified geopolitical risks could impact Japan and Asia

Risk in Japan

Investment
Magazine article aboutPeak-practice

Peak practice

ILS market looks to Asia for further growth

Country Profile
Magazine article aboutTowards-a-more-resilient-sector

Indonesia

Towards a more resilient sector

Indonesia makes steady progress on actuarial front

Life continues its expansion

Reinsurance maintains strong position

Growth amid a rising economy

Technology
Magazine article aboutAn-agricultural-world-first

An agricultural world-first

The impact of AI in insurance

How InsurTechs can build a sure-win insurance proposition

Symbo brings digital approach to broking

Ecosystems: The new insurance gameplay?

Notebook
Magazine article aboutNo-better-time-to-buy-cyber-insurance

No better time to buy cyber insurance

Back in black (tie)

Insurance: the future will be transformed by human capital

View from India: Mental health insurance

Product Bites

Product Bites

News

Asian

Asia Awards judging reaches its final stages

Asia: Insurers in the region find it more difficult to implement IFRS17

Australia: Customer perspective vital to restoring trust in life insurers

Bangladesh: Insurers see reinsurance claim payment delays

China: China Re expands overseas on the back of 70% domestic market shares

Hong Kong: Insurance sector grows by 7% in 1H2018

India: Demand for cyber cover to soar when data privacy law takes effect

Indonesia: Non-life insurers see robust 1H premium growth

Japan: Tokio Marine to train staff in AI and data analysis

Malaysia: Life association reaches out to gig workers

Myanmar: Liberalisation expected soon in insurance sector

Pakistan: Insurers need to pull up socks to benefit from economic corridor

Singapore: MSIG to accelerate digital business with InsurTech start-up

South Korea: Non-life insurers to turn more to hybrid securities

Taiwan: Regulator revises stock listing rules for insurers

Thailand: EXIM bank expands trade and investment insurance services

Vietnam: Insurance market surges by 24% to $2.5bn in premiums

Global

AIG CEO sees 'huge potential' in investor market for insurance risk

Catastrophe bond market reaches $30bn milestone

Risk

Singapore: Identity card number collection and copying to be illegal from Sept 2019

Accumulation risk a key concern as cyber insurance market grows - The Geneva Association

Events

AICLA concludes successful BI claims conference in Bangkok

Diary
People on the move

People on the move

Technology

An agricultural world-first

AgriTask and Mapfre recently launched a ground-breaking innovation for the agricultural sector, which would allow for much improved efficiency in a complicated industry. We spoke to AgriTask CEO Israel Fraier about the unique capabilities of this platform.
 

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The impact of AI in insurance

People today expect 24/7 access to services, along with personalised customer support available instantly and on demand. In this competitive business environment, enterprise AI solutions are steadily enhancing operational efficiency, improving time-to-market, enabling a more intelligent way to sell and service, and much more. 
 

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How InsurTechs can build a sure-win insurance proposition

While disruption appears to be the new normal, Insurtech Australia CEO and co-founder Simon O’Dell says Asia’s market is still up and coming. And with Southeast Asia flagged as a high growth insurance market, local players are best placed to benefit from InsurTech development.
 

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Symbo brings digital approach to broking

Online broker looks to penetrate Southeast Asia and leverage technology to improve market efficiency.
 

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Ecosystems: The new insurance gameplay?

The need for the insurance industry to step up its customer engagement game has led insurers increasingly to pursue partnerships with third parties and InsurTechs to develop more robust offerings. HiNounou Intelligent Robot Company CEO and founder Charles Bark and AXA Partners (Singapore) CEO Julie Ing shed light on the emergence of the ecosystem trend as they elaborate on the first-ever insurance-as-a-service solution for China’s elderly.
 

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