RIMS' President Robert Cartwright, Jr: Attracting the next generation
Medix Global: More transparency needed to limit medical inflation
Lloyd's: Seeking sustainable pricing for all
J B Boda: Building relationships for 75 years
Rajesh Sud: 17 going on 18!
RMS: Modelling risks - How could it have been worse?
IFoA on UN sustainability goals
Staying relevant in digital China
A Roaring Trade in Health
Asia's Pandora's box
Healthcare in Asia: A storm in the making!
Cybercrimes make healthcare sick
India's budget conundrum - Insuring 500 million
Hong Kong
Regulations lead the way
Interview with the Insurance Authority: Growing in lure as a Hub
HKFI: Supporting the industry through a raft of regulatory changes
Mainland's demand to boost both life and general insurance
Life insurance continues to soar
General insurance stagnant, but buoyed by Mainland infrastructure projects
Reinsurance perspective: China and regulatory priorities
Wishlist and Viewpoints: Words from the players
The Insurance Authority: The new investigation and enforcement agency
Role of Brokers in the Digital Era: Entrenched or marginalised
Broker survival tips in the digital landscape
Think Tank
Making climate change a boardroom issue for insurers
India Rendezvous Update
New reinsurers are the flavour of the season!
Regulation
Are you IFRS 17-ready?
Flood and Big Data
Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India
View from India
Insurers have a role in road safety
loT in Motor Insurance
Digitalisation is driving motor insurance in China
The rise of the connected vehicle - and what it means for warranties
Hitting the brakes on motor
Microinsurance
Delivering 6,700% growth in microinsurance
CRO
Insurance CROs under pressure from digital risks
Asian
Asia: Economic momentum driving insurance - Moody's
Asia: InsurTech investments surging strong
Australia: Some health insurers should consider mergers - APRA
Bangladesh: New law makes insurance mandatory for shipbreakers
Another Thai insurer eyes life in Cambodia
Cambodia: Asia Advisers Network contributes to raising the bar in agency
China: Insurance and financial industry regulation set to be discussed by lawmakers
India: Insurance mart could expand by 230% to US$280 bln in 3 years
Indonesia: Insurers expect more than US$420 mln from insuring state assets
Indonesia: WanaArtha Life on infrastructure development funding through PPP
CII aims to help bridge Indonesia's 'Insurance Gap''
Japan: More age-related insurance products expected
South Korea: Local insurers to play bigger role in corporate plans
Macau: Most of Typhoon Hato losses were reinsured
Malaysia: Non-life market to see continued subdued growth
Pakistan: Infrastructure projects to generate additional premiums of up to US$600 mln
Singapore: Life insurers toast stellar growth of 24% for 2017
Philippines: High capital demands deter non-life players from microinsurance
Singapore: InsurTech newbie provides cover for Internet economy
Sri Lanka: Market expects more foreign interest in non-life sector
Taiwan: Strong local currency a heavy drag on life sector's 2017 profits
Thailand: Muang Thai Life eyes expansion beyond Indochina
Vietnam: Foreign players an asset to insurance mart - Bao Viet Securities
Global
Shuzo Sumi named as IIS' Hall of Fame Laureate
A record-breaking earthquake CAT bond for World Bank
Corporate Risk Management
Look out for these what-if scenarios - WEF's 10 potential future shocks
Top connected risks trends in 2018 - Russell Group
Product Bytes
People on the move
COVER STORY - A Roaring Trade in Health
COUNTRY PROFILE - Hong Kong
The Insurance Authority has been active for the past eight months with a slew of moves to get industry digital as well as ready for RBC.
INSIGHTS - Regulation
Your existing IT system may not be enough to meet IFRS 17 regulations. Mr Kenneth Koh of SAS explains.
INSIGHTS - Think Tank
Climate change is a priority for the majority of C-level executives. Dr Maryam Golnaraghi of The Geneva Association highlights the findings of a study they did.
CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT - CRO
Mr Sumit Narayanan of EY, who led EY’s APAC Insurance CRO survey 2017–2018: Empowering for transformation which interviewed the region’s leading insurers and reinsurers, looks at the biggest challenges facing chief risk officers...
Spring in the air does add a lilt to our step and lift our spirits. Despite the volatile stock markets, some say the bull is still not done. Yet others are caving in to fears of inflation raging again. Rising interest rates is a real bogey for many.
Mr Robert Cartwright, Jr is the 2018 President of RIMS, the risk management society™, and the Division Manager –Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability – Northeast Division at Bridgestone Retail Operations.
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Authorities must focus on transparency of medical outcomes to influence provider behaviour and empower customers in their decision-making,Ms Sigal Atzmon, CEO of Medix Global, tells Asia Insurance Review.
On the sidelines of the 11th India Rendezvous 2018 in Mumbai, Ms Inga Beale, CEO of Lloyd’s of London, shared with us her thoughts on the global (re)insurance markets, especially in emerging Asia, and their focus on achieving a sustainable...
The J B Boda Group pioneered reinsurance broking in India and is celebratingits 75th Anniversary this year. We speak to Mr Atul Dhirajlal Boda, Chairman of the Group on the journey so far and the road ahead.
Mr Rajesh Sud, Executive Vice Chairman & MD of Max Life Insurance Company, is among the rare breed of CEOs to have survived in the top management space for over 17 years in one of India’s leading life insurance companies. He has seen the...
While insurers in Asia and the rest of the world remain in various phases of disruption and tech adoption, China is without doubt the trailblazer in this space, leading the industry by a substantial margin. Asia Insurance Review caught up with...
There is unfortunately no magic wand that can provide a solution to the healthcare woes of Asia: ageing demography, rising lifestyle/non-communicable diseases, environment and pollution related afflictions, galloping medical inflation and many more....
Asia Insurance Review speaks to reinsurers, insurers, brokers, health evangelists and medical management solution providers to understand the healthcare problems in Asia and the way forward.
Modern healthcare industry is highly evolved. However, with petabytes of sensitive and vital data, it has become vulnerable to cyber-crime prowlers. Employees have emerged as the weakest link in the chain. Continuous training and reskilling of human...
Since the Insurance Authority (IA) took over the statutory functions of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) to regulate insurers on 26 June 2017, its key priorities have been to look at the risk management of insurers and to position...
With the establishment of a new independent regulator in the form of the Insurance Authority (IA), the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers (HKFI) has also repositioned itself and set out its priorities in the mid and long term. HKFI Chairman Stuart...
Mr Alex Thoms and Ms Jessica Wright of Willis Towers Watson elaborate how digitalisation is a significant opportunity for many insurance brokers.
Ms Kay Jackson of Simplex Insurance Solutions shares pointers on how a small insurance broker can survive the digital landscape.
Market participants in India have now transcended from finding the ideal reinsurance partner globally to having them in India itself! It is indeed ‘The New World of Reinsurance in India’.
Steady economic momentum across the Asia Pacific economies, led by China, is driving demand in the region’s insurance sector, according to Ms Qian Zhu, a Moody’s Vice President and Senior Credit Officer.
InsurTech funding in 2017 rose 36% from the year before to reach US$2.3 billion, according to the latest data published by Willis Towers Watson.
Mergers should be at least under active consideration by health insurers with low or negative member growth, and which only have small membership bases to begin with, Mr Geoff Summerhayes, APRA Executive Board Member, has said.