Life & health
Agents adapt and survive
Marketing at the forefront of revenue generation
Life (agents) in the fast lane
New roadmap needed for health insurers to survive
Creating a growth environment for health insurance in Asia
General
Embarking on the digital trek to healthy growth
Understanding and addressing global insurance protection gaps
Takaful
Takaful in Asia still struggling for scale
Philippines
From perilous cyclones to pervasive iPhones - a market to be tapped
Reinsurers: Good corporate citizens
The young are a tough nut to crack
Insurance literacy: Mind the gap
Bancassurance
Banc-ing on life growth
Bancassurance blockbuster partnership
Selling bancassurance in the digital age
Marine
Marine risk engineers face a more demanding future
News - Cyber risk management will be a major challenge in 'smart cities' of the future
News - AI creates new risks, even as it brings benefits to businesses - Allianz
Sri Lanka
Retiring on a high - eight years of major change
IFRS 17
Implementing IFRS17 - A roadmap for survival
Cognitive computing
Cognitive computing holds promise for life insurance customer service
Interview
Dancing in the dark - AI fights the unknown unknowns
Indian insurance: Going on 18
Asian
Finalists for the 3rd Asia Trusted Life Agents & Advisers Awards 2018 announced
22nd Asia Insurance Industry Awards calls for nominations
Asia: Insurers must leverage China's Belt and Road Initiative projects
Asia: Region leads the way in IFRS 17 implementation
Bangladesh: Airline receives compensation for crashed plane
Australian Insurance Industry Awards are open for nominations till 7 May
China: Central bank gives more details on liberalising insurance mart
Hong Kong: Call for light touch in insurance broking regulation
India: Complaints mount at 'headless' Insurance Ombudsman offices
Indonesia: Non-life market forecast to grow by 5% in 2018
Japan: MS&AD issues first CAT bond against flood and typhoon risks
Malaysia: Growth prospects for insurance and takaful industry seen as positive
Philippines: Sun Life leads life market in 2017
Singapore: Insurance industry personnel attend ILAS event
South Korea: Life insurers seen to invest more in foreign assets
Taiwan: Shin Kong targets higher sales of foreign-currency insurance plans
Thailand: Drunk drivers barred from lodging motor claims
Vietnam: 25% of housing blocks in Hanoi covered by insurance
Global
Insurance Europe issues GDPR data breach notification template
UnitedHealth and Humana launch blockchain pilot
Product Bytes
Product Bites
Events Page
Singapore: University students get a taste of real-world risk management
People on the move
INSURANCE - Life & health
DISTRIBUTION - Bancassurance
Bancassurance attracts some of the biggest insurers and banks with its allure of a strategic win-win, faster growth and scale economies – we look at the state of bancassurance in some Asian markets.
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INSURANCE - Takaful
The takaful sector has not yet reached the scale that its advocates have dreamed of for the past 10 years. The causes and the remedy are not hard to identify.
INSURANCE - General
The Geneva Association’s Kai-Uwe Schanz provides an updated quantification of protection gaps in the areas of natural catastrophe, cyber and healthcare risk.
TECHNOLOGY - Cognitive computing
DXC Business Process Services’ Wayne Harrington argues that bringing cognitive computing to customer service will allow insurers to deliver a level of digital service comparable to that of any other industry.
The merry month of May has come upon us, and there must be some good news lurking around despite the geopolitical and strategic tensions rising. The trade spats, the cold winds in Europe and the Atlantic and the Syrian war stun business prospects...
Insurance agents are finding that automation and advice are not mutually exclusive and that technology offers a chance for agents to be more understanding and responsive to customer needs.
One year into his role as group chief marketing officer of AIA, Stuart Spencer discusses the change he is driving and the impact the group’s major initiatives have had.
The first life company to develop the crystal ball will be the first to figure out what will become of its agency force in the future. Until then it’s business as usual.
The Philippine’s insurance commissioner Mr Dennis Funa talks frankly about the challenges facing the industry as well as the tremendous growth opportunity it faces.
National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines’ Mr Augusto Hildalgo illustrates how AI, digital transformation, climate change, talent crunch and pricing are playing out in this fast-developing market.
The Philippine Life Insurance Association’s George Mina provides a unique view of life insurance penetration and distribution channels in Philippines.
Bancassurance is one of the main distribution channels for insurers in South Asian markets. We speak to some major players to get their perspective on the state of the market and the future for bancassurance.
Pacific Life Re Asia’s Albertus Teddy Setiadi speculates what bancassurance might look like in the year 2020 and predicts the future of how it might be marketed and sold to end customers.
XL Catlin’s Jarek Klimczak argues that as technology develops, marine risk engineers will have to become more versatile and technologically astute - expertise in automation/robotics, cybersecurity, asset tracking, advanced materials and...
Cities in Asia Pacific are getting smarter, but they must be ready for the cyber security risks that accompany the growing adoption of tech-enabled real estate and infrastructure, according to the Clicks and Mortar: The Growing Influence of Proptech...
The widespread implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) applications brings many advantages for businesses, such as increased efficiencies, fewer repetitive tasks and better customer experiences. However, in the wrong hands, the potential...
Recently retired Sri Lankan regulator Indirani Sugathadasa looks back on her successes at the helm of the regulatory body and gives a sneak peek what the future holds for the market.
Actuarial Partners’ Hassan Scott Odierno gets technical about International Financial Reporting Standards - IFRS4 and IFRS17.
Darktrace’s Mr Sanjay Aurora digs deep into the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to combat cyber threats that could have applications in the insurance sector.
View from India. As Indian general insurance turns 18 and acquires the adulthood tag, a look at what it achieved in 2017-18 and what it looks forward to.
A total of 46 candidates from 11 markets have edged out 400 contenders from 50 companies and made it to the finals of the 3rd Asia Trusted Life Agents & Advisers Awards 2018. The awards offers a neutral platform to recognise the best in life...
Asia Insurance Review has sounded this year’s call for the best and brightest of Asia’s insurance industry to take part in the 22nd Asia Insurance Industry Awards (AIIA) 2018. Nominations are now open till 31 May.
Asia Insurance Review is organising its inaugural two-day Insurance Summit on Belt and Road Initiative from 12-13 June 2018, in light of the tremendous opportunities arising out of what China’s President Xi Jinping called the “project of...