China's economic trials
Optimising efficiency of reinsurance capital
Re-connecting ... Re-shaping the future
Lack of reinsurance support is a top risk
Life & health
Life in Singapore: Staying ahead of the curve
Insurers must evolve with patients' healthcare demands
InsurTechs are changing the status quo
General
Russia's war with Ukraine - The Russia-Ukraine war, China crash and aviation insurance
Russia's war with Ukraine - Uncertain skies
Russia's war with Ukraine - Insurance concerns ground Indian flights to Russia
Russia's war with Ukraine - Aviation industry should focus on safety as sector recovers
Russia's war with Ukraine - Charting a course through dangerous waters
Russia's war with Ukraine - How insurers will deal with the impact of Russia's invasion
Protecting growth markets in Asia
The taxing of insurance
Hong Kong
Regulation, InsurTech and RBC
Reinsurance inward premiums fall in 2021
Digitalisation continues to drive business
Standing firm through the pandemic
Exploring the frontier of insurance
Opening borders and closing protection gaps
The health of health insurance
Insurers wary of China's teetering property market
Is the 10th listed insurer on the way?
Are climate risks becoming uninsurable?
Asian
Australia: General insurers face headwinds in investments and cost control
South Korea: Reinsurer's investment gains prop up net income
Reinsurance: Munich Re to tighten wording of cyber policies to exclude war
Risk
Most premature deaths due to air pollution in South Asian cities
More than half of rated Asia-Pacific companies face ESG risks
Emissions can be halved by 2030
Hong Kong: Sun Life introduces ESG-focused savings plan
Hong Kong: OneDegree partners Munich Re to launch digital asset insurance
Malaysia: FWD Takaful launches new medical plan
Malaysia: Manulife launches protection plan for mother and baby
People on the move
TAXATION AND INSURANCE
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MARKET PROFILE - Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority remained active and achieved a lot during the pandemic. Asia Insurance Review spoke with the IA’s Mr Clement Cheung to understand what has been achieved and what more needs to be done.
CHINA
To achieve its target of developing subsidised rental housing for its large population, China has to garner support not only from the country’s real estate sector but also from major investors like banks and insurers. Insurers may not help the...
REINSURANCE
We spoke to Allianz Re’s Messrs Holger Tewes-Kampelmann and Kenrick Law to see where the opportunities and risks lie in the Asia-Pacific region and what the year ahead might hold in store.
Most markets in Asia Pacific have protection gaps of one size or another in both the life and non-life sectors. We take a look at a range of jurisdictions in Asia Pacific and their comparative tax treatment of insurance.
It has become the accepted wisdom that China will become the world’s largest insurance market in the medium term – with estimates converging around 2035 as the likely date for this to happen.
The announcement from the Singapore Reinsurers’ Association in early April that the 18th SIRC 2022 would be an in-person event came as a great relief to the many thousands of delegates and visitors who have made the annual reinsurance meeting...
The Indian insurance industry fears that non-availability of reinsurance support could be a major risk to operations.
Despite the significant hurdles the last few years have presented, Singapore’s life insurance industry has maintained its overall strong performance.
Healthcare has become one of the most debated topics in the world – made topical by the pandemic. With customers demanding more from their healthcare providers, while struggling with rising medical costs and inflation,.What role can insurers...
Over the past few years, a number of InsurTechs across Asia have transformed into full-stack players and are changing the insurance landscape in the region.
COVID-19 lockdowns in Hong Kong and mainland China have strained the financial services sector in the territory - and reinsurance has not been spared.
Hong Kong has had a tough time over the past couple of years, although the recent easing of restrictions might turn the tides.
Sunshine Insurance is commonly believed to be on the verge of becoming China’s 10th listed insurer.
The increase in severe catastrophic events is leading to more in claims than the premium collected by the insurers. If the trend continues, the premium required to insure the increasing risks could become prohibitive.
Profitability remains a challenge for the general insurance industry in Australia because of declining investment returns combined with increased claims and operational costs, said the professional services firm KPMG Australia in a new report.
Korean Re has achieved strong business results for 2021, with net income jumping by 18.4% to KRW178bn ($144m).
Munich Re is planning new wordings in cyber insurance policies to exclude war, to avoid disputes over what is covered, the reinsurer’s top cyber underwriter told Reuters.
OneDegree Hong Kong has announced that it has entered into a three-year strategic partnership with Munich Re to launch OneInfinity, a digital asset insurance product designed specifically for digital asset trading platforms, custodians, asset...
The plan is offered to people with mild to moderate learning disabilities aged five to 55 years old, or to a parent or legal guardian aged at least 17 years old. The plan is renewed yearly until the person with learning disabilities reaches 71 years...
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