From Editor-in-Chief
Timeless truths of the tale of insurance
Technology will drive competitive advantage in 2014
Lloyd's Chairman looks into the future
FWD: Fast forwarding across Asia
Canopius: The need for scale
Guernsey Finance: Financial centres can work together
Property & Casualty: Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014
Property & Casualty: The 5 things to watch in 2014
The unstoppable spirit of the market
Life insurance: Experiencing the turbulent teens
Non-life insurance: Exploring new frontiers for growth
India as a global reinsurance hub
Indian Healthcare: Comfortably numb
Agriculture insurance market: Risk modelling to support growth boost
India, technology, and its future life market
National Insurance Academy: Insurance education amidst the greens
NIA-FAIR Seminar on Risk Management:Insurers should have a 360 degree look at risk management
Bancassurance: The Indian regulatory landscape
Critical illness insurance system in China: Profitability and sustainability for insurers
Privilege in insurance: An Australian perspective
Bring on tomorrow: Does Typhoon Haiyan presage a new era of Asian super-storms?
Hopes sail high in Asia
Marine Insurance: Rough waters, new challenges
Marine Insurance: Insurance options for shipping banks
Prudential interactions: Adapting your approach between countries and supervisory regimes
Using retakaful to grow
Innovation feature: Becoming a digital insurer
Investment focus: Making headway despite the headwinds
Integrate and communicate, simply!
Asia: Eyes on ASEAN Economic Community
Asia: Sun Life Hong Kong: Maturing allure still an attraction
Asia: ACE bullish on expansion in Asia Pacific
Asia: Risk maturity differentiators and characteristics
Asia: AIA signs exclusive long-term bancassurance partnership with Citibank in 11 markets
Asia: Getting the right support in place
Asia: Tweak training to serve changing demographics
Australia: Premiums up 7.9%, claims down 3.2%
Australia needs a national, long-term plan to manage Nat CATs
Bangladesh: Insurance industry affected by political unrest
Chinese insurers on sustainable growth path - S&P
China: Regulator takes preliminary steps towards allowing captive insurers
Hong Kong: HKFI expresses doubts on health protection scheme's effectiveness
India: New health insurance TPA to start operations from April
Sompo Japan acquires Canopius Group
Singapore: Ironshore Insurance aiming to make Singapore an M&A insurance centre
Singapore: Capita Insurance signs up 3 insurers for its central processing service
Sri Lanka: Stable outlook for Sri Lanka's insurance sector - Fitch
Thailand: Anti-government protests jeopardise 2014 growth
EAIC Insurance day 2013: A story of charity, affinity and identity
2013 insured losses down by about 50% from 2012 - sigma
Impact of volatile weather on profits is increasing - Allianz
Candidates of 2014 Insurance Hall of Fame
Global pandemic is insurers' major extreme risk - Survey
North P&I Club and Sunderland Marine to merge
John Fitzpatrick of Geneva Association to step down as CEO in May
Political risk and macroeconomic instability top concerns of investors
Global insurance body welcomes TISA negotiations
Diary of events
People on the move
COVER STORY
It has been an eventful 2013 for the P&C sector. Our research found a litany of moans and woes, but we bring you the top five which was the rage of the year and will resurface and dominate 2014 too: Nat CATs, accumulation and modelling; protection gap; regulatory developments; M&As; and talent crunch. We don't stop there. We go a step forward and ask CEOs their top three P&C concerns for 2014 and the five things to watch out for. Be Prepared.
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There are challenging and turbulent times but the Indian insurance industry is still exciting and growing. Despite facing economic slowdown, regulatory changes, a slew of Nat CATs, stiff competition, and a long list of other woes, there is just no...
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P&I Clubs tell Asia Insurance Review that Asia is growing in importance and has a high potential for further growth while sharing their thoughts on the challenges in the region and globally, and the art of managing them.
We start this great year with Mr Geoff Riddell reminding us of the intrinsic mechanism of the insurance magic on economies. He looks at the hyped-up regulatory activities in the world including the divergence in the EU and US approaches and what it...
When businesses sign up for insurance to protect themselves against theft and financial loss, they often overlook one of the greatest risks of our time - data.
In an exclusive interview with Asia Insurance Review, Lloyd's Chairman John Nelson, speaks about the possible impact of the convergence of alternative and traditional capital in the sector, as well as implementing his vision to diversify Lloyd's...
Whether in business, politics or the arts, Mr Ronald Arculli has made his mark in the various endeavours he has pursued. His latest task will see him serve as FWD's Chairman - formerly part of ING's group of business bought over by Richard Li's...
It will become increasingly tough for (re)insurers to remain small in the new environment. Ms Inga Beale explains why and also details Canopius Group's plans in Asia. Ms Beale was Group Chief Executive at Canopius Group when she spoke with us for...
It has been an eventful 2013 for the P&C sector. Our research found a litany of moans and woes, but we bring you the top five which was the rage of the year and will resurface and dominate 2014 too: Nat CATs, accumulation and modelling; protection...
As 2014 begins, here is our pick of the issues that have been significantly discussed and that we feel will continue to make waves in the year ahead. By Dawn Sit
The life insurance segment contributes about 4% to India's GDP in terms of total premiums underwritten annually. There are 23 private companies in the segment. The state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) dominates the field with about...
The Indian non-life industry is going through a challenging phase now because of the general economic slowdown, and this phase is expected to continue for some time. However, the market is still growing, and companies which take the required...
In this extract of The Geneva Association's Health and Ageing newsletter, Ms Yashan Ren and Mr Shaowen Dai from the Central University of Finance and Economics discuss the profitability and sustainability of the Critical Illness Insurance System...
Mr Chris Harris and Ms Olympia Samolis of Clyde & Co Perth explain the complex issue of legal professional privilege (LPP), the source of LPP disputes, maintaining privilege and the result of an inadvertent waiver.
Typhoon Haiyan was extraordinary with its wind speeds of 195mph - the third strongest on record. However, history has shown that such super-storms are not unprecedented in Asia. Mr Robin Johnson of AIG explores the implications for the future.
The marine insurance industry has been struggling for the most part of the last 20 years. Yet it has proven to be a hugely efficient market, where insurers accept risks transferred to them from their clients at very marginal cost. With the benefit...
Mr Henrik Hagberg, Mr Herman Steen and Mr Yannis Litina of Wikborg Rein discuss the insurance options available for shipping banks to ensure that their interests are protected, be it under English or Nordic conditions.
How should you interact differently in European and Asia-Pacific countries? How are risk-based regulation and supervision shaping your interactions with supervisors? Ms Tracey Martin from the Prudential Regulation Authority UK discusses these...
The takaful sector met in a rendezvous setting in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the January renewal season with the thrust to use retakaful to grow the business. Is there a better path ahead?
Dr Stephan Heydorn and Mr Chris Kaye from The Boston Consulting Group share pointers on becoming a truly digitalised insurer, which they believe is not difficult at all.
With the challenge of persistent low yields, the 2nd Asia Investment Management Summit was forced to explore and dissect the various investment options available to think out of the box to find hidden treats.
Integration, customer centricity and simplicity were the clarion calls at the 2nd Asia Technology Summit where CIOs were urged to build their technology strategies to differentiate their services.
The move towards a single market through the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 took centre stage at the 9th ASEAN Insurance Congress. Speakers shared insights in line with the theme "ASEAN transformation for faster growth". By Benjamin Ang
Mr Wim Hekstra, who took over as Chief Executive at Sun Life Hong Kong (SLHK) in August 2013, paints a rosy picture of SLHK's operating environment in growing the Canadian company's individual life and industry-leading pensions business in a...
Regional President for ACE in Asia Pacific, Juan Luis Ortega tells Asia Insurance Review about the insurer's growth path in the region. By Ridwan Abbas
The 18th EAIC in 2006 declared 18 October as EAIC Insurance Day. Member cities are urged to hold events on this day to promote the awareness of insurance to the public. We take a quick look across the region at how various member cities did this not...
Insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2013 are estimated to be around US$44 billion, down from $81 billion in 2012, according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re's sigma report.
Volatile weather activity is increasing around the world as evidenced by recent major events, such as typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines or flood Cleopatra in Sardinia.
The International Insurance Society (IIS) has announced the candidates for the 2014 Insurance Hall of Fame, the premier industry award.