What a difference the IAIS has made: Dr Yoshihiro Kawai
Inclusive insurance market development: A2ii
Using New Technology
The new old normal for insurers and brokers
Women in Insurance
Fireside chat with two women insurance leaders
Going that extra mile
Charge of the online insurers
Bancassurance and alternative distributions
The search for a partner
Southeast Asia: Getting on the bancassurance bandwagon
Bancassurance on a high in South Asia
Future of insurance lies outside of it
Insurance agents: A diminishing or expanding role?
Australia
Roundtable sparks robust exchange on hot issues in the market
Cyclone Debbie: Lessons to note
Important changes to Terrorism Insurance Scheme
ERM
Strategic alignment of risks and measures
Transforming ERM to deliver value in insurance
D&O
Fast rising exposures impact D&O landscape
Champagne taste but Beer money: Why it pays to invest in wordings
Power of prediction
Predictive modelling across customer lifetime
Life Insurance Disruption
Disruption: Connectivity will be the tipping point
An Indian Perspective
NHP 2017 - An opportunity to redefine Indian healthcare
Blockchain: Hype or game changer?
Think Tank
The Geneva Association - Insurance and its continued benefits to the economy and society
Motor Focus
Driving into a driverless future
RBC
Asia's long march to RBC
View from India
Poised to be profitable
IT in Insurance
Predictive underwriting in life insurance
First PARIMA Manila conference 2017: Prevalence of risk culture needed
Asian
Asia: Overwhelming entries received for 2nd Asia Agents & Advisers Awards
Asia: Addressing cyber risks beyond just insurance
Asia: Bracing for the first billion in cyber placement
Asia: Swiss Re to set up reinsurance regional HQ in Singapore in 2018
Australia: Move to encourage big FIs to widen approved product lists deemed inadequate
Bangladesh: Govt to decide on nationwide crop insurance scheme
China: Graft crackdown in the financial sector enters "deep waters"
India: Non-life insurers renew over US$15 bln worth of cover
Indonesia: Unclear rules cloud sales of unit-linked general insurance products
Japan: 'Health age' app wins Japan's 1st InsurTech contest
South Korea: Govt to review social insurance funds for long-term adequacy
Malaysia: Insurance market saw bigger profits last year
Pakistan: Capitalisation of State Life meets resistance
Singapore: Friends Provident to offer new solutions for more affluent customers
Singapore: Reinsurers make strides in contract certainty
Reinsurance tech firm sets up office in Singapore
Singapore: Insurance tops financial searches on Google
Taiwan: Forex hedging by insurers deemed more urgent this year
Thailand: Insurers urged to give premium discounts for vehicles with cameras
Global
AGCS review shows companies face rising liability losses in environmental, cyber, product defect and recall risks
CII and IFC join forces to address protection gap for women
Global non-life market will surpass US$2.7 trillion by 2020 -MarketLine
Corporate Risk Management
Terrorism and political violence risk on the rise in Southeast Asia: Aon
New framework to help improve cities' infrastructure resilience: Lloyd's/Arup report
Product Bytes
Events Page
IIRFA in Thailand: A success by all counts
People on the move
COVER STORY - Bancassurance and alternative distributions
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COUNTRY PROFILE - Australia
Asia Insurance Review invited eight highly respected non-life senior executives from the Australian insurance industry to share their views, hot peeves and joys in the market at the annual breakfast roundtable in Sydney. We bring you insights into...
GOING DIGITAL
Asia Insurance Review speaks to two digital insurers to find out how they are upending insurance.
Preparation and early response to Cyclone Debbie was effected by Cunningham Lindsey in the recent catastrophe. Mr Paul Bloxsome from the loss adjuster gives an overview of the devastating impact and shares some of the lessons the insurance industry...
Effective this July, Australia’s Terrorism Insurance Scheme has been changed to provide certainty around coverage in the event of a Declared Terrorist Incident (DTI) involving biological or chemical material, and extended to cover...
LIFE & HEALTH - Power of prediction
Insurers are catching up on the technology path with advanced analytics methods such as predictive modelling. Ms Mandy Luo of ReMark demonstrates the power – and the value – of prediction.
INSIGHTS - Think Tank
As a timely reminder, we bring you this focus by Dr Christophe Courbage of Geneva School of Business Administration, listing the numerous benefits that insurance offers, including providing security for the continued progress in technology and...
INSIGHTS - IT in Insurance
Mr Kedarnath Jha of DXC Technology explores the means of deriving business value for life insurance through advanced predictive analytics.
It is May and the darling buds of May are already in full bloom, in some parts though not in others. Global warming is rearing its ugly head with some parts really wet and drowned, while others dry and farms wither.
Dr Yoshihiro Kawai, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) secretary general for the past 14 years, will be succeeded by Mr Jonathan Dixon, following the IAIS Annual Conference in November 2017. We talked to Dr Kawai regarding...
Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) is a global partnership with the mission to inspire andsupport insurance supervisors across the worldin promoting inclusive and responsible insurance.We talk to Ms Hannah Grant, Head of its Secretariat, on its...
Mr David Fried of QBE sees opportunities in the disruption that is happening in our industry. In this extract from the special address at the Asia Insurance Brokers’ Summit in Singapore, we highlight his views on the opportunities and how...
Women in Reinsurance (WiRE) Singapore recently hosted a discussion between Dame Inga Beale of Lloyd’s and Ms Jayne Plunkett of Swiss Re, focusing on three key themes – their career experiences, views on the future opportunities and...
In this exclusive interview, Ms Farzana Chowdhury of Green Delta Insurance Company in Bangladesh talks about breaking barriers, mentoring and a customised insurance scheme for women.
The race to find ideal distribution partners, be it banks, FAs, brokers or technology firms, is intensifying. With Asia being “very much under-insured”, narrowing the protection gap is not just an opportunity but a responsibility for the...
Since the massive bancassurance deals in the past two years, many eyes are looking out for the next big partnership. We take a look at the state of bancassurance in Asia over the past year.
Bancassurance has become a major distribution channel in a number of South Asian markets where there is still a large uninsured population. As consumers’ needs and expectations change, this channel has come to the rescue of insurers who can...
Markets are transitioning and there is a pressing need for insurers to innovate. Mr Cheah Wee Teong of RSM Risk Advisory Pte Ltd discusses this in line with the adoption of ERM practices and frameworks.
Based on the findings in a recent McKinsey survey, Messrs Christian Bongiovanni, Luca Pancaldi, Uwe Stegemann and Giambattista Taglioni recommend a radical rethink of enterprise risk management (ERM).
Corporate leaders are under scrutiny over alleged wrongdoing as never before. Mr Damian Lynch of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) looks at the growing areas that can result in a company and its directors being sued.
The insurance industry is on the brink of a seismic shift. Ms Jenny Sutton of Galileo Platforms explores the requirements for new entrants or startups to obtain critical mass to drive and accelerate this shift.
India’s National Health Policy 2017 aims to deliver quality universal healthcare through preventive and promotive infrastructure. The Indian health insurance industry can be a game changer in this scheme of things. Will it accept the challenge...
As a curtain-raiser to the 2017 Operational Strategies Conference by LIMRA LOMA, Ms Tammy McInturff Appel of LOMA discusses the blockchain technology, its pros and cons.
Regardless of the technological advancements, insurance is and will always remain a necessity, stressed several speakers at the 5th Asia Motor Insurance & Claims Management Conference held in Manila.
Regulatory change is sweeping across Asia, whose markets are moving towards RBC frameworks, though at a varying pace. We bring you a snapshot of issues raised at the 3rd Asia Conference on Risk-Based Capital held in Manila.
Corporate risk and insurance managers discussed and debated about good risk management practices, ERM frameworks as well as topics such as engagement risks, sustainability, political risk, risk maturity and natural catastrophes at the first PARIMA...
The closing of nominations for the 2nd Asia Trusted Life Agents & Advisers Awards 2017 in April saw more than 350 entries from 25 companies in over 10 markets including Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,...
One reads about cyber attacks all the time now, yet they continue to surprise us with the unique forms that they can take.
Asian companies are still playing catch-up when it comes to cyber risk management, with many not having the fundamentals in place, said Lloyd’s CEO Inga Beale at the recent Lloyd’s Asia Cyber Risk Seminar held in Singapore.