Mike Morrissey: Insurance helps to build resilient societies
Stephen Catlin: A legacy in Lloyd's
AXA Partners Asia: Redefining partnerships around services
Allianz: Connecting insurance with the masses
AI: Helping people become more human
General Insurance Roundtable
The Executive view of general insurance in Asia: It's happening. Belt up for bigger changes
Hong Kong
A new chapter with new IA
Interview with Regulator: An old hand to lead the path for IA's new mandate
Life: Powering to dizzying heights
General: Stagnant but banking on health and Island's Super Connector role
A reinsurer with a confident outlook for Hong Kong business
Windstorms and Floods
Windstorms - A shifting threat?
Managing flood risks and sustainable development go hand in hand
Supply Chain Financing
What's in it for me: Receivables financing
Making InsurTech work for Life & Health insurance
View from India
Insurance investments - Ethics or profits?
Regulation Focus
RegTech: The financial industry's new best friend?
Regulatory updates
IFRS 17
Deloitte: An insurer's journey
PwC: Gearing up for a paradigm shift
Aon Benfield: Actuarial software to ease shift to IFRS 17 compliance
Spotlight on CFO
Great power, greater responsibilities
Actuarial profession in South Asia
An army of actuaries rising
Bancassurance Focus
Straight-through winning
Cyber Focus
Counting the costs of a cyber breach
M&A Focus
China-Outbound/US-Inbound M&A
Claims Management and Insurance Fraud
Using technology to stake a claim
IT in Insurance
Insurance technology trends and success factors for business transformation
Asian
Asia: Underwriting will remain central to operations despite new technology, says Swiss Re
Asia Pacific to top the world in wealth by 2019 - Boston Consulting Group
Asia: SMEs are prime targets for cyber crime
Australia: Study shows limitations of life insurance aggregators
China: Par business to regain dominance
India: GIC Re achieves record growth of 82% in FYE17
India: At least 6 insurance IPOs by early next year
Indonesia: Higher concentration risk for insurers
South Korea: Big traditional insurers making impact online
Malaysia: MPI Generali Insurans expands in commercial segment
Nepal: Life market to usher in 10 new players
New Zealand: IAG wants foreign insurers to hold assets locally
Pakistan: Call for manpower improvements in insurance sector
Philippines: Online community portals to market microinsurance
Singapore: First local life insurer licensed in 47 years
Taiwan: Transglobe to sell building in biggest property deal this year
Thailand: Intercity bus operators oppose third-party insurance requirement
Vietnam: Social insurance agency and Health Ministry share household database
Announcement
RNA Analytics acquires IBM® Algo Financial Modeler®
Global
Regulation on FinTech must be future-proof - Insurance Europe
AIG pilots first multinational insurance policy using blockchain
Shipping losses decline but cyber security looms - Allianz
Principles on supervisory approach to relocations from the UK
Corporate Risk Management
Singapore: RIMAS highlights importance of global communication in cyber attack defence
Global cyber incident reporting portal created for shipping industry
Change management and cyber risk are insurers' top risks
Agents and Advisers
Saluting Agents: Looking back to that first Award
The 1st International Training Summit for agents in Asia
Product Bytes
Events Page
ANZIIF raises money for charity
APLIC: Prepare to manage disruptive forces
MetLife announces Uniphore as winner of collab
FAIR Curtain-raiser
Advancing the Afro-Asian affair
People on the move
Breathing new life into Singapore's insurance market
Blurred lines: Cyber insurance and the risks that come with it
Disrupting catastrophe modelling
Insurance CFOs' challenge - Maximising technology for business
Putting the "auto" in automobile
Cyber! Cyber! Everywhere! Where's the Market?
Delivering real solutions through innovation
COVER STORY - General Insurance Roundtable
COUNTRY PROFILE - Hong Kong
Hong Kong enters a new chapter in insurance with the Insurance Authority coming into force on 26 June. Already dynamic and sophisticated, the outlook for the market is highly positive as industry play-ers count on Hong Kong’s ties with the...
INSIGHTS - IFRS 17
On 18 May 2017, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued IFRS 17: Insurance Contracts, a long awaited standard for insurers. Mr Raj Juta from Deloitte gives an in-depth view of this new insurance contracts standard which will be...
INSIGHTS - Regulation Focus
RegTech has become one of the key areas to watch in 2017. This trend will continue in the months ahead, especially as insurers continue to discover its benefits, says Mr Henri Arslanian from PwC who highlights the five things you need to know about...
PwC brings you a roundup of key regulatory activities around the region in the recent few months.
The issuance of IFRS 17 by the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) recently was the most significant change to insurance accounting requirements in 20 years. Ms Woo Shea Leen and Ms Ang Sock Sun, both from PwC Singapore, share how...
The South Korean financial regulator (FSS) has recently introduced new solvency regulations, due to take hold in 2021. In a world first, it is basing these regulations on a new international accounting standard IFRS 17. Mr Sung Lim Suh ofAon...
INSIGHTS - Cyber Focus
Cyber risks, and their accompanying costs, are something that many organisations still struggle to fully come to terms with. Mr Kegan Chan of Marsh warns that software and hardware replacement costs are merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
INSIGHTS - IT in Insurance
Mr Daniel Angelucci of DXC Technology explains the two trends that will shape insurance technology and insurance companies for the next few years.
It is July and the Global Insurance Forum always adds an extra fillip to the insurance industry. But this year, the mood in London is so sombre, says even the Queen. What rabbits can we draw at the GIF to give the global insurance industry the oomph...
Insurance has traditionally been thought of as a derivative of economic growth. As incomes and assets that needed to be protected rose, it was said, insurance premiums would grow. While this has always been true, it does not tell the whole story.By...
Buy Now
After recently announcing his retirement, one of Lloyd’s most iconic figures says the future is bright for those who can quickly adapt to the changing risk landscape and deliver protection at a lower cost.
A dedicated specialist of services and solutions with a focus on third-party distribution in AXA Group – AXA Partners Asia – has started operating in Asia. We speak to Mr Jerome Itty, its Regional CEO, Asia, about their plans to enhance...
The winners in the distribution game will be those who are collaborative, flexible and data-driven, says Allianz’s Chief Distribution Officer for Asia Pacific, Lars Heibutzki.
Some have viewed companies’ adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) with reluctance, suspicion and fear of being displaced. But software startup Flamingo says the use of AI can make humans more hu-man with its efficiency outcome.
The growth lure of Asia, cyber panic, disruptive forces and technology-driven innovation and the need to spur risk management awareness were some of the hot issues atAsia Insurance Review’s Executive Roundtable on general insurance. Held in...
Hong Kong’s new insurance regulator, the Insurance Authority (IA), took over from the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) on 26 June 2017. Among the new IA’s additional mandates are facilitating the sustainable development of...
The mainland Chinese visitor market drove the boom in the Hong Kong life insurance business last year. Will it continue, given the curbs imposed by the Chinese government to stem capital outflows last year? Market players give Asia Insurance Review...
Research shows that tropical storms from the Pacific Ocean may be shifting further north, and that the storms of the future that make landfall could be even stronger and more devastating. Mr Markus Stowasser of Allianz Re elaborates.
Floods in China continue to be a regular occurrence. Dr Wolfgang Kron of Munich Re discusses the flood situations there and looks at the need for sustainable development of cities as crucial to manag-ing flood risks.
Mr Gordon Cessford of Euler Hermes talks about receivables financing with the insurance market seen as being perfectly positioned to offer innovative products that transfer the underlying credit risk and facilitate flexible financing solutions.
Mr Yannick Even of Swiss Re discusses the impact InsurTech has on the industry with the focus shifting from merely helping insurers operate more cost-efficiently to integrating the right technology to enable the insurer to createbetter engagement...
Profit is usually the sole purpose of investment. However, should investment instead be ethical and socially responsible? Should insurance companies, especially public sector companies, keep away from investing in tobacco companies, even at the cost...
Even as technology changes the way insurers assess risk, underwriters will remain a core component of the business moving forward, said Ms Sharon Ooi, Head of P&C Underwriting for Asia, Australia & New Zealand. She assumes the role as part...
The Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan, will likely surpass Western Europe this year as the world’s second largest wealth market behind North America, according to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Asia Pacific will probably have wealth...
SMEs remain an easy target for cyber criminals to get to bigger companies in the supply chain, experts have warned.
The first local insurer to be licensed in Singapore in nearly 50 years wants to make buying life insurance a more pleasant experience.
Cyber risks are everywhere as the world becomes more digitalised. Ms Cecilia Chang of GC&C Asia says while traditional policies may cover some cyber risks, there are serious gaps in that cover. A comprehensive cyber insurance solution is needed...
Risk Spatial founder Nick Hassam says Open Modelling and Big Data can disrupt the catastrophe modelling process – but who will implement it? founder Nick Hassam says Open Modelling and Big Data can disrupt the catastrophe modelling process...