Franz Hahn: Challenging renewals ahead for Asia
Berkley marking 50 years extends presence in Asian specialty market
State-owned Russian reinsurer sets sights on Asia
Echo Re targeting more Asian business
Samsung Re: Expanding beyond group business
A year of change for CCR Re
Disciplined innovation pays dividends for Aon
RMIA: Australasia's risk expertise aims to sail beyond its shores
What insurance executives expect from the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
Reinsurers gear up for exciting future
53 years, 53 countries, 265 members, 25th Conference - that's FAIR Land!
The fight against fraud
InsurTech: Hype or Substance?
EU Data Protection Rules - The impact on Asia
InsurTech fever hits Japan
Asia Stars Shine Bright
Region's best lauded at the 21st Asia Insurance Industry Awards
South Asia
Flying the insurance flag
Interview with the Nepalese Regulator: A proactive regulator bodes well for the market
Nepal: New companies add lustre to market
Bangladesh: Insurance industry takes flight
Maldives: Industry experiencing dynamic change
Bhutan: Industry maintains growth momentum
Product Liability
Heightened consumer awareness a boost for product liability insurance
Ageing, Health & Retirement and AI
Insuring Asia's changing senior markets
Health & Retirement: Personalised treatment - One size does not fit all!
Taking the revolutionary road to new opportunities of growth
Think Tank
How the life insurance industry is tackling a "manageable headwind"
View from India
Insurers and InsurTechs - A symbiotic partnership
Anti-Money Laundering
Airing dirty laundry
Takaful
Takaful 2.0: Will we ever get there?
Spotlight on regulations
Remaining relevant to regulatory changes
Regulators need deeper expertise to avoid trap of excessive regulation
Warranty & Indemnity Insurance
W&I insurance gaining traction in Korea
Tackling the Nat CAT protection gap
The capital efficiency gap
Sustainability a risk & opportunity for business
Asian
Asia: ADB forms partnership with AFI to improve access to insurance and financial services
Asia: Termination of proposed ACR-Shenzhen deal "a mutual decision"
Asia Insurance Review launches the Asia Advisers Network to serve agents and advisers
Australia: Legal poser over proposed code for insurance in superannuation
China: Questions aplenty over nod for 100% foreign ownership of insurers
AIA introduces Hong Kong's first blockchain-enabled bancassurance network
Winners of HK Insurance Awards
India: More players eyeing entry into insurance mart
India: Some insurers go public, others need more time
Indonesia: Life morbidity table to be developed
Japan: Govt to set up national health insurance database by 2020
South Korea: Interest rate hikes to disrupt insurance mart
Malaysia: Insurance business models seen as "broken"
Myanmar: Burnt down iconic hotel insured for over US$1 mln
New Zealand: Rising seas could render coastal communities uninsurable
Philippines: Call for dashcams to be made mandatory in vehicles
Regulator sets in place plans for Singapore to be a global capital for Asian risk transfer
Singapore: Peak Re receives composite licence from MAS
Taiwan: Insurers' international bond holdings under scrutiny
Thailand: Allianz urges industry consolidation to push innovation
Vietnam: Authorities set health and healthcare goals
Global
Amazon continues push into European insurance market
Holistic approach to agriculture insurance key to seeking solutions for smallholder farmers
Corporate Risk Management
Regional risk management associations to mutually recognise certifications
Insurance industry joins new WEF-led coalition to tackle innovation risks
AI and machine learning bring benefits to financial services, but also risks
Japan: Regulator warns of Initial Coin Offering risks
Thome Group opens state-of-the-art operations hub in Singapore
Product Bytes
Events Page
APIC17 lives up to its promise
Reinsurers in InsurTech - Tortoise or Hare?
TGIA marks Golden Jubilee
People on the move
SPOTLIGHT - South Asia
INSIGHTS - Think Tank
Based on a survey with senior executives of leading life insurers, Mr Daniel M. Hofmann of The Geneva Association reports on the industry’s response to the challenges created by low interest rates and its determination to weather this...
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Whether InsurTech is hype or substance remains to be seen, says Mr Stephen Goldstein of US Pivot Ventures, on the sidelines of the InsureTech Connect (ITC) 2017, giving the key takeaways from the world’s largest InsurTech gathering on the...
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LIFE - Ageing, Health & Retirement and AI
Mr Neill Muller of RGA examines the current transformations in Asia’s seniors market, and how insurers can incorporate the latest thinking to optimise products and services.
And so December has come – in a rush many would say as it has indeed being an exciting year with many a roller-coaster rides all over the world. With all that geo-politics, one weekend, the world was on the brink of a nuclear war, not that it...
W.R. Berkley Corporation, a top-20 insurer in the US, is marking 50 years of its founding and having entered the direct insurance space in Singapore and Hong Kong last year, its combined retail and reinsurance capability across the region puts it in...
The Russian National Reinsurance Company (RNRC) was established by Russia’s Central Bank in August 2016 but only started operations in January 2017. However, it has already gained CIRC’s approval to operate in China in the specialty...
Dr Peter F Hugger is the man at the helm of Echo Re since February 2012. Having spent a considerable part of his 30-year professional life in Asia, with some of the top names in the reinsurance business, he is now ready to chart a new course for...
The following article is based on the recently launched ASEAN Insurance Pulse 2017, prepared by Dr Schanz,Alms & Company and exclusively sponsored by Malaysian Re. Based onin-depth interviews with executives from 35 companies and organisations...
Asia Insurance Review recaps the highlights of the 14th SIRC where new policies were unveiled to maintain Singapore’s edge as a (re)insurance hub.
Soft insurance markets, low investment returns and rapid advent of digitalisation were some of the issues discussed at the recent 25th FAIR Conference. We bring key highlights.
At the 23rd Indonesia Rendezvous, insurers and experts from across the globe shared their insights and experiences in the continued battle against insurance fraud.
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be enforced on 25 May 2018. Whilst firms in Europe have had access to information about what it means for their country or industry sector, firms in Asia have not had the luxury. Mr...
The InsurTech Japan Roadshow, organised by InsurTech Asia Association, brought a cluster of eight InsurTech start-ups – from across Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Singapore, Taiwan, UK and the US – to Tokyo for a deep-dive...
Sixteen winners, the best of the best of the insurance industry, edged out hundreds of entries to the 21st Asia Insurance Industry Awards this year. On 1 November, they were cheered on in their moment of glory by some 500 guests who attended the...
The South Asian countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal are emerging markets with economic growth moving at a good pace. Likewise their insurance industries are thriving.
In this exclusive interview with Mr Chiranjibi Chapagain, Chairman of the Beema Samiti (Insurance Board), he shares with us what he has done so far since he came on board in Jan 2017 and his thoughts and plans going forward.
The Finance Ministry of the government of Nepal granted operating licences to nine new life insurers and issued letters of intent to three non-life insurers which created a huge buzz in the market. Some of these companies have been waiting for...
Asian companies tend to be reactive than proactive when it comes to product liability risks. Mr Gary Ow of HDI Global SE, Singapore, gives an overview of this insurance in Asia today.
Drugs are mostly prescribed on a “one-size-fits-all” basis, ignoring the fact that everyone is different. This was a key focus at the recent Singapore Actuarial Society’s Health and Retirement Conference.
At the inaugural 2017 LIMRA-KIRI Insurance Conference in Seoul, participants looked ahead to “Inventing the Future of Insurance”.Will technology make insurance more accessible?
Asia Insurance Review speaks to four leading Indian InsurTech companies to find out how they define their role in the Indian insurance ecosystem.
Mr Martin Lim of Ingenique Solutions Pte Ltd provides an overview of recent developments in the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing, with a specific focus on terrorism threats that Singapore faces, in the context of insurance...
PARIMA 2017 conference in Singapore last month highlighted that though sustainability is a growing strategic risk issue that could have financial impact on a business, it could prove to be an avenue of growth and opportunities.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) to promote greater financial inclusion in the Asia and Pacific region including access to insurance and credit services.
All parties involved in Asia Capital Re’s (ACR) US$1-billion sale to Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Holdings and Shenzhen Investment Holdings, have jointly decided to walk away from the deal, due to additional approvals required by the Chinese...
The region’s premier insurance publication AsiaInsurance Review (AIR) has launched the Asia AdvisersNetwork (AAN), a dedicated platform to meet the information needs of advisers and agency leaders atwww.AsiaAdvisersNetwork.com.