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2020 perfect vision for the life insurance industry
Sea-level rise emergency
Life & health
Living life to the fullest
The new 100
Healthcare hurdles for the elderly in developing Asia
General
Top-level decisions within the ASEAN Insurance Council
Asian Insurance Forum 2019
Abuse of trade credit insurance
Building resilience the Swiss way
A partner for life
ACR run-off an ominous sign for Asian reinsurers?
Pricing discipline in Asia
India
Private health insurers drive market growth
The growth story continues
General insurance bucks the slowdown in the economy
Insurance and resilience building for natural disaster preparedness
Plenty of potential and promise ahead
Is India ready to get 'old'?
Huge opportunities for speciality risks
When will the woes of Indian farmers end?
Making insurance simple
Asia is critical to the mission
Hong Kong unrest and rising political risks
New health insurance regulations - a good prescription
Lujiazui: The future international insurance centre
Reinsurance professionals celebrate the year-end
The role of trust in narrowing protection gaps
Global trade to grow at slowest pace in a decade
FinTech Festival - going green with technology
Infographics
Asian
Asia: Political risks have remained largely stable
Australia: Red tape reins in innovation at private health funds
Bangladesh: Insurance to be mandatory for outbound migrant workers
Hong Kong: Entire insurance value chain to fall under increased scrutiny
India: Parliament passes International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill
Japan: Over 300 local governments join disaster-evacuation insurance scheme
Malaysia: Insurance broking joint venture formed
Myanmar: Formal insurance licences granted to foreign insurers
New Zealand: A number of insurers are repricing risk
Philippines: Regulator cuts red tape for insurers
Singapore: Island state aims to be global hub for AI solutions
South Korea: Local reinsurer enjoys stable operations
Taiwan: Central Re's capital adequacy level expected to stay strong
Thailand: Crop insurance rates predicted to increase
Vietnam: Improved regulatory framework fuels insurance industry growth
China
China Re forms HK life reinsurance subsidiary
Winner-takes-all situation developing in non-life market
Regulator issues endowment insurance regulation
Global
InsurTech Cuvva raises £15m in Series A funding
Chubb becomes first P&C insurer to invest in African Trade Insurance Agency
Risk
Tighter climate policies could erase $2.3tn from companies' value
Australia: ASIC monitoring climate change risk management for large companies
Product Bites
People on the move
OK Boomer
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The evidence of the effects of climate change is clear. The Earth’s average global temperature has risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius since the 1880s says Asian School of the Environment acting chair Professor Benjamin Horton.
NOTEBOOK
The Geneva Association 2018 Customer Survey in seven mature economies reveals that increased levels of trust in insurers and intermediaries would encourage additional insurance purchases.
The year 2020 has rushed in with promises of being a better year. And why not? 20/20 is the perfect vision.
The 29th Pacific Insurance Conference was held in Hong Kong in November with a strong showing as Asia’s life industry got together for its biennial gathering.
Living to 100 was once a pipe dream (or nightmare) for most. But living, and staying healthy to such an age is becoming a very real possibility.
Industry experts outline how insurance can be used as a tool to alleviate the financial burden of healthcare for the elderly.
We caught up with Swiss Re’s new head of Asia, Russell Higginbotham, to talk about performance in the fastest-growing region in the world.
PartnerRe’s Emmanuel Clarke shares the secret of success and his plans for the future.
With the news that Asia Capital Reinsurance Group is now in run-off, we look at some of the challenges facing Asian reinsurers and how they can reclaim lost ground.
The Indian health insurance industry saw 34.3% y-o-y growth in premium collection in the first seven months of the current financial year.
The premium income of India’s 24 life insurance companies continues to grow at a rapid clip.
India’s non-life sector continues its steady progress and could exceed $280bn in gross premiums in 2019-20.
RIMS CEO Mary Roth discusses plans for the region and the changing risk landscape worldwide.
We spoke with Willis Towers Watson’s Stuart Ashworth about how the insurance sector is responding to the developing political risk scenario inHong Kong.
Peak Re’s Janice Ye explains what the CBIRC’s new revised health insurance regulations mean for Chinese health insurers and the health insurance customers.
Our first-hand report on the opening up of China’s insurance industry and the high-quality development of China’s reinsurance market.
Women in insurance (WiRE) Singapore provide a forum to discuss diversity and inclusion.
The latest economic research by Euler Hermes suggest that 2020 will not bring much respite for global trade.
The Singapore FinTech Festival 2019 was the largest yet, combining the themes of sustainability and technology.
Political risks in Asia have remained largely stable in the last quarter of 2019, with no country experiencing a change in the overall political rating, said Aon in its December 2019 Political Risk Newsletter.
Red tape has created an administrative nightmare that discourages the private health insurance industry from innovating to reduce costs, says Dr Stephen Duckett, health programme director at the think tank, Grattan Institute.
The government has decided to enforce mandatory insurance coverage for Bangladeshi migrant workers, according to the Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry.
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