From globalisation to fragmentation
Japan
Commitment to fostering a thriving lifestyle for all
ESG support initiatives by insurers
Japanese non-life insurers shift focus to profitability
Regulator looks to improve business practices in non-life
Reinsurance market stable despite several Nat CAT events
Organisers of EAIC 2026 in Tokyo gear up for biennial regional event
Protection plans for women more focussed with changing times
View from India - Empowering women through gender-focused strategies
General
Lessons from Los Angeles wildfires
ESG plays a larger role in insurer asset management
Asia: Global developments will impact insurer asset management
Insurers continue to focus on ESG
AI risks reshaping the insurance sector
Bancassurance is a symbiotic relationship
Bancassurance can be a game-changer
Life & health
AI will transform health insurance
China pulls out all stops to go green
Pension trusts sprout shoots as an emerging business
Traditional insurance can't keep pace with climate change
India's time on the world insurance stage has arrived
18th India Rendezvous 2025: Student essay competition - Where vision sparks action - charting the future of insurance
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announces the Global Insurance Excellence Awards with Asia Insurance Review
Asian
Australia: FSC welcomes financial advice education reforms
Cambodia and Laos strengthen insurance ties
China: New guidelines for EV insurance
Indonesia: Mandatory motor third-party liability programme delayed
Malaysia: Parliament takes note of surging insurance premium hikes, to hold public hearings
Thailand: Government considering price hike on health insurance for migrant workers
Product bites
People on the move
MARKET PROFILE - Japan
INSURANCE - General
As the insurance sector increasingly adopts artificial intelligence, it faces significant challenges related to algorithmic bias, data privacy, and regulatory compliance. Experts warn that navigating these risks is crucial for maintaining consumer...
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The increasing regularity and surging severity of natural catastrophic events leaves many disaster-related risks uninsurable. This should not be an impediment but presents instead an opportunity for seekers of protection cover to proactively build...
It has been nine years since I joined Asia Insurance Review. While I feel like I now have a good grasp of the industry, there always seems to be something else new to learn. Emerging speciality lines, rapidly-evolving risks, the implementation of...
With society and the economy constantly evolving as the world moves forward, and global geopolitics becoming increasingly complex, the life insurance industry has the moral responsibility to ensure a good long-term future for its policyholders and...
How insurers support their stakeholders’ ESG initiatives is becoming a crucial issue in the global insurance sector. This topic was discussed by a sustainability panel during the ASEAN Insurance Congress held in Brunei last November.
The non-life insurance sector in Japan is manoeuvring through a challenging environment characterised by shifting consumer demands, regulatory adjustments, and heightened competition.
Singapore’s life insurance industry has for several years been introducing life and health insurance products designed specifically for women to meet their evolving healthcare needs and lifestyles. In this article, Life Insurance Association...
The Indian insurance industry needs to create an ecosystem that empowers the women workforce, women customers and potential women employees in the industry. We explore various measures that can help achieve optimum participation of women in the...
Wildfires in the US in January 2025 were half a world away from us in Asia, yet they carried a lot to learn for the (re)insurance industry in the region. What lesson can Asia’s insurers learn from this event?
Insurers in Asia are now using positive and negative ESG screening to exclude sectors like tobacco and coal and allocate assets to green bonds within fixed income buckets to achieve objectives.
Knock-on effects from global developments such as tariffs imposed by US president Donald Trump and multinational investment company BlackRock withdrawing from the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative will affect asset management among insurers in Asia.
In China, the government and the insurance industry have made green insurance a focus of national policies. Asia Insurance Review brings you a review of some of the recent initiatives launched in this arena by the Chinese government and the...
The Chinese government has been making huge efforts to promote retirement savings in a rapidly ageing country. Among the various pension schemes that have emerged are pension trusts. We explore how trust companies are integrating these into the...
Backed by strong economic growth and regulatory support, the Indian insurance market is poised for significant growth and continues to draw global attention, and the 18th India Rendezvous in Mumbai in January reflected this trend, as close to 1,000...
As part of the 18th India Rendezvous held on 20-22 January 2025 in Mumbai, Asia Insurance Review invited students from the National Insurance Academy to write an essay on what they learned at the conference.
The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomes the Government’s decision to reform education requirements for professional financial advisers, a vital move toward securing a sustainable advice profession.
The Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (IRC) and Department of State-Owned Enterprises and Insurance Supervision (SOEI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Non-Bank Financial Services Authority Building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, according...
China’s national financial regulator has issued the first-of-its-kind insurance guidelines for EVs and plug-in hybrids.