ADB: The financial inclusion crusader
AIR Worldwide: Cyber - Towards the holy-grail of modelling
Singapore to remain Beazley's gateway to Asia
Agents Awards Feature - 1st Asia Trusted Life Agents and Advisers Awards: Shining the spotlight on the best and brightest
Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2016 - Some Forty Names in Finals for 20th Asia Awards
GIF 2016 Focus - Transforming cultures and mindsets
Health, Technology & Beyond - Catering to the changing consumers
Health, Technology & Beyond - How agents can grow business in the age of automation
Health, Technology & Beyond - The consumeristic patients
Taiwan - Still room for growth
Taiwan - Regulator on a mission
Taiwan - Better life for longer
Taiwan - Protection for Taiwan's fast-ageing population
Taiwan - Non-Life: Flourishing future
Sri Lanka - Double-digit growth in 2015
Sri Lanka - Disaster insurance to government's rescue
Sri Lanka - Implementing the new RBC
Terrorism - Confronting the ongoing terrorist threat in Southeast Asia
Construction - Infrastructure Project Insurances: Getting it right
Healthcare in Asia - In pursuit of healthcare
Healthcare in Asia - Top 5 insurance regulatory "watchouts" in Singapore
Think Tank: The Geneva Association - The logic behind consolidation: A view from the outside
Legal Page - Major Legislative Developments affecting the UK Insurance Industry: Will Hong Kong follow suit?
Life Insurance Disruption - What has happened to the Value Chain?
Bancassurance - Leveraging data for growth
CFO Focus - The insurer's CFO: A corporate strategist first
IT in Insurance - The Internet of Things: Observations and predictions
Cyber - Growing a sustainable cyber insurance market in Asia
Focus on Data - IIRFA highlights the integral role of data analytics
Focus on Data - "Data, Data, Everywhere"
Sports - Risk Management for the Olympics
Mining - Coal mine safety in China - An insurance perspective
AEC Focus - Lessons from "Brexit" for the AEC
Book Review - The Social Business Imperative
Asia: Direct impact of Brexit on region seen as limited
EAIC 2016 - Championing industry renewal and innovation
Asia: Closing the protection gap
Asia: Getting ready for retirement
Asia: Partnering with govts, academia and NGOs to provide agriculture insurance
Asia: Technology will change the face of the insurance game
Advanced markets in Asia see steady expansion in life and non-life - Swiss Re
Asia: Takaful in the digital era
Finalists of 13th Australian Insurance Industry Awards
Asian News - Australia: Regulator reviews role of Appointed Actuary
Asian News - China: Regulator identifying "too-big-to-fail" domestic insurers
Asian News - China: 10 new insurers approved in 1H
Asian News - Lombard International opens a Hong Kong brokerage
Asian News - India: First-ever local privately-held reinsurer obtains initial clearance
Asian News - South Korea: National reinsurer to see record high profits this year
Asian News - Japan: Major banks to reveal commissions received from insurers
Asian News - Macau: Legislators approve voluntary central provident fund
Asian News - Malaysia: Regulatory risk parameters to be scrutinised
Asian News - Nepal: Draft law to make insurers launch micro-insurance plans
Asian News - Singapore: MAS proposes lower capital requirements for insurers
Asian News - Singapore: Munich Re strengthens regional hub operations
Asian News - Thailand: Insurance sector moving to adopt insurtech
Global News - IAIS releases updated G-SII assessment methodology
Global News - Global M&A dips as insurers search for other routes to growth
Corporate Risk Management News - COSO seeks public comment on updated ERM framework
Global News - World corporate risk reaches peak levels: Coface
Product Bytes
Diary of Events
People on the move
COVER STORY
The pace of change in healthcare is accelerating faster than ever before. Insurers have to keep up, creating products, innovate and sell differently, as the younger generation no longer share our view of the world. So while the thrust is the same - to be consumer-centric - but the consumers have changed.
COUNTRY PROFILE
Growth momentum has been good in 2015 and so far this year. There are still plum opportunities existing for both the life and non-life sectors. Most families and individuals in Taiwan do not have sufficient life insurance protection as most of the...
CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT
With the Rio Olympics happening this month, it is timely to look at the risks faced by organisers of the Olympics Games. These include financial risks; logistics and infrastructure risks; geopolitical risks and terrorism; environmental and health...
Mr Arup Chatterjee, Principal Financial Sector Specialist, Asian Development Bank, has been at the forefront in promoting financial inclusion, which he believes can foster economic development and reduce income inequality. In an exclusive interview...
Buy Now
We spoke to Mr Bill Churney, President of AIR Worldwide, and Dr Jayanta Guin, its Chief Research Officer, on efforts to model cyber exposure and the overall future direction of modelling. By Ridwan Abbas
2016 marks the 10th year of the British specialist insurer setting up shop in Singapore. AIR sits down with Mr Andrew Horton, CEO of Beazley, to find out why Singapore remains the hub of choice, his future plans for the company and his views on...
For the first time, the Asia life insurance industry celebrated the lifeblood of its operations at the 1st Asia Trusted Life Agents and Advisers Awards gala dinner on 12 July. By Ahmad Zaki
Some 43 insurers, brokers, risk managers, service providers and industry leaders made it to the prestigious list of the top finalists for the 20th Asia Insurance Industry Awards (AIIA).
Thought leaders from across the globe gave their insights on dealing with the transforming market, as well as enhancing the industry through Insurance Development Forum.
The pace of change in healthcare is accelerating faster than ever before. Insurers have to keep up, creating products, innovate and sell differently, as the younger generation no longer share our view of the world. So while the thrust is the same -...
Ms Clara Shih of Hearsay Social says the biggest disruptor is the ever-changing consumer. She lists five success strategies that agents can adopt to engage their clients and stay relevant.
The pace of change will be greater in the next five years than the past 100 and insurers will have to adapt and face the challenge of the rapid pace of change in technology head-on, said experts at the LIMRA/LOMA's 2016 Strategic Issues Conference...
While pleased with Taiwan insurance industry's continued growth, the regulator continues to keep an eye on the future, shaping and supporting the industry to meet the needs of the market and enhancing the competitiveness and market conduct of...
Taiwan, the fourth-largest life insurance market in Asia with the highest life insurance penetration in the world (sigma No 04/2015), continues to see positive momentum in life premium growth. Ms Vicky Huang and Ms Angela Lau of Swiss Re Asia...
In this spotlight, we look at the implementation of the new RBC and the disastrous floods in May with the regulator commending the insurance industry for their quick response to the flood calamity.
In May, Sri Lanka was hit by the worst floods in 27 years which experts believe was a result of climate change. They caused economic losses of over US$2 billion. A disaster insurance scheme undertaken by the Sri Lankan Government and facilitated by...
The new risk-based capital (RBC) framework for the supervision of the insurance industry in Sri Lanka has been tested and refined since 2011 and was fully implemented since the beginning of 2016. Mr Nihal Ramanayake, the former Director Supervision...
Explore the range of terrorism-related insurance policies available today that can help businesses manage the growing terrorism threats in the region.
Sometimes infrastructure projects risks are not properly covered, causing great distress to those affected and a blow to the insurance industry's reputation. A construction insurance expert looks at the complex risk transfer coverage needs of...
To help meet the population's healthcare needs, governments are increasingly looking towards the complementary role of private medical insurance.
An insurer reflects on the top five insurance regulatory issues facing an insurance company operating in Singapore.
In this extract from The Geneva Papers, two issues - the drivers of consolidation and if this activity create value - are discussed.
Legal experts look at several major legislative developments in the UK, highlighting that they will make a significant impact upon the pre-existing insurance legislation in Hong Kong.
Insurers need to be mindful of weak generators of value that are vulnerable to attacks from disruptors.
As both the world's largest coal consumer and producer, China accounts for just under half of the world's coal production of 7.9 billion tons in 2014. Experts explore the coal mining industry there and how (re)insurance can play a role to support...