Anbang: Innovation is the very key!
Secrets of a happy risk manager
The ultimate "New Indian"!
Hannover Re: Dare to be different
AGCS: Claims in a connected world
Aon: Up for the innovation challenge
IBF Fellow: Providing an honourable example
Success in Broking: Training is key, says WBN Chiefs
Indian insurance industry forays into domestic Global Financial Hub
Indonesia Rendezvous
Promoting a disciplined growth
Alternative Capital Market
Alternative capacity come a-calling
Alternative capacity and strategic reinsurance
Reinsurance Capital and Alternative Capital: Working in tandem for global resilience!
Insurers riding on local potential
Maldives
Infrastructure push to drive growth
US post-election: Dealing with near-term uncertainty in Asia
SME Insurance
Swift and tailored underwriting key to SME risk management
Pathways to Purchase - Underwriting, automation and the customer journey
Cancer protection: A tale of two markets
Life Insurance Disruption: Client centricity starts with a culture change
Planning for sustainable healthcare and retirement solutions
The age old challenge
Think Tank
Climate Change: Need public-private partnership to building socio-economic resilience and insurance protection
Legal Page
Hong Kong: Key changes to the Guidance Note on Corporate Governance for authorised insurers
Nat CAT Feature
China floods: Managing and mitigating
Marine Focus
Asia still bobbing with opportunities
IT in Insurance
The Robic-Yogic journey in insurance
New business models to solve Asia's problems
Fast and furious: A changing cyber threats landscape
Changing times require new tools for risk management
AEC
ASEAN insurers set for bigger role in region's growth
Asian
Asia: Actuaries urged to broaden horizons
Basic infrastructure needed to sustain growth projections - Worldwide Brokers Network
Australia: Income protection business continues losing streak
Australia: QBE joins UAC as a strategic partner
China: InsurTech premiums to grow by more than 4-fold to US$160 bln in 2020
IUMI's first-ever hub outside Europe launched in HK
Winners of HK Insurance Awards 2016
Hong Kong regulator will support insurers to apply FinTech to business
Insurance Institute of India signed MoU with Financial Regulatory Department of Myanmar
Indonesia: National disaster insurance scheme needed
Japan: Life insurers taking on bigger investment risks
South Korea: Regulator touts Big Data as engine of growth in finance
Malaysia: Insurers urged to revitalise the industry through focus on 3Ts -talent, technology and trust
Malaysia: Adequacy of retirement savings is a concern
Nepal: Govt health insurance scheme off to a slow start
New Zealand quake could cost insurers US$3.5 bln - AIR Worldwide
Philippines: Insurers pay nearly US$400 mln in taxes last year
Singapore: MAS opens door to full suite of life products online
GIA Singapore 50th Anniversary: Kudos to the last 50, innovate for the next 50
Singapore: Wellness in the workplace is a duty of care
Thailand: Ageing population should be on national agenda for serious debate
SSP appoints IMD as its Thailand partner
Vietnam: Nat CAT losses to exceed US$6.7 bln in next 50 years
Global
Asunción: IAIS continues steady progress on key initiatives
GFIA engages with G-20 and global leaders
Messrs Michael Butt, Shuzo Sumi and Dr Nikolaus von Bomhard are 2017 Insurance Hall of Fame nominees
Baden-Baden: Ways to bridge protection gap
Corporate Risk Management
APAC: Protection of cash flow tops businesses' agenda
India: PM Modi outlines 10-point agenda for disaster risk reduction
Professional and workforce development a priority for cybersecurity industry
Product Bytes
Events Page
The 5th Lloyd's Day in China
Lao PDR's Phongsavanh Insurance selects CSC for digital insurance innovation
Diary of Events
Book Review
A Perfect Storm in Insurance: How to survive the looming waves of disruptive technology
People on the move
COVER STORY - Alternative Capital Market
EAIC MARKETS IN FOCUS
Asia is growing. Asia is booming. And the real numbers shared by Chief Delegates at the EAIC spoke volumes of the potential lying latent in the insurance industry. As our year-ender, we dice and splice the reports submitted by the EAIC in Macau to...
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SPECIAL FEATURE
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to assume the US presidency next January, the fear factor is that risk environment in Asia will change markedly. Will it?
LIFE & HEALTH
With experience trends evolving rapidly, RGA takes a timely look at cancer cover in both Korea and Hong Kong.
INSIGHTS - Think Tank
In this synopsis from The Geneva Association report, all stakeholders, both public and private, need to be harnessed to address the critical issue of climate change.
INSIGHTS - Legal Page
The 2002 Guidance Note on the Corporate Governance Code for Authorized Insurers (GN10) of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) has now been updated. Clyde & Co explain the key changes.
INSIGHTS - Nat CAT Feature
Impact Forecasting of Aon Benfield gives an overview of the numerous natural disasters that occurred in China in the first three-quarters of 2016, with floods being the worst.
INSIGHTS - IT in Insurance
Along with the benefits that technology brings, it has also ushered in significant consequences and implications. CSC elaborates.
Innovation is the key to the development of the insurance industry, said Mr Wu Xiaohui, Chairman and CEO of Anbang Insurance Group. He shares his thoughts with Asia Insurance Review in this editorial based on his speech at the Beijing Insurance...
Mr Danny Lin, Risk Manager at QISDA Corporation which was formerly known as BenQ, is the 2016 winner for Corporate Risk Manager of the Year at the20th Asia Insurance Industry Awards. He shares with us the secrets of his success.
Mr G Srinivasan, CMD, The New India Assurance Company, was named “Personality of the Year” for 2016 at the recent 20th Asia Insurance Industry Awards. This is a historic achievement which will be difficult to emulate. In an exclusive...
Mr Juergen Graeber, Member of the Executive Board – P&C Coordination and Global Reinsurance, Hannover Re, speaks with Asia Insurance Review. One thing is clear, “somewhat different” is not just a nice marketing slogan, it is a...
As clients get increasingly sophisticated and their business increasingly connected, insurers need to ensure that their claims handling processes stay up to date. Mr Alexander Mack, Chief Claims Officer of Allianz Global and Corporate Specialty...
India is now on its way to establish its first “smart” financial services hub. Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) is one such “smart” technology project that will provide globally benchmarked financial...
The 22nd Indonesia Rendezvous focused on the steady growth of the insurance industry and how it could work with the government to overcome challenges.
Excess capacity in the reinsurance sector has been keeping the market soft for a while with some US$72 billion in the form of CAT bonds and similar investments as at end 2015. But in Asia, it is still not as common especially with cheap traditional...
Mr Clarence Wong of Swiss Re discusses the outlook of alternative capacity as it competes with traditional reinsurance in today’s soft market.
A huge gap exists between economic and insured losses in emerging Asian insurance markets. As these markets now gradually develop and mature, alternate capacity providers come looking at them for investment opportunities . These providers, along...
The small Maldivian insurance market witnessed the entry of two new insurance players over the past one year which has intensified the competition but a stable government and huge construction projects across the islands are expected to boost the...
AIG looks at the SME sector in Asia and the help it needs from insurers.
Mr Stephen Collins of SCOR Global Life explains the need for insurers to work intently to smooth the pathways for consumers to purchase.
Insurers are convinced that they need to be more client centric. But do the right people in their organisations even understand what that means? Galileo Platforms discusses.
We bring you highlights from the recent Kaspersky Lab Cyber Security Weekend for APAC countries, which discussed the cyber threats that are currently on the rise globally.
The rise of globalisation, interconnectivity and economic development has created new complexities in risks, but also enhanced how we are able to learn and derive insights from these risks.
The ASEAN insurance sector is poised to play a bigger role in financing the region’s infrastructure needs through long-term investments, on the back of greater financial integration in the era of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
To foster a promising ecosystem for newly qualified actuaries, there is a need to push the boundaries of the profession beyond traditional areas where actuarial expertise is of significance, said Mr Rajesh Dalmia, Chairman of the 20th Asian...
The future of the global economy lies in Asia, but there were some fundamental infrastructure requirements that were missing in some Asian markets, which would lead to an unsustainable growth projection, said Mr Richard Petty, Chairman of the...
Disruption is the force of change driving the entire business world and the insurance industry has not been spared. by Dr Michael Naylor Review by Chia Wan Fen