Nepal's Beema Samiti: Inclusive insurance will be the new mantra
Health Insurance: Focus on innovation and use of data intelligently
Insurance: You reap what you sow in rural India!
India
Make reinsurance in India
Motor: Eye on Future
Autonomous vehicles: Impact on future stability of motor insurance
Asia's ever-changing motor market trends
Philippines
A market coming together
Interview with a Regulator - Leading a new charge to bring insurance to the people
Leveraging the power of mutual insurance in the Philippines
A thriving risk management scene
Brokers
The industry needs brokers
Life Insurance Disruption
Blockchain: Tailor-made to revolutionise insurance
Healthcare in Asia
A gap not too big to be bridged
Think Tank
Harnessing technology to narrow the insurance protection gap
RBC
Race for capital optimisation
Microinsurance
Is this Microinsurance's 'Uber moment'?
Marine Focus
Navigating uncertain times
Cyber Modelling
Tackling the challenges of cyber modelling: The uniqueness of cyber risks
IT in Insurance
Top five considerations for insurance technology in Myanmar
Factor Investing
Using factor investing to enhance the Strategic Asset Allocation
Asian MNCs
Global footprint of Asia's trailblazing insurers set to grow
Asian
Asia: Higher quality & lower medical costs for insurers & patients
Asia: InsurTech - A key part to the insurance success story?
Asia: Hurdles need to be removed to facilitate insurers' investments in infrastructures
Australia: Cost shifting by public hospitals drives up premiums
Bangladesh: Govt secures World Bank loan to strengthen insurance
China: Insurance market grew 27.5% in 2016, fastest pace in 8 years
Hong Kong: Insurers look for growth in corporate sector
India: FY2017-18 Budget hailed for pro-insurance measures
Indonesia: Regulator to urge insurers to invest in Eximbank securities
Japan: Insurers face uncertain ride in future of self-driving cars
South Korea: Most traditional market shops lack fire insurance
Laos: Sompo Japan forms partnership with Lao-Viet
Malaysia: Uber, Grab & taxi drivers to be covered by work injury plan
Nepal: Yield-based insurance introduced for spring padi
New Zealand: 3 out of 4 Kiwis want car insurance to be compulsory
Pakistan: Life market enjoys high growth mode
Singapore: MAS to help financial sector gear up for the Future Economy
Sri Lanka: Regulator issues standards for investigations of insurance claims
Taiwan: Regulator limits insurers' investments in global corporate bonds
Thailand: Protection insurance to grow as interest rates stay low
Vietnam: Life insurers grab 90% of 30-year govt bonds in 2016
Global
IAIS Sec Gen Yoshihiro Kawai to retire in November
Blockchain insurance consortium grows to 15 members
Increasingly challenging conditions for insurers - IAIS
Corporate Risk Management
Australia: Centre launched to manage critical infrastructure
Ransomware to dominate in 2017: Beazley
RIMS '17: Risk Revolution!
Product Bytes
Events Page
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation awards grants for research to projects addressing Singapore's social issues
People on the move
COVER STORY - Motor: Eye on Future
COUNTRY PROFILE - Philippines
The Philippines insurance market is beginning to consolidate as increases in minimum capital requirements take effect. Premiums are rising as penetration rates, awareness and accessibility of insurance have improved with better microinsurance...
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INSIGHTS - RBC
With local regulatory regimes making the transition to global reporting standards, Mr Mitsuhiro Tanaka and Mr Vasan Errakiah of Pacific Life Re Asia say it is all the more crucial that the industry plan ahead and look at efficient capital management...
INSIGHTS - Think Tank
The global insurance protection gap is one of the most pressing issues facing our society. With this in mind, The Geneva Association analysed the potential contribution of digital and mobile technologies to narrowing protection gaps in both mature...
INSIGHTS - Cyber Modelling
Ms Kirstin McMullan of Aon Benfield explains the requirements needed for cyber risk modelling, the two approaches to it and the necessity for cyber risk profiling.
INSIGHTS - IT in Insurance
Mr Daniel Angelucci of CSC shares the top five considerations in implementing insurance technology and systems in Myanmar.
SPECIAL FEATURE - Factor Investing
Mr Paul Sandhu of Conning Asia Pacific Limited outlines the benefits of factor investing in this dynamic market.
Spring is in the air. Somewhere in the world, the crocuses have sprouted and yet there is no decisive action on combatting climate change. And how the weather is changing rapidly everywhere. Nonetheless, it is spring and with it, comes hope.
Mr Chiranjibi Chapagain, has been appointed Chairman of theBeema Samiti (Insurance Regulatory Authority) in Nepal. He brings with him close to three decades of experience with the Central Bank of Nepal and is optimistic of the future of the...
Health insurance is undergoing a transformation. User experience, customer engagement, client acquisition, underwriting, billing and claims are all being revolutionised by new technologies and consumer driven demands. At the Health Insurance...
Agriculture, rural and allied sectors have got a big thumbs-up in India’s budget for 2017-18. Allocations to several existing schemes, including the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, have been increased. Focus is on going digital. Concerns of...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to ‘Make in India’ resonated on stage at the 10th India Rendezvous when there was a call to ‘Make reinsurance in India.’ We bring highlights of the event.
The technology in and surrounding vehicles is changing the face of motor insurance – the most stable line of business for insurers. AIR finds out how the industry plans to adapt to these changes.
Mr Victor Kuk and Mr Bill Gao of Swiss Re discuss the trends in the motor market, including regulatory changes, motor InsurTech, digitised customer engagement, telematics and autonomous cars.
Asia Insurance Review caught up with Mr Dennis B Funa, the Philippines’ recently-appointed insurance regulator who spoke about realising the potential of insurance to protect vulnerable communities in the country, and helping insurers adapt to...
Ms Jasmine Miow of Peak Re shares how the mutual insurance sector and the commercial insurance market can work together to help insurance buyers in the Philippines.
This year, we celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Asia Insurance Brokers’ Summit. From a clarion call for brokers to better profile themselves, the sector has since evolved to see new challenges and opportunities in technology. We look at the...
Much has been written about blockchain’s game changing potential. Ms Jenny Sutton and Mr Mark Wales of Galileo Platforms discuss the extent of the opportunity presented by blockchain to the insurance industry.
Changing lifestyle, non-communicable diseases, ageing population, inadequate medical infrastructure – all these take a heavy toll on the Asian countries, pushing up out of pocket expenses and health insurance premiums, creating a wide chasm in...
Speakers at the 12th International Microinsurance Conference held in Sri Lanka said rapid innovation in technologies are paving the way for microinsurance providers to develop and support low ticket insurance products.
The pace of growth of major multinational corporations (MNCs) in Asia Pacific is undeniable. Mr Michael Freeman and Ms Magdalena Ramada of Willis Towers Watson zero in on these Asian Trailblazers.
The results from Global Personal Medical Case Management are “unequivocal”, said Ms Sigal Atzmon, President of Medix Medical Services in an interview with Asia Insurance Review. It “serves as a bridge between its clients and...
The infrastructure sector in Asia’s emerging markets promises huge opportunities for insurers but first, hurdles like state monopolies and regulatory frameworks need to be re-examined, said Mr Chandri Gunawardhana, a former Director General of...