Life & health
Telemedicine, telehealth and the opportunity for insurers
Creating a healthier ecosystem
General
The long wait is finally over
Not disruption, but continuous evolution
View from India
Indian reinsurance regulations 2018
Fit for the future
Become the disruptor
The broker-client relationship of the future
The winning formula for a reinsurance broker in 2025
Make or break time for brokers in Asia
Australia
Heavy weather or summer lightning?
Damp squib or spanking report?
A watershed year for brokers
Commissions, add-on insurance and claims
New risk categories for Australia
Biggest in claims administration
Corporate culture, climate risk and cyber
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation update
Young, healthy and globally connected
Bashe: The theoretical cyber attack
SMEs show misplaced assumptions about cyber risk
The business of managing long-term risks
ESG investing for the long term
China's commercial health insurance market
Think Tank
The Geneva Association - Life and health insurance consumption in China: Demographic and environmental risks
News
36 insurers increase capital by nearly $10bn in 2018
Insurers net 2018 profits estimated at more than $40bn
Applied AI in insurance
Legacy versus digital insurers - the lines are blurring
Infographics: Industry experts weigh in on the impact of tech advancements
Product Bites
Asian
Asia Pacific: Number of M&A deals grows fastest in the region in 2018
Australia: Royal Commission's report signals a makeover for insurance industry
Bangladesh: Regulator strengthens insurance customer service
Hong Kong: Reinsurance sector gains from Beijing policy
India: Some general insurers lose money on flagship crop insurance scheme
Indonesia: Trade ministry hastens registration of insurers for coal exports
Japan: Sompo Japan uses AI to decide fault in car accidents
Malaysia: Transport ministry seeks insurers' ideas on ways to reward safe drivers
New Zealand: Review of life insurers to extend regulatory reach
Pakistan: Govt defers privatisation of state owned insurers
Philippines: Regulator issues outsourcing guidelines for insurers
Singapore: 2018 new business life premiums grow by 3%
South Korea: Several small general insurers see huge profit declines
Taiwan: Life insurers post net forex losses of $7.5bn for 2018
Vietnam: National reinsurer rakes in profits of $2.4m in 2018
Global
New York insurers may use social media data to evaluate premiums
Italy's banks take on insurance
Risk
Global: Top priorities for boards in 2019
Global: The 2019 AFP Risk Survey - The Evolving Treasury Ecosystem
Global: CFOs may be held accountable for natural catastrophe losses
People on the move
COUNTRY PROFILE - Australia
BROKERAGE - Fit for the future
Willis Re International’s James Vickers predicts what a successful broker will look like in future.
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CHINA
Milliman’s Rong Yi and Sharon Huang provide high-level background of the health insurance market in China, discuss common themes and recent trends.
Intermediaries must embrace InsurTech to add value, says Ed Broking head of reinsurance, Asia Pacific Marcus Taylor.
CHINA - Think Tank
China, has seen rapid growth over the past 10 years. From The Geneva Association's academic papers, professors Jiang Cheng of the Lingnan University in Hong Kong and Lu Yu of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics explore the demand...
It is the ‘age of the client’, no matter where you are on the digital front or in the business cycle. Yet even in March, one knows not who that ‘client’ is. It is a tough call between the distribution brigade that brings in...
Telemedicine and telehealth services are helping to provide ‘medical inclusion’ in the form of easier and cheaper access to health services for many people around the world. Generali Asia’s Dr Hak Hong Soo...
The rising cost of healthcare and the ageing population in Asia has led rise to many insurers collaborating with various parties to come up with long-term solutions.
Myanmar, with a population of 55m, is the least insured economy in the ASEAN region, but things are about to change with the approval of the Myanmar insurance sector liberalisation roadmap.
With a record 700 delegates from 38 countries, hectic networking, engrossing discussions and effective bilateral meetings, the 12th India Rendezvous, Reinsurance: Disrupted, in Mumbai from 22 to 24 January set important milestones.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India released revised reinsurance regulations. Apprehension and misinterpretation still exist, however.
Successful brokers of the future will understand one very important thing:We are in the age of the client. Marsh Asia’s Cristina Vigilante gazes into the crystal ball.
Australia has been an oddity amongst developed nations – because it has shown uninterrupted economic growth for decades. Storm clouds are gathering on the horizon.
The final report from the Royal Commission was released at 4.10pm on 4 February. Prior to its release, industry observers were referring to it as the ‘spanking report’. After its publication it’s been called a ‘damp...
The Royal Commission came down hard on many sectors of the Australian insurance industry – but brokers emerged largely unscathed. Steadfast’s Robert Kelly explains why – and remains bullish about the year ahead.
A global ransomware cyber attack could cost $193bn and affect more than 600,000 businesses worldwide.
Many small and medium enterprises in Singapore think they are too small to fall prey to cyber attacks.
Local and specialist investment market knowledge, an emphasis on clear and strong governance combined with common standards support the investments of this Asian regional insurance business. Dr Mark Konyn outlines what makes investments tick at AIA.
Jeanne Stampe, founder of the Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative, talks about how smart insurers are already heeding the message of the importance of ESG investing.
Thirty six insurance companies in China increased their capital by a combined CNY65bn ($9.6bn) last year, according to data from the Insurance Association of China. Among them, 17 were life insurers, 16 were non-life insurers and three were...
The past few years have been dominated by talk about how new technology trends will change the insurance industry. We look at some examples of how those technologies have been utilised, as insurers and InsurTechs put words to action.
Can ‘new’ insurers could do well enough to prompt incumbents to move away from the traditional tack.
Every week, Asia Insurance Review surveys its readership to glean insights into the big issues that confront leading executives in insurance and reinsurance in the region. The results of our surveys are published in the form of a series of...
Asia Pacific saw the biggest gains year-on-year in insurance M&A deals last year, with 59 completed deals, up from 42 in 2017, with such activities accelerating through the year, says legal firm Clyde & Co in a new report. The number of...
Conclusions drawn by the Royal Commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry are an opportunity for the sector, including insurers, to start afresh, improve business practices and cultures, and put...
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has introduced steps to address customer dissatisfaction in the insurance sector through digitalisation.