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Life & health
Think Tank - The Geneva Association: Health protection gaps in emerging markets
Data-driven innovation in life and health insurance
Interconnected health
General
Fourteen markets: All different
Turnaround work in Asia almost complete
Distribution
Agents and technology
Ecosystems: Bringing insurance into the future
Bancassurance: What's next in Asia's markets?
Creating a long-term sustainable bank distribution partnership
Grab ready to deliver insurance to the masses
The real centre of power: Distribution
A dynamic approach to life reinsurance
Premium growth in Asia forecast
Investment and hedging for life companies in Hong Kong
Peak strength
Greying population and gap in pension funding are major challenges
Trade and cooperation between China and the EU to anchor global stability
News
Regulator issues work plan for insurers managing insurance intermediaries
China's MDRT membership is nearly 30% of the world's total
Insurance industry implements standardised terminology
Hong Kong
RMB and InsurTech: A good time to be alive
Life in Hong Kong
Breathing new life into the market
A hotbed for InsurTechs
Spotlight on the top risks affecting Hong Kong
Making its voice heard
Imagination and speed: The pillars of the future
An agile approach to the adviser career
View from India
Demographic advantage - a boon or bane?
Asian
Asia: SIRC unveils theme for 2019 conference: Winds of Change
Asia: Morbidity seen as the single most important protection gap
Australia: Grain brokers promote credit risk insurance
Hong Kong: More tax breaks granted for annuity plans, provident funds
India: Private insurers shunned in flagship health insurance scheme
Japan: Insurers to ban use of genetic info
Malaysia: Govt mulls including those aged over 55 in national health insurance plan
Myanmar: Govt opens insurance mart to foreign insurers
New Zealand: Govt amends law to improve financial advice
Pakistan: Insurers seek business-enabling rules
Singapore: Increased protection for policyholders should an insurer fail
South Korea: Insurers argue for lower deposit insurance premiums
Taiwan: Forex impact on insurers expected to be smaller this year
Thailand: Tourism body and insurers devise travel insurance policy
Vietnam: Authorities to cut red tape for life insurers
Global
Annual IIS Global Insurance Forum comes to Singapore next month
Lemonade gets $300m infusion in Series D funding
Marsh & McLennan leads collaborative effort to rate cyber security products
Risk
Asia needs to strengthen disaster resilience in face of growing risks, says Asia Development Bank
Australia: Actuaries urge financial institutions to heed their social condition
Product Bites
People on the move
INSURANCE - General
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INSURANCE - Distribution
Grab’s insurance head Tom Duncan outlines the company’s vision to provide simpler access to protection cover.
CHINA
The increase in longevity and the declining birth-rate is leading to a rapidly greying population in China.
Generali’s Marco Bovolini puts distribution at the centre of the insurance power equation.
Euler Hermes’ Mr Alexis Garatti looks at the ramifications of closer ties between China and the EU.
COUNTRY PROFILE - Hong Kong
With the Greater Bay Area project in full swing, and mainland Chinese regulations looking favourably upon Hong Kong’s reinsurers, Peak Re has seen a surge in business and revenue over the past year.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May in a world plagued by more bad news with the wrath of nature and speed of information spread like wildfire. And then there are deep fears of protectionism and nationalism even among leading nations which...
Winning one of the prestigious top slots at the Asia Insurance Industry Awards is a tremendous achievement. Read some inspirational tales of how recent winners used their accolades to good effect.
With the right regulatory framework, private health insurance can have an important and beneficial effect. The Geneva Association’s Dr Kai-Uwe Schanz provides some insights.
Data is one of the engines driving innovation in life and health insurance.RGA’s Marc Sofer discusses how the newest data sets are impacting the industry’s growth and development.
Plugging into ecosystems and helping policyholders navigate the complex healthcare system were some of the issues discussed at a recent healthcare and health insurance event in Singapore.
The traditional life reinsurance model typically involves perpetual treaties linked to an underlying product. Guy Carpenter’s Matthew Rose, Justin Ward and Victor Hai provide some insights.
The global economy is less resilient now than it was 10 years ago. However, emerging Asia is a bright spot, especially with some countries forging ambitious national visions and benefiting from technology as an enabler for success.
The Insurance Authority of Hong Kong plans to update the solvency capital framework for the insurance sector in the territory. Mr Alan Yip from JP Morgan Asset Management looks at the implications for life companies.
The Greater Bay Area initiative could be a boon for insurers and reinsurers who truly understand ‘doing business in China’. Peak Re’s Franz Josef Hahn provides a glimpse of the opportunities for businesses that take the time to...
We caught up with HSBC’s Edward Moncreiffe to find out what is driving growth and what the immediate future holds in store.
With recent developments involving China’s Greater Bay Area initiative, and the Hong Kong Insurance Authority’s moves to strengthen the insurance market further, the city’s life insurers have a lot to look forward to.
Insurance and tech experts gathered at the Asia InsurTech Summit 2019 to discuss how the industry can improvise, adapt and overcome.
LIMRA’s Mr Rick Funke looks at modernising the recruitment process for financial advisers.
Can India utilise its ‘being young’ advantage to achieve a sustainable and healthy growth in the decades ahead?
Preparations are well underway for the 16th Singapore International Reinsurance Conference (SIRC), which will take place from 29 October to 1 November 2019 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
The most frequently mentioned protection gap in emerging Asia relates to morbidity: increasing environmental pollution, changing lifestyles and aging give rise to a rapid growth of cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, according to a report...
The need for management of credit risk by farmers has been highlighted in recent months by the failure of two grain-trading companies on the east coast of Australia in the first quarter of 2019. In each case, market participants are owed many...
Australia’s major financial institutions, including insurers, need to understand their social risks and the social condition of their business better.