Allianz Trade has appointed Mr Harry Edwards as ASEAN commercial director. In his new role, he will be responsible for all commercial activities in six ASEAN countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. He replaces Ms Céline Peredy, who is now strategic account director for Allianz Trade for Multinationals.
Specialist Risk Group (SRG) has appointed Mr Collin Yap as CEO of APAC, effective 1 January 2025. In his new role, he will lead SRG's APAC expansion and growth strategy.
On EAIC Insurance Day, which falls every year on 18 October, the general secretary of the East Asian Insurance Congress (EAIC) , Mr Masayuki Tanaka has sounded the need to raise awareness of bio-diversity loss in Asia.
According to Central Re executive vice president Terry Ho, the challenges of climate risk in Asian markets "are quite different from those seen in American and European markets".
Life insurers are ready to leverage generative AI to innovate their policyholders' experience and optimise operations according to new research by Capgemini.
Sompo has appointed Ms Maya Dongyoung Lee as COO, APAC. In her new role, she will be responsible for leading Sompo's APAC Operations, including operational excellence and resilience, transformation and project management and building its operations and roadmap across APAC, in addition to developing talent and capabilities across the region.
There is a significant demand across Asia for affordable, simplified private health and protection products tailored to address risks facing the elderly population, according to the findings of a survey by Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), a leading global life and health reinsurer.
Vietnam's retirement income system has been included for the first time in the the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, the 2024 edition of which was released earlier this week.
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a fast-growing specialist insurance intermediary, majority-owned by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has announced its launch in Asia Pacific, marking its expansion into the region.
This year's Asian Actuarial Conference (AAC), to be held in Hong Kong from 22 to 25 October, will have the theme of 'Innovation, International Hubs and Hong Kong'. As always, the AAC will attempt to explore the issues that affect actuaries across Asia, looking into their future, their potential evolution and how the landscape of the actuarial profession might change. We speak to AAC's programme chairperson Orchis Li about the conference.