From Editor - in - Chief
RGA: Eye on demographics more critical than interest rates
Toa Re finds strength in diversifying
Markel: Building for permanence
AXA IM: Non-traditional investments attractive in current environment
McKinsey: Tackling talent & marketing the digital way
Midyear P&C market roundup - P&C markets strong but balancing act needed
Something new, but all things good
Interview with Regulator: Hitting the ground running
Non-life insurance: Strong numbers all round
Non-life insurance: Monopoly or not...
Life insurance: Growth is everywhere
A super reinsurer for the Indonesian market?
Undeniably challenged, undauntedly pressing on
New corporate governance rules for insurers
The buzzword is Financial Inclusion
The untapped opportunity in Indian health insurance
The case for a Southeast Asian agriculture risk pool
New personal accident compensation criteria announced in China
IIS Report: Swim in the sea of changes
Motor focus: Accelerating towards direct motor insurance in Asia
Training needs in the market: Global talent issues in insurance: How should the industry respond?
LIMRA/LOMA: Beat all odds with a winning strategy
CFO Summit: A bigger voice for the CFOs
Specialty Risks: Managing risks wisely
Asia: Emerging Asia remains world's fastest growing non-life market
Asia: Risk diversification will not suffice in the long run
Asia: Strengthening distribution model tops strategic priority for insurers
Australia: Nat CATs could cost over US$21 bln a year by 2050
Bangladesh: Risk management a must for safe business continuity
China: RGA receives preparatory licence from CIRC
China: BNP Paribas forms JV with Bank of Beijing
Hong Kong: Japanese group acquires 15% stake in local underwriting agency
India: Industry to focus on analytics
Indonesia: Regulator to establish insurance rating & stats agency
Japan: Prudential plc to sell closed-book life insurance business for US$85 mln
South Korea: Regulator to widen income probe to insurers
Malaysia: Islamic Financial Services Act comes into force
Malaysia: Uni.Asia Life teams up with Bank of China for banc product
Macau: Insurers saw net profits triple last year
Myanmar: AIA opens rep office in Yangon
Philippines: Industry body, govt working on CAT model
Singapore to replace Switzerland as top finance hub by 2015
Singapore: Regulator hopes financial advisers will be viewed as professionals
Taiwan: Typhoon Soulik's agri losses exceed US$38 mln
Thailand: Life sector to grow by 17% this year
FAIR - Going on 50, going on strong
Impact of IAIS
Initial list of nine G-SIIs released
Lloyd's CEO Richard Ward will resign by end Dec
Insurers less equipped to manage emerging megatrends
Telematics technology could transform motor insurance in UK
2012 a respectable year for American Club
Diary of events
People on the move
Insurers are hit with changes and need to respond by adapting fast or otherwise sink in the sea of risks and threats to their business. We bring you a close up of the 49th IIS Seminar where some 50 speakers discussed these changes at length and explored ways to capitalise on them while strengthening the industry's business proposition.
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As in other markets, motor insurance in Asia increasingly turns from a traditional intermediary business towards a direct sales business model. Mr Joachim Michaely of Munich Re discusses the opportunities and pitfalls for direct insurance in the region.