From Editor-in-Chief
IAIS Mission - Contributing to global financial stability
Zurich Insurance staying lean and focussed in Asia
Regulations: Know your regulations
Regulations: Ten things to know about insurance regulation across Asia
Regulations: IFRS 4 Phase II: Plan now for the new world of insurance reporting
Regulatory support a hit with the market
Conscientiously coping with challenges
Life insurance: Ready and raring to go
Non-life insurance: Slow and steady
Easing of limitations on Taiwan insurance companies' foreign investment
The Geneva Association: The IAIS in perspective
Blanket notifications
Life focus: Under pressure: Coping with low interest rates
Life focus: The digital revolution: Underwriting changing to support mobile sales
Strategic focus: Innovate where the action is!
Insurance risk and finance research centre: The impact of banking crises on non-life insurance consumption
Managing risks with local diversity and global consistency
1st Agriculture conference: A steep learning curve in a hugely untapped potential
Indonesia rendezvous - Increased asset values, protection gap and natural catastrophes
EAAC: The model actuary: A numbers wizard and effective communicator
Making it more sustainable
"Buying is fun, integrating is hell"
ASEAN and Asia will do well despite economic and political turbulence
Southeast Asia: Health insurance to reach US$24 bln by 2020
Asia Pacific: Endurance expands reinsurance business
Asia: Prudential launches new regional brand campaign
Australia: Consumer uncertainty, ageing society are top concerns
Bangladesh: Index-based flood insurance product launched
China: CIRC to audit risk management practices annually
China: CIRC issues rules for online insurers
Hong Kong: Expats twice more likely to make motor claims than locals
India: Regulator for pension created with passing of Pension Bill
India: IRDA launches insurance repositories
Indonesia: Allianz steps up investment in climate protection
Japan: 56% of fire policies had quake cover in 2012
South Korea: ING Life to be sold to MBK Partners
Malaysia: Investment-linked policies gain popularity in 1H
Nepal to have its first reinsurance company
Pakistan Re ready to manage country's terrorism insurance pool
Philippines: Taskforce formed to give effect to amended law
17th Asia Awards: Meeting the finalists face-to-face
The Geneva Association launches new brand
Monte Carlo Rendezvous: All about alternative capacity and pricing
Diary of events
People on the move
Insurance regulators and major stakeholders in the industry are meeting in Taipei middle of this month for their annual conference, and in line with this, we list the 10 things to know about insurance regulations across Asia today and examine the impact from the IFRS 4 Phase II launched in June this year.
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Regulation of the insurance industry in Asia is subject to wide variation and regular, often extensive revision. Ms Anna Tipping of Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia) LLP explores some of the constants and some of the variables.
Mr Manu Anand from Deloitte Singapore explains the long-awaited revised exposure draft or IFRS 4 Phase II that was launched in June this year, what its landscape is, what are being re-exposed and what it means for insurers.