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People on the move
As a rising economic powerhouse, Asia is on the business agenda of many reinsurers around the world, and the region is definitely making an impact on the global reinsurance scene. And with Asia becoming a manufacturing base for many consumer products, there are already warnings of the "enormous accumulation potential of supply chain disruptions". Read on.
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Asia is definitely on the rise, with growing urbanisation, increased infrastructure spending and expanding industrialisation. Mr Kenrick Law of Allianz SE Reinsurance Branch Asia Pacific says (re)insurers need to work with local governments to cover more of these risks, supporting the sectors with their risk expertise.