Editorial
Rex Auyeung: Global ageing challenges and the funded pension model ahead
GIC Re: Competition is good for the Indian market
The Great American dream
MetLife Asia Chief: Will your company still be around in 10 years?
AGCS: Bringing differentiation and innovation to customers
Munich Re: High growth in High Net Worth
Hong Kong's Bank Consortium Trust: Where is the love?
27th PIC Curtain raiser - Confronting change: Walk the talk
Reinsurance: Expectations in Asia - Buyers seek more flexible reinsurance solutions
Reinsurance Expectations in Asia - An Asian reinsurer's expectations for the coming renewal
Reinsurance Expectations in Asia - Reinsurance in India: From net receiver to net giver
Reinsurance Expectations in Asia - The ILS markets and traditional reinsurance
China - The dragon roars still
China - Insurance industry in "golden period"
China - On track for strong growth
China - Foreign insurers' guide to succeeding in China
China - AXA case study: Standing on the shoulders of a giant
Internet insurance business finally under an overall supervision in China
The Geneva Association: Big data, insurance and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden
Nat Cat Focus - Demand surge
Insurance Risk and Finance Research Centre - Large Commercial Risks in Insurance: An Asia-Pacific perspective and dataset
Customer Focus - Getting it right with claims
Microtakaful Focus - A "Mission Impossible": How to grow microtakaful with the help of retakaful
Product Bites
Preparing for catastrophic surprises
AEC Focus - Opportunities for insurers in AEC - S&P
AEC Focus - Minimum operating standards as first step to life integration in AEC
Regulation Spotlight - Solvency II's coming challenges
Regulation Spotlight - RBC: Three letters that spell change
Pursuing a pension panacea
Complacency a real threat in cyber risk exposures
Focus on hospitality: Working hard to give you that five-star service - and to keep you safe and sound the Marriott way
Risk management key to sustainability
Asia: Insurance restrictions impact Nat CAT risk diversification
Mortality protection gap widens even more in Asia
Blackrock: Asian insurers show growing appetite for fixed-income ETFs
Asia: Heat is on agriculture insurance as El Nino looms
Asia: D&O face climate change fiduciary responsibilities
Asia: New Lloyd's consortium for excess layers on commercial property risks
China: 1H premium income up 19% y-o-y to US$220 bln
China's first private reinsurer may be launched soon
China: Insurance losses from Tianjin blast could exceed US$1.5bln
Hong Kong: TigerRisk enters Chinese market
Critical illness protection lacking in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: 2nd FT Asia Insurance Summit on driving efficiency to improve profitability
India: Government to launch mass health and farm insurance schemes
India: PSU general insurers set up new TPA
Indonesia: 1Q takaful life premiums up 50% y-o-y to US$157 mln
Japan: MSI ramps up overseas presence in Sri Lanka and South Africa
Lloyd's to apply for onshore licence in Malaysia
Malaysia: General insurance sees 2.3% growth for 1H15 amid challenging environment
Malaysia: Attitude change needed for a sustainable future, say experts
Singapore: 1H health premium down 34% y-o-y to US$66 mln ahead of public health plan
Innovation centre's launch a milestone for MetLife and Singapore
Singapore: JLT fails to stop ex-staff from joining rival
Taiwan: Less than 10% of vehicles hit by Typhoon Soudelor insured against weather damage
Insurance search engine GoBear to expand to Thailand
Vietnam: Ageas, Muang Thai Life & Military Bank set up life JV
PartnerRe sells shares to EXOR for US$6.9 bln; cancels merger with Axis for US$315 mln
1H2015 global insured losses see 30% y-o-y drop to US$16.5 bln - Swiss Re
UN backs disaster resilience plans for hotels in Asia and the Pacific
Deloitte: Southeast Asian organisations face risks in leadership and workforce capability
From A to B: A lesson in ratings from BEST Re
Diary of Events
People on the move
September marks the start of renewal season with the Monte Carlo Rendezvous, and like in recent years it remains a buyers' market in reinsurance. We bring you a roundup of views of insurers and brokers on the expectations of reinsurance buyers in Asia.
Mr Chris Kershaw of Peak Re stresses the need for a reinsurer to be relevant to its clients, meeting their new demands in the evolving marketplace and to adopt more long-term thinking.
Buy Now
With the passing of the Insurance (Laws) Amendment Bill, 2015 by the Central Government and new draft rules for the reinsurance industry in the offing, the reinsurance segment in India is likely to see heightened action in the next few months with not only international reinsurers, but also a number of domestic entities planning to enter the reinsurance space. By Jimmy John
Mr Andrew Flitcroft of General Reinsurance Australia shares the two questions insurers are likely to ask with regard to the new capital in the market.