Michael J Morrissey: Insurance Development Forum (IDF) - Unprecedented collaboration for the greater good
Robert A Kerzner: How will we serve retirees now and in the future?
AIA: The Leader
ACR seeks disciplined approach to growth
The ARTS of Insurance for the Masses
Nepal Re: The new kid in the reinsurance space
Insurance: A Force for Good - Revving the yellow brick road to resilience
CEO Focus - Create critical connections with consumers
Thailand - Optimism in the air
Thailand - Life: Still a land of growth
Thailand - General Insurance: A brighter outlook
Thailand - General Insurance: Becoming more sophisticated
Thailand - Game On!
Bhutan - Government push sees insurance growth
Nat CAT - High protection gap highlights Asia's vulnerability to disaster risk
Nat CAT - Bridging the Nat CAT data gap
Nat CAT - Legal Page: Nat CAT losses: Wide area damage
Lessons from Tianjin - A wake-up call for risk accumulation awareness
Future of Life Underwriting - Looking into a bright and automated future
Future of Life Underwriting - Art, Science & Technology: How new technology is shaping the future of underwriting and underwriters
IAA Life Section Colloquium 2016 Recap
Think Tank - Navigating uncharted waters
Capital Models - Forging ahead with capital modelling in Asia
Life Insurance Disruption - Sources of disruption
IT in Insurance - Deriving business insight in the face of uncertainty
Cyber Security - New technology, new threats - Cyber and the quest for digital enablement
RIMS - Cyber and emerging risks take centre stage
Asia: Collection process digitisation drives insurers' operational efficiencies
South Asia: Economy to drive insurance growth in frontier marts - Swiss Re
Asia: UK venture firm buys 20% of Asia Reinsurance Brokers
Asia: Chubb name officially launched in Singapore and Hong Kong
Asia: Reinventing life business in the smart era
Asia: Taking steps against money-laundering
Australia: Law to spell out that super is for retirement income
Australia: Path made easier for financial advisers to meet professional standards
Cambodia: Insurance mart shows sterling Q1 results, buoyed by life
China: Telemarketing fetches US$2.2 bln in life premiums in 2015
China: Mainlanders warned of risks connected with buying insurance in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Conning expands offering to institutional clients in Asia Pacific
India: Insurers told to avoid unequal international reinsurance pacts
India: Supreme Court orders govt to respond to drought
Indonesia: Insurers with foreign shareholders told to divest stakes
Japan: Kumamoto quake insurance loss estimates at US$800 mln-$1.2 bln
South Korea: Reform needed in corporate pensions
Malaysia: Rural market key to takaful growth
Nepal: Informal market in insurance emerges
New Zealand: Stagnant life market reveals changes in demographics, home ownership
Pakistan: Non-life insurers' profits surge 41% to US$100 mln
Philippines: Cash-hungry insurers warned about "predators"
Singapore: SingRe introduces new board directors at AGM
Singapore: Reinsurer ACR up for sale
Singapore: Life insurance shows positive start to 2016
Singapore: AXA and Grab launch first-of-its-kind scheme for ride-hailing industry
Singapore: New skills roadmap for financial planning industry
Sri Lanka: Insurance industry deemed too reliant on motor
Taiwan: Insurers urge govt to lower RBC requirements
Thailand: OIC to establish regulatory framework for e-insurance
Vietnam: Insurer Pjico to sell stake to foreign investors
Global - Ruschlikon reports a successful 2015
Global - Traditional reinsurance capital drops to US$357 billion in 2015 - Willis Re
Global - .insurance domain name launched
Corporate Risk Management - Lloyd's and PARIMA in deal to offer risk management professional development programme
Corporate Risk Management - Supply chain resilience affected by lower oil prices and terrorism threats - FM Global
Product Bytes
Diary of Events
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Total losses from disaster events in Asia contributed more than 40% of global losses in 2015. Industry experts discuss the major losses last year while highlighting the protection gap.
Singapore's Nanyang Technology University (NTU)'s Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM) introduces the Natural Catastrophe Data and Analytics Exchange (NatCatDAX) - an industry-led catastrophe and data analytics platform for Asia.
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Legal experts identify examples of causation and coverage issues which could affect Nat CAT insurance claims in this region.
The warehouse explosions at the Chinese port of Tianjin on 12 August 2015 caused severe losses due in large part to risk accumulation. We review the lessons for the industry from the disaster.