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Jan 2017

Contents

January-Home
Editor's Message
Guest Editorial
Magazine article aboutP-C-sector-in-Asia-The-big-squeeze

P&C sector in Asia: The big squeeze

India: Exciting times ahead!

RI branches in India is good news for domestic insurers

Interviews
Magazine article aboutNo-room-for-complacency

No room for complacency

The newcomer advantage

Learning to live in uncertain times

Spreading its links across the world

ASEAN Insurance Summit
Magazine article aboutComing-together-as-a-community

Coming together as a community

Going Digital
Magazine article aboutInsurTech-Watershed-moment-for-the-industry

InsurTech: Watershed moment for the industry

Special Feature
Magazine article aboutStarting-the-future-today

FinTech Festival Report

Starting the future today

Trendy behaviour

Staying practical & relevant in the world of InsurTech

India Rendezvous Special
Magazine article aboutIndia-Rendezvous-over-the-years

India Rendezvous over the years

Cover Story
Magazine article aboutGoldmines-and-landmines

The Year Ahead

Goldmines and landmines

Country Profile
Magazine article aboutJourneying-forward-to-a-new-era

Journeying forward to a new era

Life insurance: Sixteen going on seventeen!

General insurance needs innovation and digitisation

Reinsurance: A new chapter begins

Health insurance needs a shot in the arm - Trust, technology and wellness

Indian aviation: Challenges and opportunities of a fast growing market

India Nuclear Insurance Pool: First small step of a long journey!

India's demonetisation conundrum

General Insurance
Magazine article aboutP-I-clubs-holding-the-fort-for-members

P&I Insurance

P&I clubs holding the fort for members

Looking towards 2017

Life & Health
Magazine article aboutDigital-age-transforming-insurance-agents-into-advisers

Distribution in the New World

Digital age transforming insurance agents into advisers

Life insurance distribution: Scale effectively, or be leapfrogged

Consumer behavioural trends

Restoring customer conviction in the promise to protect

Insights
Magazine article aboutTen-key-questions-on-cyber-risk-and-cyber-risk-insurance

Think Tank

Ten key questions on cyber risk and cyber risk insurance

Regulation Focus

Turning regulatory change to your advantage

Regulatory updates

Corporate Risk Management Interview
Magazine article aboutInsurance-not-a-cyber-threat-security-blanket

Insurance not a cyber threat security blanket

Beer wars are brewing in Myanmar

Corporate Risk Management
Magazine article aboutEvolving-role-and-authority-of-insurance-CROs

Evolving role and authority of insurance CROs

Innovating beyond the status quo

1st Asia Trusted Life Agents & Advisers Awards
Magazine article aboutAgassi-Wang-A-Winner-and-a-real-legend-of-an-Agent

Agassi Wang: A Winner and a real legend of an Agent

News
Magazine article aboutAsia-Compensation-alignment-is-key-success-factor-for-bancassurance-FALIA

Asian

Asia: Compensation alignment is key success factor for bancassurance -FALIA

Asia: CEOs face crossroads in corporate evolution

Asia: Finding new ways to use Big Data

Australia: Financial advisers push innovation in vulnerable areas

Bangladesh: Insurers want industry-friendly law and regulations

China: Insurance sector roiled by crackdown on "barbarian" stock mart players

Hong Kong: Card issuers close loophole in savings insurance purchases

India: Foreign reinsurers likely to open branches in 6-9 months' time

Indonesia: OJK to increase auto & property premiums

Japan: Quake insurance penetration low despite quake vulnerability

South Korea: Financial institutions to draw up crisis recovery plans

Macau: Life insurance premiums surge by 61% in Jan-Sep 2016

Malaysia: Life insurance posts strong 1-3Q 2016 performance

Myanmar: National policy needed for growing number of senior citizens

Nepal: Regulator cuts auto premium rate for private vehicles

Singapore: MAS approves sale of ACR to Chinese parties

Taiwan: Modest growth in premiums forecast for 2017

Thailand: Rules for online insurance sales to be implemented this year

Vietnam: Insurance market sees revenues soar in 2016

Global

Dr Nikolaus von Bomhard is 2017 Insurance Hall of Fame Laureate

Liberty Mutual acquires Ironshore Inc from Fosun for US$3 bln

Growing concern over container ship fires: IUMI

Lloyd's cuts market subscriptions and restructures for 2017

Kay International's new Dubai office to serve Middle East, Asia and Africa

Corporate Risk Management

PARIMA and ANZIIF announce partnership and designation for risk professionals

D&Os at risk from new liability scenarios and anti-corporate litigation culture

Product Bytes

Product Bytes

Events Page

RMIA conference: Risk management from all corners of the world

Industry catch-up well attended

Women in Reinsurance (WiRE) celebrates a successful start at year-end networking event

Diary
People on the move
Magazine article aboutPeople-on-the-move

People on the move

Special Feature

FinTech Festival Report

Starting the future today

Jointly organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS), the Singapore FinTech Festival brought together more than 11,000 participants from Fintech industries around the world to showcase new innovations and technological developments, in a week-long flurry of activities featuring Hackcelerator Demo Day, Innovation Lab Crawl, FinTech Conference, Tech Risk Conference, RegTech Forum and FinTech Awards. We bring you highlights of this inaugural event.
 

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Trendy behaviour

InsurTech is the new buzzword. Insurers face many challenges in keeping up with the digital world, but the number of digital labs and garages that are popping up shows they remain undaunted.
 

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Staying practical & relevant in the world of InsurTech

With InsurTech becoming an almost household word in the industry, we sent a young and techie Gen Y colleague, to the first ever FinTech Festival in Asia to check out its appeal to insurers. Here’s what he, Chia Hoe Seng, has to say. A must read. 

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