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Feb 2015

Read the latest edition of AIR and MEIR as an Interactive e-book

Are insurance CEOs on par with 21st century peers?: CEOs must stand tall for the industry

COVER STORY

Insurance still does not rank very highly on most people's list of dream industries. But why, despite the importance of insurance to lives and businesses and the travails in the banking sector, is the industry still often seen as the "poorer cousin" in the financial services? Six CEOs agree that there is a need for CEOs to stand tall so the industry can be marketed better, fulfil its noble aim better and, more importantly, be able to attract the talent needed.


Optimism for profit and growth in 2015

COUNTRY PROFILE

Overseas expansion remains high on both life and non-life insurers' agenda as they seek growth in emerging markets in 2015. There is optimism for not only growth but also profit this year as insurers build on their good results in 2014. Improved...

Aviation: Rates on airlines not seeing desired lift off

SPECIAL FEATURE

Despite the spate of high-profile aviation disasters, insurance rates for airlines rose only modestly. Insurers had to walk the tight rope of balancing underwriting priorities with the need to guard market share. What gives?


All Stories

Interviews

  • IBM: The need for transformational change

    The insurance industry is "a long way behind" some of the other industries when it comes to service and digitalisation. Mr Paul Robinson, Director, Insurance Growth Markets, IBM, discusses the urgency for transformational change, how to go about it...

Special Feature

Cover Story

Country Profile

  • Optimism for profit and growth in 2015

    Overseas expansion remains high on both life and non-life insurers' agenda as they seek growth in emerging markets in 2015. There is optimism for not only growth but also profit this year as insurers build on their good results in 2014. Improved...

  • Interview with a regulator: Overseas expansion a domestic matter for FSA

    Japanese insurers have accelerated their overseas expansion in recent years. In this exclusive interview, Mr Takashi Hamano, Assistant Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency, Japan, shares how his organisation supports...

  • GIAJ: Profitability is back for Japanese general insurers

    Leaner motor insurance lines and a relatively benign year in terms of natural catastrophes have ushered in an era of profitability for Japanese non-life insurers, but the road to sustained, long-term profitability will be long and winding. Mr...

Think Tank

  • Why students are not drawn to insurance

    In this article extracted from The Geneva Association's newsletter, Dr Madhusudan Acharyya of Glasgow Caledonian University, UK and Dr Davide Secchi of University of Southern Denmark share their findings on why the new generation of students are...

Legal Page

  • Japan's unsettled law of causation

    Mr Ian Roberts and Mr Nicolas Skyes of Clyde & Co in Singapore highlight Japan's unsettled law of causation, particularly in respect of concurrent independent causes of business interruption loss.

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