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Apr 2013

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

Social Media: Still not too late to be early

COVER STORY

Have you embarked on the social media journey yet? Well, it is still not too late to be early. Three insurers who are on the journey point the way, highlighting seven points which an insurer needs to know about social media.

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CATs back in the spotlight

COUNTRY PROFILE

With recurrent flooding and the related nightmares in the country, the Australian government is investing US$102 million to reduce the flood risks and has set up a council to manage these flood threats. While this is good news, more needs to be done...

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Pakistan: Interview with Regulator: Innovate to impact

SPOTLIGHT

The Pakistani Insurance Commissioner speaks on his priority projects including policyholder protection and the drive towards an effective regulatory environment.

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Special Feature

Cover Story

  • Social Media: Still not too late to be early

    Have you embarked on the social media journey yet? Well, it is still not too late to be early. Three insurers who are on the journey point the way, highlighting seven points which an insurer needs to know about social media.

Country Profile

  • CATs back in the spotlight

    With recurrent flooding and the related nightmares in the country, the Australian government is investing US$102 million to reduce the flood risks and has set up a council to manage these flood threats. While this is good news, more needs to be done...

  • Affordability, availability key issues in disaster insurance

    Asia Insurance Review invited 11 highly respected Australian insurance industry senior executives to share their views during a breakfast roundtable hosted by law firm Clyde & Co in Sydney. Their wide-ranging discussions covered a raft of topics....

  • Attention swings to risk mitigation

    The bushfires, floods and cyclones Australia has experienced in early 2013 have put the insurance industry's catastrophe response back in the spotlight, only two years after the worst season of natural disasters on record. Mr Rob Whelan of the...

Spotlight

Think Tank

Legal Page

  • Blanket notifications: McManus v ERIC

    The English High Court's recent decision in the case of McManus v ERIC has illustrated the extent to which an assured is able to "blanket" notify a problem to insurers, say Mr Ian Roberts and Ms Melissa Russell from Clyde & Co in Singapore.

Risk Management Feature

  • The Jersey glide

    Mr Stuart Selden of FM Global looks at the risk management decision process from a personal perspective, seeing how similar it is with that taken by FM Global for its clients.

  • Beyond "admitted" and "non-admitted"

    At FERMA's European Risk Management Benchmarking Survey 2012, 42% of risk managers identified compliance with multinational insurance as one of the issues that concern them. Mr Suresh Krishnan of ACE Group explores.

  • Managing risk in reinsurance

    Mr Clarence Wong of Swiss Re highlights 10 touch points that an insurance risk manager should be aware of beyond traditional underwriting risk.

Risk Features

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