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Jul 2016

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AEC Focus - ASEAN: Nominations for YAMA 2016 are open


Asia: Lloyd's, Guy Carp and UK's Met Office in move to create agricultural weather index for SEA


Asia: Allianz launches its first innovation lab in Asia


Asia: Macau launches programme for "Young Insurance Practitioners" in EAIC


Australia: Profit expectations pushing up premium rates


China - CIRC launches Shanghai Insurance Exchange


Hong Kong: BHSI secures one of Asia's largest insurance deals


Hong Kong: Entries for HK Insurance Awards 2016 open


India: First-ever national disaster management plan unveiled


Indonesia: Insurance execs upbeat about industry prospects this year


Japan: Negative interest rates shut down savings-type policies


South Korea: Insurers sell assets ahead of new accounting rules


Malaysia: Health Minister warns out-of-pocket spending too high


New Zealand: Room for life insurers to move from commission system


Pakistan: Finance Minister proposes tax revamp for insurers


Philippines: More consolidation ahead in non-life sector


Singapore: MAS introduces regulatory sandbox to test fintech solutions


Singapore: A need to address rising healthcare costs


Thailand: Life sector to grow, but less robustly


Vietnam: Insurance premiums up 20% in Jan-Apr to more than US$1 bln


Global News - Germany and France looking at EUR1-2 billion of insured losses from floods


Global News - AXA Group divests assets in the tobacco industry


Global News - Imaginatik and Ingenin: Walking hand in hand towards innovation


Corporate Risk Management News - Asia's risk management community can do more for CAT risks: PARIMA


Corporate Risk Management News - Singapore: New cyber risk management initiative "CyRiM" launched


Corporate Risk Management News - Top emerging risks for (re)insurance industry identified: Swiss Re


Curtain-raiser - 20th AAC beckons you to Gurugram!

Mr Liyaquat Khan of the 20th AAC Organising Committee on Financial Resources and Budgets, has been looking forward to seeing India hosts the Asian Actuarial Conference (AAC) for the longest time. He is now delighted that the event is finally taking place and welcomes one and all to Gurugram from 9-12 November.


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