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Aug 2017

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August-Home
Editor's Message
Interviews
Magazine article aboutMSIG-Speed-in-the-hour-of-need

MSIG: Speed in the hour of need

Singapore Life: Breathing new life into the Singapore market

Agents Awards Feature
Magazine article about2nd-Asia-Trusted-Life-Agents-and-Advisers-Awards-An-inspiration-to-Asia-s-life-insurance-industry

2nd Asia Trusted Life Agents and Advisers Awards: An inspiration to Asia's life insurance industry

Going Digital
Magazine article aboutThe-CEO-s-guide-Leading-the-digital-transformation

The CEO's guide: Leading the digital transformation

Cover Story
Magazine article aboutRoundtable-Jazzing-up-the-shine-in-the-Asian-Life-markets

Life Insurance

Roundtable: Jazzing up the shine in the Asian Life markets

Microinsurance: The quest for effective distribution

Banks & Life in mutual reflection

Country Profile
Magazine article aboutStrong-steady-seeking-sustainability

Thailand

Strong, steady & seeking sustainability

Interview with the Regulator: Engaging disruption to benefit the industry

Life: Positive outlook for 2017

Weaving social needs into protection innovation

Non-life: Steady and strong

Non-life: A paradigm shift

Spotlight
Magazine article aboutThe-queue-just-got-longer

Myanmar

The queue just got longer

General Insurance
Magazine article aboutRisk-Quality-Benchmarking-The-process-and-benefits

Risk Management

Risk Quality Benchmarking: The process and benefits

Life & Health
Magazine article aboutAgents-in-South-Asia-They-re-still-alive-and-kicking

Agent Stand Tall

Agents in South Asia: They're still alive and kicking

Innovation Focus

Take charge and be a game changer for future success

Insights
Magazine article aboutThe-Geneva-Association-Sovereign-Risk-Financing-and-Risk-Transfer-Schemes-A-critical-component-of-a-comprehensive-disaster-risk-management-strategy

Think Tank

The Geneva Association - Sovereign Risk Financing and Risk Transfer Schemes: A critical component of a comprehensive disaster risk management strategy

View from India

Home insurance: Indians are not at home with it!

Sustainability

Innovating for sustainable aquaculture growth

Focus on Investments

Opportunities for investment growth amidst a regulatory power up

New solvency regimes will alter approach to investments

CAT Focus

CAT resilience: Cementing the cornerstones

IT in Insurance

Impact of five technology forces on the Engagement Era

Cyber

Risk management across supply chain vital to cyber defence

News

Asian

Asia: Next EAIC set for May 2018

Milestone development: InsurTech Asia Association launched

Asia: AIDA's APIC to be held in October in Singapore

Asia Pacific: Regional giants to drive global life market

Asia: Tan Suee Chieh elected to council of IFoA

Asia: CIOs to forge ahead on InsurTech battleground

Asia: Protecting crops and farmers

Asia: SMART pensions for ageing populations

Australia: Moderate life growth seen for this year

Over 50 finalists in Australian Insurance Industry Awards

Cambodia: Life to push overall market growth

China: Insurance asset management to see reform in 6 areas

China: Super regulator to be formed

Hong Kong: New regulator to streamline rules to boost FinTech

Japan: More new products targeted at dementia-related issues

India: Regulator takes big step to protect policyholders

South Korea: Govt looking at getting health insurers to cut premiums

Malaysia: More than 55% of firms lack business liability cover

Malaysia: Takaful sector to consolidate due to regulatory pressures

Nepal: Microinsurance gets a huge push

Nepal: Beema Samiti slashes premium rates for Riot Strike and Terrorism

Philippines: Number of non-life insurers to dwindle for want of funds

Singapore: Govt looks into administering long-term care insurance scheme

Sri Lanka: World Bank calls for national disaster risk funding strategy

Thailand: Online car insurance broking startup targets US$3 bln premiums in 1st year

Global

Businesses need to prepare for full costs of cyber attacks: Lloyd's

Swiss Re to integrate ESG benchmarks into investment decisions

IIS designates 20 universities as GCIE

Corporate Risk Management

Global: Inaugural pandemic bonds launched to support $500 million Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility - World Bank

Global: Cyber can be as destructive as hurricanes in terms of losses

Product Bytes

Product Bytes

Events Page

PARIMA Shanghai 2017 highlights risk management concerns in China

Diary
People on the move

People on the move

AIR+ (New)
Magazine article aboutIn-with-the-new

In with the new

Automation Insurance: Threat or Opportunity?

Are there bubbles in Zhong An Insurance's IPO?

Changing the cyber game in Singapore

Blazing the way for online insurance in India

Insights

Think Tank

The Geneva Association - Sovereign Risk Financing and Risk Transfer Schemes: A critical component of a comprehensive disaster risk management strategy

The Geneva Association, in collaboration with the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), is introducing a framework for the development of sovereign risk financing and risk transfer programmes as critical components of a comprehensive approach to disaster risk management to governments. 
 

View from India

Home insurance: Indians are not at home with it!

In India, many are still ignoring issues pertaining to safety and security of their homes. Could the new Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act (RERA Act) be a game-changer? 
 

Sustainability

Innovating for sustainable aquaculture growth

Asia is home to several of the world’s largest aquaculture production countries including China, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh and South Korea. Mr Yu Deng of Swiss Re discusses the expanding sector and how insurance programmes can be tapped for its sustainable growth. 
 

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Focus on Investments

Opportunities for investment growth amidst a regulatory power up

Mr Paul Sandhu of Conning Asia Pacific Limited outlines some of the new and evolving market dynamics facing insurers in Asia, specifically in China, and possible solutions to support the upward momentum of Asia’s insurance market.
 

New solvency regimes will alter approach to investments

Changes in solvency and accounting rules will prompt insurance companies in Asia to rethink their investment decisions. We speak with Dr Bruce Porteous of Standard Life Investments about the current investment situation in Asia.
 

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CAT Focus

CAT resilience: Cementing the cornerstones

Experts and regulators at the 15th Conference on Catastrophe Insurance in Asia exhorted the industry and countries alike to collaborate and beef up disaster risk management in the face of increasingly volatile risks. 
 

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IT in Insurance

Impact of five technology forces on the Engagement Era

With InsurTech exploding and disrupting the insurance scene, Mr Ian Tavener of Guidewire shares five technology forces and their impact on the sector. 
 

Cyber

Risk management across supply chain vital to cyber defence

The interconnected and unbounded nature of the cyber means that each company is vulnerable to risks from each partner in the ecosystem. Cyber security requires a collaborative effort supported by information sharing, said speakers at the 2nd Asia Cyber Risk Summit. 
 

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