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Jun 2021

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

Top-25 InsurTechs in Asia revealed

INSURTECH

The top-25 InsurTechs in Asia, based on total funding, sees China and India leading the way. The sector remains a vibrant one with high investor interest as insurers embrace the virtues of technology.
 


Life insurance Australia: The inflection point

INSURANCE - Life & health

At a recent life insurance roundtable facilitated by KPMG, some of the top executives in Australia’s life insurance industry gathered to discuss how the sector can rebuild the faith of its customers and capitalise on difficult market...

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Homogeneity of insurance products causes problems

CHINA

In 2020, when the growth rate of the property insurance sector in China was under 5%, Taikang Online achieved premium growth of nearly 90%, ranking the highest in the industry. Differentiation remains paramount.

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Featured Articles


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  • Magazine article aboutAll-the-young-dudes

    All the young dudes

    We might all be forgiven for thinking that the life insurance industry had been bashed so hard by the pandemic and eroded by creeping technology that it would soon be virtually unrecognisable. But perhaps not.

Insurance

General

InsurTech

  • Magazine article aboutSpecialist-and-niche

    Specialist and niche

    When new technologies emerge, it is not always immediately obvious what their final application will be. The same could be said of InsurTech, which is finally emerging not as a disruptor, but as a whole new style of business.

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  • Top-25 InsurTechs in Asia revealed

    The top-25 InsurTechs in Asia, based on total funding, sees China and India leading the way. The sector remains a vibrant one with high investor interest as insurers embrace the virtues of technology.

  • Charting a course in India

    Over the last two decades the Indian retail health insurance market has seen some very useful innovations, however, the group health insurance market has remained in legacy mode.

Market Profile

Singapore

  • Magazine article aboutLearning-to-live-with-a-pandemic

    Learning to live with a pandemic

    Singapore’s general insurance sector has remained stable over the last year, despite the pandemic’s impact. But effects of COVID-19 on different lines of business are as varied as the challenges it has created.

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  • Keeping up with the demands of a mature market

    The pandemic brought with it a heightened awareness of health and financial protection needs, and life insurers responded with a slew of new products to meet those demands, delivered through digital channels that have been in development for years.

  • Reinsurance still in an advantageous position

    Singapore does not have much to offer by way of local reinsurance business, but it does have business-friendly reinsurance infrastructure that makes it a prominent reinsurance hub in the region.

Captives

Distribution

China

Cyber

  • Magazine article aboutThe-rising-threat-of-ransomware

    The rising threat of ransomware

    Ransomware attacks have, in recent years, become one of the predominant cyber threats to businesses and organisations around the globe. These attacks are increasing significantly, and that rapid growth is expected to continue.

Digital transformation

Actuarial

Claims

  • Magazine article aboutCustomers-their-data-and-the-underwriter

    Customers, their data and the underwriter

    Pacific Life Re’s Mr Andrew Doran talks about how AI and data analytics can be utilised while keeping in mind the most important part of the entire process – the customer.

  • Handling claims in the new age

    While some insurance companies have been ramping up digital efforts in recent years, many are still reluctant to transition from paper to digital filing systems.

  • Reconciling the industry's data debt

    Data has been hailed as ‘the new oil’ for years and yet the insurance industry in Asia, which supposedly sits on a treasure trove of data, has been unable to leverage it.

Notebook

News

Asian

Product Bites

Diary

People on the move