Tales from the crypt(o)
A solid foundation to get Kiwis back on their feet
General
Electric vehicles: The new claims frontier
Severity of marine claims on the rise
How AI technology can prevent crowd crush
Medical expenses dominate travel claims in Singapore
Indonesia earthquakes and the insurance response
Life & health
Rising healthcare costs a challenge for insurers
Providing healthcare for an ageing population
Inflation likely to accentuate health insurers' losses
Opportunity for private health insurance in Taiwan
India
Hard market conditions are no deterrent to growth
Indian reinsurance to get a boost
Steady growth ahead for life insurance
Economic rebound bodes well for non-life
Brokers can chart a new path
Surety bonds: A roadmap to break out of limbo
Brokers must consolidate
Ensuring health insurance remains healthy
India's InsurTech moment has arrived
A year of sweeping regulatory reforms
Insurance industry mirrors banking sector reforms
The next incarnation of health insurance
ESG for takaful and insurance in Pakistan
Insurers pull COVID-19 coverage as infections spike
Road ahead could be bumpy for motor insurance
Think Tank
The Geneva Association - Nature and the insurance Industry: Taking action towards a nature-positive economy
Hong Kong's plan to rejuvenate insurance industry
COP27: Inaction and consequences
PIC 2022: Insurance in the metaverse
Five themes for insurers in Asia
ASEAN insurers and regulators continue cooperative efforts
Asian
ASEAN: Insurers incorporate climate-related measures in their operations
Australia: Health funds return $1.4bn profits to meet COVID-19 commitments
Philippines: More foreign players are expected to enter insurance market
Risk
Availability of fresh water in a changing climate
Risks to democratic processes are increasing significantly
Rapidly melting glaciers release unknown bacteria into water ecosystems
Hong Kong: Klook partnership for travel insurance
Singapore: MSIG partners AXA to offer travel insurance to Scoot customers
People on the move
INSURANCE - General
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INSURANCE - Life & health
With healthcare costs constantly on the rise, 2023 will see a spike to pre-pandemic levels as global inflation rates soar.
MARKET PROFILE - India
The Indian reinsurance industry is in the throes of legal and regulatory change that will alter its course. The message to global reinsurers seems to be loud and clear, welcome to do business in India so long as you are ready to establish an onshore...
NOTEBOOK - Think Tank
The sustainability of natural capital is vital for socio-economic development and prosperity. Yet, nature has systematically been considered an externality – undervalued and mispriced by the public and private sectors.
NOTEBOOK
Allianz Asia Pacific’s Ms Julia Kuik shares her takeaways from the 2022 UN climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh and the future of sustainability across the globe.
With the increasing digitalisation of the financial services business, it was only a matter of time before someone came up with the idea of a digital currency or digital tokens.
New Zealand has a unique commission, Toka Tu Ake EQC, a crown entity that runs a national disaster fund to help Kiwis recover from Nat CAT and looks to encourage disaster resilience generally.
The adoption of electric vehicles is one of the most prominent challenge the (re)insurance industry faces when it comes to motor insurance. On the claims side, new patterns and new types of claims have emerged.
Fire, collision and cargo damage were the top causes of claims in the marine industry, according to AGCS, with more than $9.87bn in claims value over the period of 2017 to 2021.
Crowd crush poses a deadly risk at large events where people gather in proximity. Such risks can be mitigated by using AI to keep an eye on dangerous crowd movements.
The Indian economy continues to remain a bright spot in the global economy and is currently growing at a healthy rate of over 6%, which bodes well for the reinsurance industry.
The Indian life insurance industry is surging ahead with consistent and healthy growth based on latent potential and a supportive regulatory ecosystem.
Most health insurers say that the pandemic lifted their business by boosting public awareness of the need for protection.
ESG standards and their implementation – often referred to simply as sustainability – are having an impact on all sectors of society. In a developing country like Pakistan, sustainability is a compulsion for organisations to make it a...
The industry has been prompted to remove low-cost insurance policies that are vulnerable to the anticipated surge of COVID infection cases at the end of the zero-COVID strategy.
Motor insurance was the top contributor to the total premium income of China’s non-life insurers during the first three quarters of 2022.
Speakers at the Asian Insurance Forum 2022 shared their insights on the development of insurance in Hong Kong and its status as an international financial centre.
Most ASEAN insurers already have taken strategic steps to incorporate the Paris accord – an international treaty on climate change – or ESG into their operations.
Health insurers have handed back to policyholders about A$2.1bn ($1.4bn) of the profits they gained from a reduction in claims between the start of the pandemic and 30 June 2022, according to the latest report of the Australian Competition and...
More foreign companies are likely to enter the insurance market in the Philippines as the deadline looms for the final tranche of required capital increases -- a move that would impact small local insurers.
AXA Hong Kong & Macau (AXA) and Klook, a travel and leisure e-commerce platform, have announced a strategic partnership to provide Klook’s customers with insurance protection in Hong Kong.
MSIG has announced that it is collaborating with AXA Partners in Singapore and Vietnam.