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Japan - Interview with the Regulator: Forging strength from inside-out
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Japan - Life Insurance: Providing greater peace of mind to society
Japan - Intuitive innovation
Japan - Cyber: Rocky road to resilience
Japan - The New Three Arrows
Japan - Insurers hot on M&A pursuit
Japan - New rules for solicitation of insurance policies
South Korea - New regulations to boost insurers' capital and risk management
Digital Trends - New-age Critical Illness Insurance
MDRT Experience - Value of a trusted adviser/agent is irreplaceable
Marine - Marine risk management: Are losses in car shipping the new normal?
Reinsurance - 9th India Rendezvous: Industry needs to create ecosystem of change
Motor - Playing God: What does it mean for motor insurers?
Legal Page - Driverless cars: The cyber revolution
Think Tank - The Geneva Association: Facts vs Sentiment: Deals in the insurance sector
IASB Regulations - The last sprint?
Investment Column: M&A Focus - Limitation of Liability: Let the buyer or seller beware
Nat CAT Feature - APAC leads 2015 global Nat CAT losses
Growth in Uncertain Times - Hidden opportunities to enhance your margins
Big Data and Analytics - Roundtable on the Analytical Insurer: Analytics strategy continues to evolve for insurers
Big Data and Analytics - Time to deep-dive into data
Construction - Designing your risk plan brick by brick
Interview - Closer ties between insurance and risk management
AEC News - Muang Thai wants to expand its life presence in AEC markets
Asian News - The age of personalised solutions
Asian News - Asia: Thailand included in WHO's list of countries with autochthonous Zika transmission
Asian News - Asia: Japanese professor wins 2016 John S Bickley Founder's Award
Asian News - Asia: Insurers must think and act fast on innovation
Asian News - Asia: M&A trend to kick off in 2016
Asian News - Australia: Actuaries Institute to spearhead data analytics
Asian News - Bangladesh: Govt plans to form pension fund authority for private sector
Asian News - China: Govt estimates insured losses from Tianjin blasts at US$1bln
Asian News - China: UnionPay's enforcement action against insurers roils market
Asian News - Hong Kong: Practice guides issued to address agents' concerns
Asian News - India: Upbeat forecasts for health insurance market
Asian News - Indonesia: Foreign ownership rule to be revised for insurers
Asian News - Japan: Commercial premiums forecast to grow at 5% this year
Asian News - Malaysia: Milliman opens new office in KL
Asian News - Myanmar: Japan at the fore among foreign insurers
Asian News - Nepal: 25 April quake was world's costliest Nat CAT last year
Asian News - Pakistan: Regulator wants more publicity for dispute resolution panels
Asian News - Philippines: Insurance mart to grow 28% this year to US$6 bln
Asian News - Singapore: New premiums grew 8% in 2015 to US$2 bln
Asian News - Singapore: Brit opens office on Lloyd's platform
Asian News - Taiwan: Insured loss from 6 Feb quake estimated at over US$7 mln
Asian News - Thailand: Licencing rules to ease for life and non-life insurance businesses
Global News - Lloyd's announces first-ever set of core data requirements for cyber insurance
Global News - ILS market records US$70 billion in 2015 amid growing investor confidence
Global News - Insurers ask IAIS to re-look proposals before proceeding
Corporate Risk Management News - Rise of "lone wolf" attacks a key terrorism risk for 2016
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Event Page - MSIG helps to kick-start new and inter-disciplinary research in Singapore
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People on the move
Mrs Alice G Vaidyan took over as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of GIC Re, India’s national reinsurer in January 2016. She is the first lady CMD of the company and also the first lady Chairman in the Indian insurance industry. In an exclusive interview with Asia Insurance Review, she shares her priorities and thrust areas, as she steers the company at this critical juncture when foreign reinsurance majors are setting up branch operations in the country.
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Mr Andreas Berger, Chief Regions & Markets Officer – Germany & Central Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, Asia at AGCS discusses changing risk perceptions in Asia.
Investors Trust Assurance SPC (ITA), an international insurance company providing investment-linked insurance products specifically designed for international investors, has seen “growth across the board in all regions”, including Asia, says Chairman Bob Pain.