Executive Chat - Aviva: Seeking a new paradigm
Exclusive interview with Nepal Insurance Regulator: Greater cooperation the need of the hour
New India: A decade in the hot seat
HDI strengthens footing in the region
Aon: Rising level of medical malpractice a concern in Asia
BlackRock: A greater risk appetite for alternative asset classes
Bancassurance - Exclusive banc-ing: What's in it for banks?
Australia - Consumer centricity and trust key goals for Australian industry
Australia - New mandate sees APRA supervising health insurers
Australia - The value of Third Party Administration for insurers
CFO - Steering straight despite the sea change
Marine - Risk management ever more crucial in tough marine market
Motor in a Driverless World - Be "smart" to thrive in motor
Personalising insurance
Top three challenges for global executives
Healthcare transformation: Pressure to pick up pace
Think Tank - The Geneva Association: Perspectives on Consolidation in Insurance: "More on the inside view"
Legal Page - Preserving privilege following a data breach
Regulation Focus - Changes in paradise: How new Bermudan regulation will affect Hong Kong insurers
Agriculture Focus - Can agriculture insurance keep up with climate change?
Corporate Governance - Good corporate governance and ethical culture: Is it a choice or dilemma?
Cyber Risks - Mitigating against cyber attacks amid the growing threat in Singapore
Cyber Risks - Time to wake up to the risks of cyber crime
Book Review: Managing Cyber Risk in the Financial Sector
Data Focus - Use of data for product development in insurance - Present and future
Interview - Mining: Digging deeper into the downturn
AEC News - ASEAN Insurance Forum launched to help integrate markets in the region
Asian News - Region: Expect more customised rather than simplified products in the future
Asian News - Australia: Draft life rules propose commission clawback exceptions
Asian News - Cambodia: Govt to draft new life insurance regulations
Asian News - China: NIRA aims to meet need for nuclear capacity
Asian News - China: Tough rules over short- and medium-term life products take effect
Asian News - India: Lloyd's to make long-awaited application for reinsurance branch
Asian News - India: Chennai floods largest Nat CAT last year
Asian News - Indonesia: Govt to set up National Shariah Finance Committee
Asian News - Indonesia: Asia Reinsurance Brokers renames local brokerage
Asian News - Japan: Earthquake kills more than 40, injures more than 1,500
Asian News - Japan: Govt offers trade insurance for infrastructure and other projects in Asia
Asian News - South Korea: Anbang's acquisition of Allianz unit roils local market
Asian News - Pacific Life Re to open branch in South Korea
Asian News - Macau: Life insurance market drives total premiums in 2015
Asian News - IGIH to grow KL office as regional hub
Asian News - Philippines: Sun Life tops life insurance industry in 2015
Asian News - Singapore: Cyber insurance mart to surge by 50% this year
Asian News - Singapore: Govt rules out unemployment insurance
Asian News - Thailand: Govt mulling plan to promote mortgage insurance
Asian News - Vietnam: Finance Ministry to set minimum reinsurance retention
Global News - 2015 global insured losses at US$30.5 billion is below 5- and 10-year average
Global News - Digitalisation not a silver bullet to cross-border barriers - Insurance Europe
Global News - Munich Re and Beazley to offer cyber protection for digital assets and IT infrastructure
Corporate Risk Management News - World Bank to help countries tackle climate risks
Corporate Risk Management News - RIMS 2016 highlights its expanding footprint in Asia
Product Bytes
Curtain Raiser - • Insurance Information and Ratemaking Forum of Asia (IIRFA) 2016: Striving for excellence through data analytics
Curtain Raiser - Nepal to host SAARC Insurance Regulators Meet and International Insurance conference
Event Page - "Celebrating diversity, creating value" - IFoA
Event Page - Singapore: AIA cultivates digital health startups
Diary of Events
People on the Move
Asia Insurance Review's annual breakfast roundtable in Sydney with some nine leading insurance industry professionals touched on a myriad of topics ncluding being customer-centric, winning trust, sustainable underwriting, capacity, data analytics and the industry's reputation amongst others.
In this extract from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) Insight 2016 report, we look at the regulator's priorities in the supervision of health insurers which came under APRA's purview last year.
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Many industries such as banking, manufacturing, telecommunications, both in Australia and across the world, employ specialist Third Party Administrators (TPAs) to assist with providing a quality service to their customers. Mr Daniel Lukich of Cunningham Lindsey explores why this is so and takes a look at the growth of Third Party Administration in the Australian insurance market.