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Mar 2022

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Editor's Letter
Magazine article aboutFear-comes-in-strange-disguises

Fear comes in strange disguises

Insurance
Magazine article aboutInsurers-get-elderly-friendly-in-China

Life & health

Insurers get elderly friendly in China

Ageing population is an asset for insurers

Serving the underserved: Health insurance for the silver generation

General

Using digital business models to close protection gaps

Contingency insurance in Asia

Reinsurance
Magazine article aboutAchieving-sustainable-profitability

Achieving sustainable profitability

View from India: Foreign reinsurers' branches in India

Market Profile
Magazine article aboutProtected-today-prepared-for-tomorrow

Australia

Protected today, prepared for tomorrow

Improved performance and stability belie an uncertain future

Terrorism reinsurance pool powers ahead as review confirms future

Earnings rebound on the cards

General insurers stay resilient in a challenging environment

Bracing against volatile headwinds

Insurers need to revamp to compete with InsurTechs

Reinsurance pool for Nat CAT damage

Long shadows, high hopes

China
Magazine article aboutHow-China-s-intermediaries-can-reach-the-top

How China's intermediaries can reach the top

Was the Henan floods disaster man-made?

Risk
Magazine article aboutThe-Geneva-Association-Special-issue-of-The-Geneva-Papers-on-climate-risks-and-insurance

The Geneva Association - Special issue of The Geneva Papers on climate risks and insurance

New year, new risk agenda

Captives
Magazine article aboutBoomtime-for-captives-in-Asia

Boomtime for captives in Asia

Notebook
Magazine article aboutCoping-with-newer-investment-options

Coping with newer investment options

News

Asian

Asia: 2021 sees below-average CAT-related economic losses of $78bn

Pacific: Region's insurance pricing growth lower than global average in 4Q2021 for the first time since 2016

M&A: HSBC completes acquisition of AXA Singapore

Risk

SMEs shelve international expansion plans

Taiwan: Insurance sector's risk exposure to Russia estimated at $5bn

Product Bites

Product bites

Diary
People on the move

People on the move

News

Asian

Asia: 2021 sees below-average CAT-related economic losses of $78bn

After three consecutive years (2018-2020) of economic losses topping $100bn from Nat CAT events, the toll in Asia Pacific (APAC) fell to $78bn in 2021. This was 31% below the 2000-2020 average ($113bn) on an inflation-adjusted basis, says Aon, a global professional services firm that provides risk, reinsurance, retirement, and health solutions.
 

Pacific: Region's insurance pricing growth lower than global average in 4Q2021 for the first time since 2016

Insurance pricing in the Pacific region, dominated by Australia, increased by 13% in the last quarter of 2021, says leading global insurance broker Marsh in its Global Insurance Market Index Q4 2021” report.
 

M&A: HSBC completes acquisition of AXA Singapore

HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) has completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of AXA Singapore for a consideration of $529m, subject to closing adjustments.
 

Risk

SMEs shelve international expansion plans

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore continue to feel the effects from COVID-19 and a majority are still leaving their international expansion plans on the backburner for the next 12 to 24 months according to the seventh edition of QBE Insurance’s annual research survey of Singapore SMEs.
 

Taiwan: Insurance sector's risk exposure to Russia estimated at $5bn

The Insurance Bureau of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has revealed that although Taiwan has no risk exposure in insurance in Ukraine, the risk exposure in Russia is as high as NT$147bn ($5.3bn).
 

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