When capacity meets caution
Japan
Combining human expertise with advanced technology is the best solution for life insurers
Pursuing a prudent policy of prioritising earnings stability over the pursuit of growth
Removing financial complexity from decisions linked to longer lives
Initiatives for extending healthy life expectancy and promoting regional revitalisation
Rethinking fundamental L&H principles
Japan's life association fosters environment conducive for ageing society
Changing risk environment is creating new opportunities for brokers
Overlapping risks pose growing challenge for Japanese corporates
Becoming a front-runner in insurance inclusion
Financing growth, absorbing risk: The role of reinsurance in Malaysia's economic development
Agriculture reinsurance in China: climate, resilience and the next phase of growth
Nat CAT's changing risk environment show coverage must keep evolving
Market prices are not a reflection of reality
Capacity is ample, but underwriting is disciplined
Renewals to be relationship-driven and solution-led
India's reinsurance market has wind in its sails for the long haul
A market at an inflection point
Supporting local market growth amidst global uncertainty
Domestic infrastructure projects drive reinsurance demand
Transparency and risk guide marine insurability
Asia's marine insurance market set for structural shift
Asia steers the future of marine insurance amid rising global risks
Is people-focused protection the future of marine insurance?
Southeast Asia's supply chain reshuffle brings marine risk engineering to the forefront
View from India: The next port of call for India's maritime industry is a P&I Club
The claims risk beneath Gulf-delayed vessels
Life & health
Malaysia: Challenges aplenty but life insurers remain resilient and committed
Navigating unique cruise travel risks
General
Why insurers must build the right foundations for AI
Reimagining the assessment and insurance of cyber-triggered physical damage risks
Indian market needs to focus on underwriting discipline
China's insurers are quietly becoming a part of the critical infrastructure
Both culture and technology can drive success in the (re)insurance industry
Brokers confront the protection gap
Lloyd's in Asia: Expanding footprint through its strong legacy in the region
Asian
Australia: Silvers are not happy with the cut in rebates on private health insurance
Hong Kong insurance premiums surge 32% to US$37.4bn in first quarter of 2026
South Korea: Life insurers face declining sales
Thailand: Ageing population boosts life insurance demand
Products and Alliances
People on the move
GLOBAL REINSURANCE
MARINE
Asia’s growing prominence in global maritime trade is driving a shift in marine insurance towards regional underwriting, localised solutions and data-driven platforms, as insurers adapt to changing supply chains and expanding intra-Asia trade.
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MARKET PROFILE - Japan
The Japanese insurance broking community is gradually growing its professional capabilities, though its share of the overall industry business may not be very significant.
As Malaysia prepares for its next phase of development, its ability to finance new opportunities must be matched by its ability to understand and absorb the risks they create.
This issue of Asia Insurance Review lands at a moment when two seemingly separate stories in the region’s risk landscape are converging: capacity is abundant, but confidence is conditional.
Despite the challenges of an ageing population, reducing fertility and rising natural catastrophes, the Japanese life insurers have been performing well. However, as the times ahead get even more challenging, insurers need to buckle up.
The complex global landscape today presents rapidly changing geopolitical situation, increasingly devastating natural catastrophes aggravated by climate change, emerging ‘new’ risks, and ageing societies and declining birthrates.
As Japan enters a new era of longevity, removing financial complexities from retirement, savings and protection is vital.
As climate volatility drives increasingly correlated losses across Asia-Pacific’s farm sector, China’s agricultural insurance market is entering a new phase where growth depends less on scale and more on resilience, data and reinsurance...
From evolving underwriting models to a pioneering approach to CAT risk financing in the Middle East, climate change has fundamentally altered the way CAT risk needs to be assessed and responded to.
Marine insurability is driven more by transparency and risk quality, rather than geography alone.
As geopolitical tensions, climate change, cyber threats and digital transformation reshape global shipping, Asia is emerging as a vital force in the marine insurance market.
Ageing population, galloping medical inflation, low insurance penetration and surging lifestyle and critical diseases are a few of the challenges that the Malaysian life insurers face. However, the industry remains resilient and committed to deliver...
Cruising presents a unique set of complex risks that set it apart from standard land-based travel, such as communicable disease outbreaks on board and the risk of missing boarding times at a port of call.
Across underwriting, claims, pricing, customer servicing, and actuarial analysis, AI promises fundamentally new levels of scale, speed and efficiency in vital insurance business operations.
The future of catastrophe insurance may be defined less by how much insurers pay than by what they do before, during and immediately after a disaster.
Diverse teams are often among the most innovative because they bring a broader range of experiences and approaches to problem-solving, qualities that have become increasingly important as organisations look to unlock the value of AI.
Climate risk, the widening protection gap and the reinvention of the broker’s role dominated the discussion of the 14th Asia Brokers Summit, as senior industry figures offered contrasting but converging views on where intermediaries need to...
Though operating in Asia for over a century, Lloyd’s officially entered Asia in 1999 with the setting up of its first regional office in the continent in Singapore and has since expanded in terms of business volume and offices in Asia.
The decision by the federal government to cut the rebates on private health insurance premiums for around 4.4m older Australians from 1 April 2027 has spurred resentment among the affected population, according to a new opinion poll.
Hong Kong’s insurance industry recorded strong growth in the first quarter of 2026, with total gross premiums reaching HK$291.6bn ($37.4bn), a 32.3% increase year on year, according to provisional statistics released by the Insurance Authority...
South Korean life insurers are facing declining sales, as demand for new policies fell amidst a shrinking population and an aging society, reported the Seoul Economic Daily.