Mr PC James: Making insurance attractive and affordable for all
Mr Stephen Cross - Aon Risk Solutions: Ambassador for change
Reimagining Insurance - Unicorns and sitting ducks
Reimagining Insurance - Disruption from within
Reimagining Insurance - Up for the innovation challenge
Hong Kong - An Eye on Innovation
Hong Kong - Innovation key to success, says regulator
Hong Kong - Seizing new opportunities
Hong Kong - A new era of insurance regulation in Hong Kong
Floods - Mitigating Flood Risk in Asia
Chennai Floods: $3 billion and counting!
Retirement in Asia - DBS and Manulife release retirement wellness study results
The Geneva Association: Think Tank - US insurance exchanges and senior consumers
Legal Page - Australian Royal Commission recommends abolishing limitation periods retrospectively
Infectious Dseases - Risk mitigation for infectious diseases
Regulation Feature - Regulatory updates
IT in Insurance - Customer Engagement through Personalised Advice
Aviation - 2015: A good year for aviation
Aviation - Is flying a risky business?
Interview - When fibres are hit by floods
AEC a challenge for Indonesia's life sector as it looks for a pick up this year
Asia Pacific: Business interruption tops 2016 Allianz Risk Barometer
Asia Pacific: Bigger TPP to generate more economic growth and insurance business
Asia: The broker's perpetual challenge to find its USP
Asia: Experts to tackle how to be a "Smart" health insurer
Asia: Automotive disruptions offer new landscape of opportunities for motor insurers
Asia: Cyber risk adds to the challenge of marine insurance
Australia: Dominant middle class feels extreme weather impact
Thai insurer picks Cambodia for first overseas op
China: New insurance investment fund could grow to US$46 bln in size
China: CIRC issues guidelines to improve internal control of insurance funds
Hong Kong: Dr Moses Cheng is Chairman of IIA
India: Cabinet approves new crop insurance scheme
India: Regulator proposes commission & reward structure for agents
Indonesia: Two reinsurers merged in first phase to build globally competitive player
Indonesia: Life and non-life insurers bullish about prospects
Japan: Non-life insurers to see underwriting gains on premium hikes
South Korea: Auto premiums on the increase since last Oct
Malaysia: Non-life market to see more tempered growth this year
Myanmar: Sompo Japan first foreign insurer to offer auto cover
New Zealand: Nat CAT cost insurers US$74 mln in 2015
Pakistan: Ambitious health insurance plan launched for the needy
Philippines: Several non-life insurers could be for sale
Singapore: Life insurance body launches Unclaimed Proceeds register
Singapore: NTUC Income sweeps top spots among insurers in reputation poll
Singapore: Winning research to be presented at prestigious Global Insurance Forum in June
Taiwan: Global custody services launched onshore for insurers
Thailand: Non-life industry urged to innovate as it approaches turning point
Vietnam: Robust double-digit growth forecast for insurers
Global - 2015 global Nat CAT insured losses at US$35 bln is lowest since 2009 - Aon
Global - UK insurers see huge losses north of US$2.2 bln from Dec floods
Corporate Risk Management: Climate change risk has greatest potential impact in 2016 - World Economic Forum
Corporate Risk Management: Singapore' SMEs underinsured against major business risks
Product Bytes
Digital Insurance - Business Innovation in the Post-Crisis Era
Diary of events
People on the Move
COVER STORY
Insurance startups are beginning to gain Unicorn status - companies with valuation above US$1 billion - as they seek to disrupt an industry seen as "antiquated" and "ripe for disruption". Are incumbent insurers the proverbial sitting ducks? By Benjamin Ang
COUNTRY PROFILE
Hong Kong's Insurance Commissioner John Leung says innovation is not a luxury but a must to survive in an ultra-competitive home market. And insurers have responded in a positive way by engaging customers with more value-added services. By...
GENERAL INSURANCE
With the region inundated by huge flood risks, there is a dire need for a joint effort between the financial industry and governments in facing up to the challenge.
By Mr PC James, Ex-Chair Professor (Non-Life), National Insurance Academy
Buy Now
Mr Stephen Cross, Chief Innovation Officer atAon Risk Solutions, speaks about fostering the right culture for change and to keep creating added value.
Insurance startups are beginning to gain Unicorn status - companies with valuation above US$1 billion - as they seek to disrupt an industry seen as "antiquated" and "ripe for disruption". Are incumbent insurers the proverbial...
The insurance industry is not sitting idle. We have seen the mushrooming of innovation labs, data analytics centres and the like. We speak to three of the leaders looking to disrupt the industry from within. By Benjamin Ang
Insurers have had to be innovative in order to remain relevant in Hong Kong where consumers are not just tech-savvy but highly sophisticated. We check out the scene, and get the regulator's take on empowering innovation in the market.
Hear from five leading players in Hong Kong on their thoughts and methods of innovation.
Were the Chennai floods due to the El Nino effect or were they the result of poor urban planning and civic apathy?
Looking at the three key pillars of health, wealth and social aspects, Asians are most prepared on their health aspects and least prepared for wealth, say DBS and Manulife.
From The Geneva Association Papers, a study on senior consumers' online purchasing habits for health insurance.
Clyde & Co explains the abolishment of the limitation periods for child sexual abuse claims retrospectively and its implication for liability insurers and reinsurers.
Can the lessons learnt from the preparations to cope with natural catastrophes be used to manage infectious diseases which pose a serious threat to individuals, national economies and company balance sheets? The recent Ebola, SARS and MERS...
Losses in 2015 were below that of both 2013, 2014 and of the five-year average.
The risk of cyber attacks in aviation will increase given the industry's dependency on technology.
Malaysian telco Maxis talks about business continuity planning.