2020 perfect vision for the life insurance industry
Life & health
Living life to the fullest
The new 100
Healthcare hurdles for the elderly in developing Asia
General
Top-level decisions within the ASEAN Insurance Council
Asian Insurance Forum 2019
Abuse of trade credit insurance
Asia is critical to the mission
Hong Kong unrest and rising political risks
India
Private health insurers drive market growth
The growth story continues
General insurance bucks the slowdown in the economy
Insurance and resilience building for natural disaster preparedness
Plenty of potential and promise ahead
Is India ready to get 'old'?
Huge opportunities for speciality risks
When will the woes of Indian farmers end?
Making insurance simple
New health insurance regulations - a good prescription
Lujiazui: The future international insurance centre
Asian
Asia: Political risks have remained largely stable
Australia: Red tape reins in innovation at private health funds
Bangladesh: Insurance to be mandatory for outbound migrant workers
Hong Kong: Entire insurance value chain to fall under increased scrutiny
India: Parliament passes International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill
Indonesia: Life insurance body says sector unaffected so far by Jiwasraya insolvency woes
Japan: Over 300 local governments join disaster-evacuation insurance scheme
Malaysia: Insurance broking joint venture formed
Myanmar: Formal insurance licences granted to foreign insurers
New Zealand: A number of insurers are repricing risk
Philippines: Regulator cuts red tape for insurers
Singapore: Island state aims to be global hub for AI solutions
South Korea: Local reinsurer enjoys stable operations
Taiwan: Central Re's capital adequacy level expected to stay strong
Thailand: Crop insurance rates predicted to increase
Vietnam: Improved regulatory framework fuels insurance industry growth
China
China Re forms HK life reinsurance subsidiary
Winner-takes-all situation developing in non-life market
Regulator issues endowment insurance regulation
Global
InsurTech Cuvva raises £15m in Series A funding
Chubb becomes first P&C insurer to invest in African Trade Insurance Agency
Risk
Tighter climate policies could erase $2.3tn from companies' value
Australia: ASIC monitoring climate change risk management for large companies
Product Bites
The role of trust in narrowing protection gaps
Global trade to grow at slowest pace in a decade
FinTech Festival - going green with technology
Infographics
People on the move
Building resilience the Swiss way
A partner for life
ACR run-off an ominous sign for Asian reinsurers?
Pricing discipline in Asia
Editor's Message
Sea-level rise emergency
OK Boomer
Reinsurance professionals celebrate the year-end
Insurers and reinsurers have been outsourcing actuarial work to captive units or third-party service providers for several years. Recently the industry has witnessed renewed interest in actuarial outsourcing, with an increasing number of companies either setting up new outsourcing units or expanding their existing ones. This trend is especially true for life insurance companies, especially in light of increasing regulatory and reporting requirements, including International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17, long-duration contracts targeted improvements (LDTI), and new risk-based capital regimes in Asia