Counting down to the end of 2019. And for those who have yet to achieve your year-end goal, this is the time when the mentally strong emerge, says Rookie Insurance Agency Leader of the Year 2018 Agnes Ng.
FINEOS Corporation chief commercial officer Ian Lynagh shared the solutions to common problems that insurers faced in the digital world, in this interview during the Singapore FinTech Festival, held in November.
Everyone knows that the course of true love seldom runs smooth - but the course of grafting a tech-savvy start-up onto the overweight carcass of an incumbent insurer is pretty much guaranteed to be bumpy.
Customer expectations in the Asia Pacific region, especially around digital interactions and experiences, are the highest in the world, says international professional services firm EY in its 2020 Insurance Outlook report.
Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) has selected Ms Lucia Sun as its new head of claims for Asia with effect from 25 November. Based in Hong Kong, Ms Sun will be responsible leading the claims team across Asia and will report directly to GC&C head Axel Roesner.
At the Singapore FinTech Festival last month, we talked to Irish InsurTech ClaimVantage CEO Leo Corcoran on why insurers need to be more proactive about the claims process and how his firm sees opportunities in Asia.
Vietnam is currently facing issues over manpower, as the regulators continue to try and improve the professionalism and standards of the growing industry. According to Insurance Association of Vietnam deputy secretary general Ngo Trung Dung, some insurers are struggling to meet the new human resource requirements.
Today more women in India are buying health insurance for themselves. This has increased from 9% in 2016-17 to around 19% in 2018-19 according to a study by Policybazaar.com.
The future of the global marine insurance sector remains uncertain against a risk landscape marred by the ongoing US-China trade conflicts, hostilities in the Middle East, rising levels of debt and political insecurity in many areas.
"The P&I system is doing a fantastic job of providing affordable insurance to ship owners," said BW Group chairman Andreas Sohmen-Pao at the International Group of P&I clubs inaugural VIP briefing in Singapore yesterday.