Thai insurers brace for losses as Yagi remnants raise flood risk
September 12 2024 by Joana Nguyen
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Climate change, green transition and geopolitics reshaping marine insurance
- September 24
The growing importance of Asia underlined the 150th annual International Union of Marine Insurance conference where geopolitical tensions, extreme weather risks, and energy transition dominated discussions.
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Japan’s flooding and landslides cause power cuts, casualties in quake-hit Noto Peninsula
- September 23
More than 100,000 people have been ordered to be evacuated in Ishikawa and Kumamoto prefectures with 6,000 households left without power Japan and train services suspended as Japan Meteorological Agency issued its highest "life-threatening" alert level following torrential rains in the region.
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Typhoon Yagi inflicts US$1.6bn in damages to Vietnam, to impact GDP growth
- September 16
The super storm impacted 26 Vietnamese localities that collectively represent 41% of the country’s GDP and 40% of its population.
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Severe Typhoon Bebinca grounds flights, rail services and shut resorts as it lands in Shanghai
- September 16
The strongest to hit Shanghai in 75 years, the meteorological bureau warns of heavy downpour and flooding risks for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces up to September 18.
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PineBridge Investments | Why Asian insurers are exploring private credit and CLOs
The recent rollout of risk-based capital regimes across Asia calls for a closer alignment between insurers’ assets and liabilities. We explore potential ways to maintain a healthy investment yield and robust returns on regulatory capital.
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Peak Re | Emerging Asia middle class: A catalyst for change
Rising demand for elderly care and women driving consumption growth mandate carriers to develop precise solutions to meet customer expectations.
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Guy Carpenter | Private equity’s reshaping of the Asian life sector has further to run
PE-backed reinsurers provide access to asset classes and investment expertise that often don’t exist within the traditional carriers themselves.
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CCi | LEG3/06: A delay analyst’s perspective on defect exclusions
Tackling contentious issues by applying the learning from the industry’s collective experience is key to improving the claims experience, writes CCi’s Steven Horne.
