Japan’s flooding and landslides cause power cuts, casualties in quake-hit Noto Peninsula
September 23 2024 by Kristina Shperlik
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Typhoon Yagi likely to impact earnings of Vietnamese insurers: AM Best
- September 13
The reinsurance programmes will mitigate the impact on rated non-life insurers’ underwriting performance and would likely prevent capital events.
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Thai insurers brace for losses as Yagi remnants raise flood risk
- September 12
Thailand’s meteorological department said more heavy rain is expected until September 18 with the risk of flash floods, as a northern monsoon trough is moving down and a southern one is gaining strength.
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Flood resilience: Water, water everywhere…
- September 11
Floods are one of the most complex natural perils with highly localised impacts, making them challenging to insure and data is key to the effective design of an affordable product to protect the vulnerable.
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Losses from Australia’s costliest nat cat since 2023 rise to US$946m: ICA
- August 30
Incurred losses for Christmas and New Year storms have increased from the previous estimate of US$905m, according to the latest data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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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.
