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- November 25 2024
AXA XL | Low and no-cost cybersecurity actions for companies
Considering the increasing frequency of attacks, the evolving threat landscape, including the use of AI to launch more sophisticated attacks, companies today can’t afford to ignore the possibility of being targeted by cybercriminals.
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- November 1 2024
BHSI | Managing non-Asian exposure in long-tail lines
While US-exposed business can look attractive to Asian carriers, managing the volatility around the long-term results and the ability to model those losses are crucial, say BHSI’s Marc Breuil and Marcus Portbury.
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- October 23 2024
Sedgwick | To Handle CAT Claims Well, Multi-Step Preparation is Key
When it comes to risk, it’s not a matter of “if” it’s a matter of “when” an event will occur.
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- October 14 2024
HSBC Asset Management | Is it time to relook at Asian currency bonds?
With diversification and performance high on investors’ agendas, it seems a good time for global portfolios to revive allocations in Asian local currency bonds – including Hong Kong dollar (HKD) bonds.
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- September 26 2024
IFRS 17: Making your financial controls automation truly work for you
Shifting towards a more automated and streamlined workstream can free up time for insurers to critically analyse results that inform future financial planning.
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- September 24 2024
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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- September 11 2024
Flood resilience: Water, water everywhere…
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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- August 15 2024
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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- June 5 2024
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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- June 3 2024
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.
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- May 31 2024
AXA XL | Energy transition in Asia: How AXA XL helps enable the region’s ambitious plans
Transitioning to low-carbon sources is about more than just substituting one type of energy for another, it requires restructuring the entire energy ecosystem and developing new ways to store energy from intermittent sources like solar and wind.
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- May 17 2024
Contentious losses: Evidence-led forensic investigations stand the test of time
Even minor cracks in evidence capture will become exposed when it comes to recovery and repudiation. Forensic investigations form part and parcel of many insurance claims in the Asia-Pac region. Whether a loss is complex, costly, or if there are expected to be questions down the line around causation and liability, insurers and their loss […]
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- April 30 2024
WTW | Building resilience against emerging risks in Asian realty sector
WTW’s Ben MacCarthy, head of real estate, hospitality & leisure, Asia, and Jennifer Tiang, cyber leader, Asia, discuss the real estate industry’s sectoral risk landscape and the emerging role of proptech.
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- April 23 2024
FM Global | Resilience: No longer a choice
As climate disclosure becomes mandatory and new risks emerge from natural hazards, understanding the tools that are available to build resilience is more important than ever.
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- January 10 2024
Fitch Ratings | APAC Insurance Sector Outlook
Fitch’s neutral outlook for major insurance markets in APAC – China, Japan, and Korea – reflects the expectations that the performance of these sectors will stay stable in 2024, despite the macro challenges.
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- January 2 2024
Zurich | Economic pressures, impacts of inflation and energy supply shortages top the risk list for APAC leaders
Businesses and insurers should work closely with governments to manage these risks as a priority while also turning their attention to building resilience against long-term challenges.
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- January 2 2024
Sedgwick | Insurance fraud: a global problem, an Asia perspective
Adapting global practices to regional realities and blending technological advances with human intervention are key to combating claims fraud.
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- December 12 2023
AXA XL | A journey of a thousand miles
In transporting high-value cargo around the world, the key is identifying, anticipating and minimising predictable threats.
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- November 17 2023
Capital Consulting International seeks to expand into new markets and double its APAC presence
The consultant is exploring potential acquisitions in Australia and New Zealand, and expanding its footprint in South-East Asia, Korea and Japan.
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- November 10 2023
Peak Re | From cybercrime to mental well-being: evolving needs of emerging Asia
Managing these daunting risks will require a multi-stakeholder approach to risk identification, financing and mitigation.
