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- April 28 2020
Majority of Japan’s SMEs to survive Covid-19 threat: survey
The research from NN Life is welcome news for the market.
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- April 17 2020
Australia’s summer losses won’t be unique: enquiry
The Royal Commission investigation into the summer's costly bushfires has begun.
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- April 14 2020
Prudential Life Korea sold to KB Financial for US$1.9bn
The domestic financial group has won out after a bidding war.
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- April 9 2020
Climate change to spur rising losses in Asia: Swiss Re
The firm says risks remain insurable but mitigation measures need to be stepped up.
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- April 8 2020
Korean Re: Reinsurance opportunities in China
The primary life and P&C market is growing both in size and sophistication – e.g. in artificial intelligence. How can reinsurers help?
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- April 8 2020
APEC leaders commit to regional cat bond market
Catastrophe risk financing through ILS is gaining traction in the region.
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- April 7 2020
India’s life players won’t include ‘force majeure’ clause
Life Insurance Association confirms the market will pick up the cost of deaths from Covid-19.
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- March 31 2020
The implications of Covid-19 for business interruption cover
The pandemic has serious implications for BI and event cancellation.
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- March 27 2020
Surge in Thailand L&H purchases due to Covid-19
Two million coronavirus-related policies were sold in March alone.
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- March 27 2020
Australian SMEs hard hit by virus, forced to cancel policies
SME aggregator BizCover has seen cancellations increase by 51% over the last month.
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- March 20 2020
Thai Life seeks US$700m IPO: report
The Covid-19 outbreak and gloomy market sentiment could hinder the plans.
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- March 16 2020
Japan Post finds more improper conduct, halves new hires
The group is undergoing an internal investigation of sales misconduct.
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- March 13 2020
Covid-19 declared catastrophe in Australia
The Insurance Council of Australia has launched a special taskforce to deal with virus-related claims.
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- March 11 2020
Hong Kong’s BEA may sell insurance arms: report
The move could generate over US$1bn and the firms could be snapped up by global players.
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- March 10 2020
China slowdown, climate and business disruption rise on risk agenda
Two major risk surveys highlight BI, the economy and the environment as key business concerns.
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- March 4 2020
Australia’s January hailstorm losses jump 26% to US$528m
There have been 87,500 claims filed of which 60,000 related to motor vehicle damage.
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- March 2 2020
MS&AD confirms Hara’s top role and more senior appointments
The appointments will be given a seal of approval in June at the group's shareholders meeting.
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- February 21 2020
Allied World: How logistics risk management can significantly improve a client’s risk profile
Alexander the Great and logistics risk management have more in common than you might think!
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- February 20 2020
Australia’s January hailstorm claims jump to US$428m
There have been almost 70,000 claims in ACT, New South Wales and Victoria.
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- February 18 2020
The lessons from Travelex’s cyber troubles
The knock impact from a breach of cybersecurity had wide implications.
