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- September 9 2026
Opinion: In a time of war, will other Asian nations follow in Japan’s wake?
Japan is the latest to explore a state-sponsored marine insurance scheme, but the move raises profound questions for maritime reinsurance across Asia.
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- September 4 2026
‘Rate reductions are the fuel, not the finish line’, Gallagher Re’s Lippmann says
Speaking ahead of Rendez-Vous de Septembre, which starts on Saturday in Monaco, the global head of property says buyers are benefitting from the strongest negotiating position in more than a decade.
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- September 2 2026
Has the market learned its lesson? Questions remain over P&C reserve adequacy as ratings continue to deteriorate
A quarter-century after Independent Insurance’s collapse, P&C reserve adequacy is back in focus as rates fall and capital questions mount.
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- August 27 2026
Product recall market to swerve loss over Tesla’s China hidden door handle snafu
Over four million vehicles are affected in China’s biggest-ever car recall, which also includes vehicles from Chinese carmakers XPeng, Xiaomi and Geely.
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- August 18 2026
Opinion: Reinsurance in 2026 is surfing the wave, but for how much longer?
Swiss Re and Munich Re post stellar H1 FY26 results, but low catastrophe losses and reserve releases may mask an approaching soft-market downturn.
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- August 13 2026
Australia’s bird flu outbreak prompts livestock insurance warning for APAC farmers
Brokers say cover is often sub-limited to provide a proportion of the full limit, which allows insurers to limit their exposure.
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- August 6 2026
AI chip factory boom in Asia puts sustainable reinsurance capacity, nat cat exposure in spotlight
With AI accelerating demand, complex risks will increasingly require support of specialist facultative capacity, Peak Re CUO Philip Hough says.
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- July 31 2026
Opinion: Flood threat in Southeast Asia is real and growing – time for modellers to strut their stuff as AI leads the way
Asia's flood-vulnerable population has surged by one billion since 1975, but AI-driven defences are emerging in Hong Kong and Bangkok.
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- July 30 2026
APAC’s nascent cannabis insurance market navigates a divided region as insurers face steep learning curve
Australia remains the main market in the region and is projected to exceed US$33bn by 2033, although Thailand has backtracked on recent liberalisation.
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- July 24 2026
Opinion: Gargantuan data centres present one of the greatest opportunities for premium income in a generation
Fire-prone, water-guzzling, and tornado-vulnerable, these city-sized new builds - with their vast power demands - highlight a step-change in risk.
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- July 17 2026
APAC (re)insurers poised to seize AI chip opportunity – yet data gaps, cat risks, and a capacity squeeze loom
Surging AI-driven semiconductor investment across Asia brings billion-dollar opportunities – and major underwriting headaches.
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- July 9 2026
Opinion: Why so quiet? Asia (re)insurance market remains committed to hydrogen projects despite relative silence
Region is embracing alternative energy sources with gusto, with projects in China, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and India, but the APAC (re)insurance market has seemingly lost its voice when it comes to hydrogen.
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- July 1 2026
Australian ‘gatekeeper’ firms urged to review PI cover as sweeping regulatory changes come into effect
New money laundering and counterterrorism rules, which came into effect on Wednesday, will see strict penalties imposed.
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- June 25 2026
Opinion: Late to the party Singapore started, Hong Kong has arrived in the MGA space
Hong Kong's Insurance Authority has adopted a favourable approach to MGA proposals, with estimates that the city has 20 MGAs.
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- June 22 2026
Asia aviation insurers continue to push for rate hikes as historic claims, Russia exposure linger
Aviation insurers seek rate hikes amid stable quota share capacity, as quota share income faces pressure from internal retentions and competition.
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- June 15 2026
Asia’s protection gap remains stubbornly persistent as new exposures remain uninsured
Swiss Re Institute identifies economic growth as the main driver of rising exposure, with the protection gap broadly tracking nominal GDP growth.
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- June 9 2026
APAC’s P&C market sitting up, taking note as AI hits banking jobs
Up to 200,000 jobs could be lost globally in the next three to five years in the banking sector as a result of the increasing utilisation of AI.
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- May 29 2026
Opinion: ‘No war, no problem’: Asia losing patience with marine market over Strait of Hormuz war cover
South Korea’s intervention of low-rate war-risk marine insurance highlights the reality of high premiums as the conflict between the US and Iran heads into a third month.
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- May 27 2026
‘Pronounced softening’ at Florida renewals bodes well for APAC insureds, but long-term risks are building
Double-digit price cuts at the June 1 Florida renewals point to near-term relief for APAC cedents, yet rising coastal exposure and inflation-driven construction costs warn that rating adequacy remains a longer-term challenge.
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- May 26 2026
Insurers warm to APAC nuclear boom as energy demand surges, reactor construction accelerates
Driven by industrialisation and data-center growth, Asian countries are turning to next-generation reactors and small modular units, prompting new insurance facilities and growing (re)insurance capacity.
