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- May 20 2025
Opinion: Without a captain of the ship, are India’s insurance reforms in danger of being blown off course?
As the sector enters a 'seminal period of transformation', the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has been without a chairman for over two months after Debasish Panda completed his three-year term in March.
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- May 9 2025
Opinion: With great expectations, will India’s growing but potentially vulnerable surety bond sector avoid the mistakes of past markets?
Decision by India’s regulator to allow insurers to write surety bonds goes hand-in-hand with a booming construction sector.
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- May 6 2025
Munich Re Specialty steps up diversification in Asia with cyber, specie build out
While select diversification continues, nat cats and cyber remain key emerging risks for clients in the region, Asia head Hui Yun Boo tells IAN.
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- May 5 2025
Is the tide finally turning for (re)insurers in China as aviation, rail ambitions grow?
Encouraging moves by domestic manufacturers offer promising opportunities as the fall out from Donald Trump’s trade war continues.
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- May 2 2025
‘Good opportunities’ for commercial underwriters as Japan’s space ambition soars to new heights
Honda’s renewable energy tie-up with Japan's national air and space agency could present enticing opportunities for the niche space insurance market, according to observers.
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- April 24 2025
Asia port accumulation risks resurface as Trump’s trade war continues
Potential slowing down of trade between China and the US puts the region's container ports back in the spotlight.
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- April 22 2025
US$1.5bn Bybit hack offers ‘a profound wake-up call’ for nascent Asian crypto insurance market
Short-term capacity contraction and premium increases of up to 50% expected as sector is set to recalibrate.
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- April 17 2025
Opinion: Back with a vengeance: the cycle is dead; long live the cycle!
Despite premature obituaries, the (re)insurance cycle is alive and kicking, highlighted by ample capacity at the April 1 renewals.
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- April 4 2025
Trump’s tariffs on Asia to strain supply chains and regional economies
As markets react negatively, experts warn of potential vulnerabilities, particularly in sectors like specialty insurance and agriculture, highlighting the far-reaching implications of escalating trade tensions.
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- March 31 2025
Time to shine a light on the dark fleet, with insurance cover – or the lack of – at the heart of the debate
Oil and gas exports are a key revenue source for Russia, but the sector has been subject to Western sanctions since 2014, leading to a surge in tankers that engage in activities to mask their location and identity.
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- March 24 2025
APAC firms preparing to fail as ‘jarring’ cyber shortfall emerges despite increased threat
Companies’ vulnerabilities are growing as attack surface has increased and there is real prospect of regulatory intervention, consumer action and long-term reputational damage.
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- March 18 2025
‘More players, more capacity, more specialisation’: Asia renewables market set to shine as green transition gathers pace
Recent months have seen new high-profile entrants into the Asia renewables market, with further capacity growth and product innovation on the table for 2025 and beyond.
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- March 12 2025
Opinion: As APAC’s nat cat bill rises along with the nerves of insurers, is it time for governments to lend a hand?
Commercial (re)insurance market across Asia-Pacific faces an increasing severity and frequency of climate-related risks, which are seen as the defining challenge of our time, with stakes particularly high for the region.
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- March 3 2025
APAC fac demand set to thrive in 2025 as buyers seek solutions for mixed bag of old, new risks
Increased interest in cyber products anticipated as local market continues to mature and specialised products come onstream.
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- February 27 2025
As ‘direction of travel’ shifts, attention turns to APAC terrorism pools in wake of UK changes
Decision by Pool Re to move to a more commercial model poses questions for Australian and Indian schemes.
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- February 26 2025
‘Untainted appetite’, capacity remains for aviation programs despite high-profile losses
Aviation (re)insurance sector remains a buyer’s market, although uncertainty remains following high-profile losses in the US and South Korea.
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- February 20 2025
Opinion: Peter Dutton’s poorly thought-through proposals for Australian insurers are a shambles
Australia’s opposition leader suggested that his party would extend their policy of forcing supermarket chains to divest some of their assets into the insurance sector.
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- February 12 2025
Opinion: With fires, floods ripping through limits, will carriers get with the program?
Insurers handed wake-up call after LA fires and Queensland floods usher in 2025.
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- February 3 2025
Asia Pacific leads the way in Chubb’s 2024 top line growth: Greenberg
Region was Chubb’s standout P&C performer, with net written premium growth of 22% compared with a year earlier.
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- January 24 2025
30 years after Kobe earthquake, Japan seeks to improve data amid ‘megaquake’ warning
Space agency signs deal to estimate extent of damage to buildings caused by earthquakes using high-definition satellite images.
