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- October 4 2019
Small in Japan
Tokio Marine has continued its successful international diversification with the Pure acquisition.
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- October 4 2019
China’s pork crisis
Response to swine fever epidemic must include modernisation of farming and bigger role for insurance.
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- September 30 2019
Curing Asean’s ‘demographic tide’
The health insurance industry must embrace technology and digitisation as its societies get older.
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- September 27 2019
Seizing opportunity in Vietnam
Deals for Vietcombank and Aviva Vietnam highlight international insurers’ interest in the South-East Asian market.
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- September 27 2019
Clearing the air
Singapore’s haze problem returned for the Formula One weekend. Can insurers help transfer such risks?
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- September 25 2019
Limiting Faxai loss creep
Property Claim Services’ new Japan offering should help to avoid a repeat of rising losses from Typhoon Jebi.
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- September 20 2019
Lessons from Jebi
Losses from Typhoon Jebi should not have been such a big surprise, but Faxai will test if the lessons have been learned.
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- September 20 2019
Protection products drive value
Search for growth in current low-yield environment forces shift from traditional life insurance products.
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- September 13 2019
China’s slowing growth
Continued economic growth has never looked more challenging, and that inevitably weighs on the outlook for insurers.
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- September 13 2019
Mining in survival mode
The mining insurance market is hardening after huge losses, insurer retrenchment and environmental concerns.
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- September 6 2019
Reinsurers must innovate
The recent pricing improvement is no excuse to abandon efforts to modernise the sector.
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- September 6 2019
Millennial problems
Young people can be a tough crowd for life insurers.
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- August 30 2019
Deja vu again?
Cat markets are bracing for storm season after two years of major late-summer loss events.
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- August 30 2019
Silent cyber fears quiet down
Perception of the risks might be lower, but they are still out there.
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- August 23 2019
Indian merger revives
The merger of three public-sector insurers in India could be done within 18 months, says EY.
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- August 23 2019
Measuring climate risk
Insurers are making headway, says Alex Pui of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.
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- August 16 2019
Pru’s Hong Kong move
Prudential will be overseen by Hong Kong's regulator.
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- August 16 2019
Asia’s captive conundrum
Despite predictions to the contrary, Asia’s captive market remains small.
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- August 9 2019
Taiwan considers life support
A new proposal could force the island’s life insurers to raise equity capital.
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- August 9 2019
Higher prices, same conditions
Rates are higher in Asia and Australia, but insurers aren’t necessarily benefiting.
