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- January 11 2019
Asia insurance PMI outperforms
Growth in Asian insurance business activity is at a five-year high, according to purchasing managers.
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- January 4 2019
What to expect in 2019
Despite a positive long-term outlook, Asia’s insurance industry will be shaped in 2019 by global issues.
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- January 4 2019
Myanmar opens for business
Officials said on Wednesday that they are finally ready to award licences to foreign insurers.
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- December 21 2018
Life premiums down in 2018
InsuranceAsia News research shows that life insurance premiums in some of Asia’s most significant markets look set to fall during 2018.
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- December 14 2018
India’s GIC Re retains first refusal
New reinsurance regulations published this week maintain the status quo.
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- December 14 2018
Asia’s first sidecar
Peak Re launched Asia’s first sidecar transaction, attracting US$75m of international capital.
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- December 7 2018
Weak stocks make for Asian bargains
Large valuation discrepancies could fuel further insurance acquisitions in 2019.
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- December 7 2018
Renewals standoff
January reinsurance renewals are looking like a Mexican standoff between insurers, reinsurers and the retrocession market.
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- November 30 2018
Axa and Allianz signal further China opening
China is following through with promises to liberalise foreign investment in its insurance industry.
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- November 30 2018
Asian protection gap is world’s biggest
After a series of natural catastrophes this year, concerns about the region’s protection gap are bigger than ever.
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- November 23 2018
Asia still driving growth
Most of the growth in insurance demand during the next two years will come from emerging Asia.
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- November 23 2018
China set to open next year?
The regulator is reportedly accelerating plans to allow fully foreign-owned ventures.
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- November 16 2018
Accounting relief
The IASB has proposed a one-year delay to IFRS 17 implementation, but more time may still be needed.
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- November 16 2018
Lion Air crash raises complex liabilities
An automatic system new to the Boeing 737-Max may have been responsible.
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- November 9 2018
Hong Kong still going strong
The Chinese territory is re-asserting itself as a super-regional insurance and reinsurance hub.
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- November 9 2018
More promises from Xi
China's president promised to open the Chinese economy further and faster this week.
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- November 2 2018
Making microinsurance profitable
New technology and approaches are making it a potentially sustainable and profitable business line.
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- November 1 2018
Singapore launches US$1bn cyber risk pool
The initiative will bring together reinsurance and ILS markets to provide bespoke coverage for companies in Asia.
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- October 26 2018
Seizing opportunity
Asia offers some of the best opportunities in the world for property-casualty insurers.
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- October 26 2018
Coordination needed to fix underinsurance
Asia has the dubious distinction of leading the world in underinsurance, headed by Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines.
