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- June 13 2016
Reforms needed to secure retirement, says MAS head
Low interest rates are here to stay and will require governments around the world to make fundamental reforms, says Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
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- June 10 2016
Manulife taps yield-hungry Taiwanese life insurers
Borrowing in Taiwan is an increasingly popular option among global corporates as local investors shun domestic debt.
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- June 10 2016
Can a supercomputer forecast India’s monsoon?
More data is certainly a good thing, but investment in flood defences and urban planning are also crucial to building resilience.
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- June 3 2016
On-demand insurance
Scott Walchek, founder and chief executive of technology company Trov, wants to reinvent insurance for the mobile generation.
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- June 3 2016
Reinsurance under C-ROSS
Dozens of reinsurers moved onshore in response to China's introduction of its new solvency regime.
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- May 27 2016
Blockchain technology coming to China?
Ping An has become the first Chinese insurer to join a global consortium exploring ways to use the technology in financial markets.
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- May 26 2016
Allianz launches Singapore innovation hub
The company's Asia Lab will seek to harness digital innovation and advanced analytics to deliver intuitive solutions.
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- May 20 2016
Solving the ride-sharing conundrum
South-East Asia's Grab has been making progress on the issue of insurance for private-hire car drivers and passengers.
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- May 19 2016
Internet-connected underwriting
Many common risks will be completely transformed by the internet of things, but there will be no shortage of new liabilities.
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- May 13 2016
Perfect storm for Chinese life companies
The weak domestic economy, new solvency rules and increased scrutiny from the regulator are squeezing profits.
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- May 12 2016
Time for risk managers to become heroes?
Few governments, companies or organisations in Asia take risk management seriously enough, argues Parima chairman.
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- May 6 2016
Insurance industry takes aim at risk resiliency
The newly launched Insurance Development Forum aims to harness the insurance industry to build natural disaster resilience.
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- May 6 2016
Premiums to fall further
Investment returns are still falling and competition from alternative sources of capital continues to push pricing down.
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- April 29 2016
Global terrorism threat at all-time high
Last year was the most lethal in almost a decade as terrorists increasingly targeted private citizens and public gatherings.
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- April 29 2016
A window of growth in Malaysia’s Islamic market
Demand in Asia’s biggest takaful market is growing at multiples of the conventional industry.
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- April 22 2016
India’s coming IPO wave?
HDFC Life is set to become the country’s first publicly listed life insurer, potentially heralding a wave of deals.
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- April 22 2016
Korean woes
The depths of Korea's problems came into sharp relief when Allianz sold its life unit for less than a Gangnam apartment.
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- April 15 2016
Hong Kong at centre of Panama Papers revelations
Massive leak of documents on shell companies exposes financial institutions to D&O liability.
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- April 15 2016
Asean launches insurance forum
Integration plans took a small step forward last week as finance ministers and central bankers met in Laos.
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- April 8 2016
M&A boom fuelling growth in insurance protection
Acquisitive Asian corporates helped drive a record year for M&A insurance during 2015, according to Marsh.
