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- January 22 2016
Global risks: the view from Davos
The World Economic Forum released its Global Risks Report 2016 at the annual meeting in Davos this week.
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- January 15 2016
Aviation market not proactive on pilot training
Recent accidents show airlines are becoming over-reliant on automation, according to a US regulator.
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- January 15 2016
Dah Sing eyes $1bn price tag for life business
One of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent banks is putting its life business on the block.
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- January 8 2016
Drones taking off in 2016
The ability to put eyes in the sky quickly and cheaply is emerging as a powerful new tool for insurers.
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- January 8 2016
Not-so-happy new year?
With pricing showing no signs of normalising, few people in the industry are looking forward to 2016.
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- December 18 2015
Fosun scrutiny affecting overseas M&A
The investigation of chairman Guo Guangchang is causing problems for acquisition of Israeli insurer.
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- December 17 2015
Data: 2015 share performance
Asian insurers' share prices are slightly down for 2015 after fluctuating wildly during the year.
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- December 11 2015
Internet of things: unique opportunity for Asia insurers
Asia's willingness to adopt technology could help to improve insurance affordability.
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- December 10 2015
Insurers lacking leadership on climate risks
Most companies show ‘a profound lack of preparedness’ in addressing climate-related risks.
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- December 4 2015
Insider fraud on the rise
More than 70% of Chinese executives were affected by fraud during the past year, says Kroll.
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- December 4 2015
Chinese insurers consider multi-asset strategies
There is a need to look beyond trophy assets as Chinese insurers expand their overseas investments.
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- November 27 2015
Lessons from a cyber drill
A case study presented at the recent Parima conference in Singapore looked at a real-world cyber attack.
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- November 27 2015
Talking innovation with Stephen Cross
We spoke to Aon's chief innovation officer on the sidelines of the Parima conference in Singapore.
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- November 20 2015
China’s SOEs turn to captives despite soft insurance market
Chinese state-owned enterprises are increasingly interested in shifting more of their risk to wholly owned captive insurers.
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- November 13 2015
Managing natural catastrophes in South Asia
South Asia faces an immense challenge in trying to find ways of protecting communities from natural catastrophes.
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- November 13 2015
Asian insurers face QE conundrum
More than half of Asian insurers now say they are planning to increase their risk exposure, even as interest rates seem set to rise.
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- November 6 2015
The (very) long road to Asean integration
For all the fine talk about Asean, realists are acutely aware that cross-border integration is a long, slow process even in the best circumstances.
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- November 6 2015
The quest for scale
This year has already seen several industry-changing M&A deals, led by Ace’s US$28.3 billion acquisition of Chubb.
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- October 30 2015
In conversation with Parima’s Franck Baron
The founding chairman of Parima talks about risk management and the challenges facing the industry.
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- October 30 2015
The challenges of Japan’s wind revolution
Today, in the wake of a public backlash against atomic energy, Japan is increasingly turning to domestic renewable sources such as wind.
