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- November 26 2021
Rising tide lifts Asia’s share of marine premiums
China will soon overtake Greece as the biggest owner of marine vessels.
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- November 24 2021
Can insurers help ‘keep 1.5 alive’?
A lack of data could hamper the industry’s efforts to play its part in achieving net zero.
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- November 22 2021
Indonesia’s non-life insurers see Q3 slump
Income fell by 16% during the third quarter after a Covid surge in July.
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- November 19 2021
Asia’s insurers set for inflation uplift
Claims will increase but rising prices and market growth will outweigh costs.
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- November 17 2021
SIRC 2021: ESG critics too pessimistic, says Swiss Re’s Higginbotham
The regional president for Asia is optimistic that the industry is on the right path.
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- November 15 2021
Asia’s insurers take first steps on digital asset protection
Hong Kong's OneDegree is the first in Asia to offer cover for the loss of cryptocurrencies.
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- November 12 2021
Insurtechs take on catastrophe protection
Tackling Asia’s US$134bn protection gap requires innovative approaches.
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- November 10 2021
Asian reinsurers face volatile future
Risk appetite is on the rise, but so are the challenges to stable earnings.
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- November 8 2021
Thirst for scale driving broker consolidation
M&A activity among (re)insurance brokers grew by 13% during H1 — led by Gallagher and Ardonagh.
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- November 4 2021
COP26: (Re)insurers not aligned with net zero goal
While insurers have taken action on coal, campaigners have criticised the industry's failure to move away from oil and gas.
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- November 3 2021
China’s motor reforms take a toll
P&C lines are down by 7.6% this year after the CBIRC's auto insurance revamp.
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- November 1 2021
Reinsurers turn to cat bonds for growth
China Re’s Greater Bay Re represents a growing third-party capital trend.
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- October 29 2021
IAG faces up to ‘historical failures’ despite pushback on bonuses
A shareholder revolt greeted the insurer's executive compensation plans after posting a US$313m loss.
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- October 27 2021
Taiwan enjoys record P&C premium growth
The non-life market is growing at its fastest pace in more than a decade.
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- October 25 2021
Risk transfer needs reinventing to address climate crisis
Current pricing relies on models that have consistently come up short.
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- October 22 2021
P&I clubs facing pressure to increase fixed limits
Mutual protection and indemnity clubs such as London, Japan, UK, Standard and North are all facing rising costs.
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- October 20 2021
SE Asia personal lines set for digital transformation
Online premiums for travel, accident and home insurance in southern Asia could reach US$7.5bn by 2025.
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- October 18 2021
Shinhan Life joins net-zero climate push
Commitment to limit emissions of underwriting portfolio is first for an Asian insurer and comes ahead of COP26.
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- October 15 2021
Asia’s political risk market adapts to Zurich exit
The Swiss insurer is no longer a major market player and capacity in unlikely to be affected, but talent could leave.
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- October 13 2021
Singapore pandemic boost continues
Industry earns bigger underwriting profits in Q2 than in 2018 and 2019 combined.
