Despite challenges, Asia Pacific non-life insurers to benefit from rate hikes, costs control: Fitch
December 4 2024 by InsuranceAsia News- Ratings
- Catastrophe
- Non-life
- Property & Casualty
- Reinsurance
- Asia Pacific
- Australia
- China
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Fitch
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Asia Pacific fastest growing market for cyber insurance: S&P Global
- December 3
APAC 2019-2023 GWP growth was at 68% for the primary market and 69% for reinsurance compared with 38% and 56% globally, respectively.
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Taiwan’s CTBC Insurance to improve financials driven by personal lines, investment performance: AM Best
- November 28
AM Best has assigned an insurer rating of B++ (good) with a stable outlook for the company.
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Malaysian Re’s focus on volatility of non-voluntary cession, overseas businesses key to underwriting performance stability: Fitch
- November 28
The rating agency affirmed Malaysian Re’s insurer financial strength rating at 'A' (strong) with a stable outlook, reflecting its 'moderate' company profile and 'very strong' capitalisation.
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Fidelidade Macau improves ROE on China border reopening, light rail transit project: Fitch
- November 22
The rating agency has affirmed the P&C carri rating at 'A' (strong) with a stable outlook driven by the insurer's strategic importance to its Portuguese parent company.
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AXA XL | Low and no-cost cybersecurity actions for companies
Considering the increasing frequency of attacks, the evolving threat landscape, including the use of AI to launch more sophisticated attacks, companies today can’t afford to ignore the possibility of being targeted by cybercriminals.
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BHSI | Managing non-Asian exposure in long-tail lines
While US-exposed business can look attractive to Asian carriers, managing the volatility around the long-term results and the ability to model those losses are crucial, say BHSI’s Marc Breuil and Marcus Portbury.
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Sedgwick | To Handle CAT Claims Well, Multi-Step Preparation is Key
When it comes to risk, it’s not a matter of “if” it’s a matter of “when” an event will occur.
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HSBC Asset Management | Is it time to relook at Asian currency bonds?
With diversification and performance high on investors’ agendas, it seems a good time for global portfolios to revive allocations in Asian local currency bonds – including Hong Kong dollar (HKD) bonds.
