GIAJ guides Japanese insurers on cross-holdings, secondments and agency commissions
September 20 2024 by Heather Ng-
Tower raises cat reinsurance excess for first two events to US$11.7m
- September 23
An excess for a third event remained unchanged at US$12.5m, while the Kiwi P&C player has increased its upper cat limit to US$500m from US$468m for FY2025.
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Swiss Re CorSo promotes Karim to APAC head of customer & distribution management
- September 19
Singapore-based Hassan Karim was most recently the carrier's head of distribution management and partnerships (director) for Asia Pacific.
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Health, EV insurance demand support China’s P&C sector ‘stable’ outlook: AM Best
- September 19
The P&C sector's solvency ratios, which have stablised from the decline seen in 2022, also supports the outlook, the rating agency said.
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Taiwan non-life insurers to continue double-digit growth: AM Best
- September 18
AM Best has revised its outlook on Taiwan’s non-life insurance segment to "stable" from "negative".
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PineBridge Investments | Why Asian insurers are exploring private credit and CLOs
The recent rollout of risk-based capital regimes across Asia calls for a closer alignment between insurers’ assets and liabilities. We explore potential ways to maintain a healthy investment yield and robust returns on regulatory capital.
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Peak Re | Emerging Asia middle class: A catalyst for change
Rising demand for elderly care and women driving consumption growth mandate carriers to develop precise solutions to meet customer expectations.
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Guy Carpenter | Private equity’s reshaping of the Asian life sector has further to run
PE-backed reinsurers provide access to asset classes and investment expertise that often don’t exist within the traditional carriers themselves.
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CCi | LEG3/06: A delay analyst’s perspective on defect exclusions
Tackling contentious issues by applying the learning from the industry’s collective experience is key to improving the claims experience, writes CCi’s Steven Horne.