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- December 20 2024
The heat is on for India: climate change, rapid urbanisation set to weigh on BI losses
The country's business interruption insurance market is set to face challenges from heat stress and urban flooding.
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- December 18 2024
Higher retentions by reinsurers drive investment in granular data, modelling: Moody’s Michael Steel
While modellers have embraced AI, insurers remain cautious despite growing recognition of its benefits, says the general manager of the risk analytics provider.
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- November 22 2024
Opinion: Will generative AI be a game-changer when it comes to risk modelling?
Algorithms can, in theory, be trained to create predictive models to analyse satellite imagery of cat-affected regions across Asia or forecast a typhoon’s trajectory as well as estimate potential damage and identify high-risk areas.
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- November 18 2024
Modellers step up efforts on flood models amid rising secondary peril risk in APAC
Verisk and Moody’s RMS indicate they are listening to the concerns of the market and have laid out plans to “close the gap”.
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- November 4 2024
High-quality exposure data key to effective nat cat risk management: Verisk
While countries like Australia, New Zealand, and Japan have reliable geocoding and risk data, other markets, including China, India, and South-East Asia, still face gaps.
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- October 29 2024
Tokio Marine-backed ICEYE plans continued rollout across Asia as demand for satellite risk data continues
Appetite for granular catastrophe-related information is now crucial in a market keen to keep a greater handle on cat exposures.
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- September 26 2024
Cat modellers need to balance consistency and adapting to climate change
Insurance companies must be prepared to embrace change and invest in building their own technical understanding to manage their portfolios effectively, says Guy Carpenter’s Mark Weatherhead.
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- July 17 2024
Malaysian Re proposes new global climate models in assessing South-East Asia climate risk
The company's most recent report suggests that newer climate models, which acknowledge global warming, may be more effective in predicting climate losses than legacy models that only rely on historical weather data.
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- May 31 2024
Opinion: Are risk models for Asia fit for purpose?
There is a need for carriers to build in-house modelling capabilities as third-party offerings lack a deep understanding and awareness of emerging risk exposures in Asia Pacific, especially for secondary perils.
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- May 16 2024
Markel expands China team with three Shanghai appointments
Martin He has joined the specialty insurer as marine underwriter, George Ke has started in his role of professional and financial risk and cyber underwriter, and Lei Wang has become manager of model analytics and reporting.
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- November 28 2023
Parametrics primed for APAC’s insurance mainstream: Descartes
As the search for nat cat capacity grows in the region, the MGA is looking at 'solid double-digit' premium growth this year on more demand from Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific islands and the Philippines.
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- November 17 2023
Unwillingness to deploy capacity comes from too many surprises in the covers: Allianz Re’s Steimen
The (re)insurance industry needs to make sure that it understands the risks via the use of models and has to invest more into better data as economic growth in Asia keeps driving losses up.
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- November 10 2023
Prepare to deal with US$200bn annual cat losses: Verisk
Flood remains the most tangible gap when it comes to modelling and quantifying risk as catastrophes across APAC are becoming more extreme.
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- October 11 2023
Extreme events in Greater China could lead to US$4.6tn economic losses over five years: Lloyd’s
This is the largest financial impact, closely followed by Asia Pacific with the losses worth US$4.5 trillion, says new Lloyd's systemic risk scenario that models food and water shocks.
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- September 13 2023
Australia’s carriers brace for bushfire losses fueled by El Niño
For the first time since 2019, Australia’s eastern states face heightened risks due to high temperatures, ample vegetation and a rapidly desiccating landscape, say risk modellers.
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- June 26 2023
Tropical storms in western north Pacific to be above average in 2023: Moody’s RMS
Sea surface temperatures across the region comprising Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines are expected to be near or above average between July and November.
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- June 15 2023
Fewer cyclones to make landfall in China, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam in 2023: Guy Carpenter
The Philippines is set see a 'near normal' number make landfall as the weather shifts from La Niña to El Niño conditions.
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- May 17 2023
Aon launches climate hub in Singapore
The company will increase its headcount in its Centre for Innovation and Analytics (ACIA) in Singapore from the existing 180 employees to over 350.
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- March 3 2023
Swiss Re, Aon team up for parametric earthquake cover for Nepal hydropower project
This is the first time that the IFC and other developmental agencies have agreed to finance a construction project backed by parametric insurance.
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- January 25 2023
Aon implements OED standard for property reinsurance risk modelling
Initial testing on reinsurance placement data for Japan, Australia and China has proved highly successful.
