Industry Segments: Pandemic Page 13 / 15
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- May 8 2020
Time to modernise pandemic resilience
Insurance has a limited role in fighting the next deadly outbreak argues RMS.
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- May 7 2020
Asia Insurance’s Winnie Wong optimistic as virus fears abate
The crisis has been a protection "wake up call" as Hong Kong readies for business as usual.
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- May 5 2020
Rivals question Aon pay cut
Dividends take precedence over salaries as the broker anticipates the worst.
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- April 30 2020
ICA seeks reform delay from “immense disruption”
The Insurance Council of Australia wants a delay of Royal Commission reforms until July 2022.
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- April 29 2020
Is Covid-19 the market’s greatest ever challenge?
Chubb's Evan Greenberg and Lloyd's John Neal give stark warnings but we need to stay calm.
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- April 29 2020
Engagement levels high despite Covid-19 anxiety: Swiss Re
Asia CEO Russell Higginbotham says Chinese insurers stood out from a consumer survey.
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- April 28 2020
Covid-19: Irdai’s dividend challenge
ICICI Prudential has proposed no final dividend as firms respond to the crisis.
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- April 28 2020
Majority of Japan’s SMEs to survive Covid-19 threat: survey
The research from NN Life is welcome news for the market.
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- April 27 2020
Singapore’s P&C players brace for Covid-19 impact
The lockdown will further dampen the outlook - especially for new business.
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- April 22 2020
The complexities of risk modelling a pandemic
The market is a long way off from establishing a risk pool in Asia for such an event.
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- April 22 2020
IAG employs 400 to alleviate call centre closures
Outsourcing is under threat from Covid-19.
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- April 21 2020
P&C players on the hook as China returns to work
Hastily devised policies and limited data pose risk to underwriting stability post Covid-19.
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- April 21 2020
Motor claims in New Zealand drop by 90%
National insurers will save around US$60m and hand back premiums.
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- April 20 2020
World Bank’s pandemic bond is finally triggered
After criticism for being too complex, the bond will payout for Covid-19.
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- April 20 2020
Youi joins Australia’s insurers in premium help amid Covid-19
The firm is offering 15% cashback on motor premiums for the next three months.
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- April 15 2020
Covid-19: What are the risks at empty factories?
Senior players from Mayer Brown, Sedgwick, Swiss Re CorSo and Willis Towers Watson give their verdict.
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- April 15 2020
QBE targets US$825m equity raising to buffer reserves
CEO Pat Regan acknowledges an "extraordinarily difficult" environment.
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- April 14 2020
Is China’s GWP bouncing back from Covid-19?
Sales growth paused in February but is recovering in many provinces.
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- April 8 2020
Asia’s market leaders adapt to Covid-19
The crisis is an opportunity to think out of the box - including returning premiums.
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- April 7 2020
India’s life players won’t include ‘force majeure’ clause
Life Insurance Association confirms the market will pick up the cost of deaths from Covid-19.
