Industry Segments: Risk Page 18 / 23
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- December 4 2015
Fitch says Malaysia’s insurance sector to remain stable
Malaysia's insurance and takaful sector remain strongly capitalised, supporting premium growth.
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- December 4 2015
Zurich to exit general insurance in Middle East
The embattled insurer is expected to exit the region by the end of 2016 as part of a global restructuring.
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- December 3 2015
SAIB becomes first Chinese Lloyd’s broker
Shanghai Asian Insurance Brokers plans to develop reinsurance brokerage and internationalise.
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- November 25 2015
Sichuan province launches earthquake insurance trial
Under the plan, the provincial government will subsidise 60% of the insurance fees for most residents.
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- November 20 2015
China’s SOEs turn to captives despite soft insurance market
Chinese state-owned enterprises are increasingly interested in shifting more of their risk to wholly owned captive insurers.
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- November 20 2015
European insurers suffer highest losses from Tianjin
Zurich's US$275 million loss was the highest among insurance companies from around the world.
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- November 18 2015
Paris attacks dent Thailand’s non-life insurance premiums
Thai General Insurance Association says country's insurance industry will be indirectly affected.
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- November 18 2015
Storms likely hit profit of Japan’s non-life insurers
Summer typhoons seem to have had a negative effect on net profits at Japan's top three non-life insurers.
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- November 18 2015
China seals insurance regulations deal with Russia
CIRC and Bank of Russia agree to promote cooperation between the two countries' insurance regulators.
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- November 13 2015
Global consultant-advised insurance assets near US$550bn
The hunt for yield is encouraging insurers to seek specialist advice as they tap new markets and assets.
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- November 13 2015
Japan mulls insurance to protect farmers from TPP
Protectionism to take a new form after Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal comes into effect
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- November 12 2015
Premiums growing faster than economy in emerging Asia
Lloyd's CEO Inga Beale says EMs account for nearly 50% of global insurance growth.
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- November 12 2015
Ex-Olympus CEO among speakers at Parima 2015
Michael Woodford will address risk professionals about fraud and ethics at risk conference.
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- November 9 2015
Aon estimates US$10bn global catastrophe loss in October
Typhoon Mujigae alone caused about US$4.2bn of losses last month, according to Aon Benfield.
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- November 5 2015
Singapore is now Lloyd’s largest hub outside UK
Lloyd's new platform in CapitaGreen now hosts 24 syndicates and more than 380 people.
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- November 5 2015
Aegon joins list of ‘too big to fail’ insurance companies
The Dutch insurer joins eight others whose stability is deemed essential to the global financial system.
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- November 4 2015
Marsh opens representative office in Myanmar
The insurer is keen on helping develop and grow local talent in its new Yangon outpost.
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- November 4 2015
Insurers ink China intellectual property insurance deal
Lloyd's China, Tokio Marine Kiln and PICC have agreed to offer IP infringement liability insurance in China.
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- October 30 2015
In conversation with Parima’s Franck Baron
The founding chairman of Parima talks about risk management and the challenges facing the industry.
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- October 30 2015
The challenges of Japan’s wind revolution
Today, in the wake of a public backlash against atomic energy, Japan is increasingly turning to domestic renewable sources such as wind.
