Global marine insurers bet on Asia amid growing geopolitical concerns
September 19 2024 by Jon Guy
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New routes create new risks for insurers as Red Sea remains US$3tn threat
- September 27
As longer transit time, delays, increased emissions and piracy threats plague attempts to circumvent the region, it could be transformational for the Belt and Road initiative as cargo moves to rail and air.
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Better cat data key to easing region’s growing capacity pressures: Perils’ APAC head
- September 26
As insurance penetration and cat exposure rise in APAC, the availability of better quality data must go hand-in-hand with the growth of alternative capital sources. That leads the cat loss specialist to expand its loss data coverage in Japan & South-East Asia, said Darryl Pidcock.
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Typhoon Pulasan exacerbates Bebinca losses in China
- September 25
The cumulative effect of losses from both typhoons in the country, added to losses from Yagi in South China, is more serious compared with the previous two years and will naturally impact the financial performance of (re)insurers in 2024, according to loss adjusters in China.
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Climate change, green transition and geopolitics reshaping marine insurance
- September 24
The growing importance of Asia underlined the 150th annual International Union of Marine Insurance conference where geopolitical tensions, extreme weather risks, and energy transition dominated discussions.
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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.
