‘Normalcy’ returns to Australia, New Zealand 1.7 renewals
June 26 2024 by Mithun Varkey and Kristina Shperlik
-
Brokers take measured approach to crack Japan’s US$62bn premium pot
- October 4
With expectation for more intermediation, Western brokers are taking different approaches to entering the world's fourth largest insurance market.
-
Reinsurers’ risk insights, modelling vital to taming escalating nat cat losses: Swiss Re
- October 2
Besides providing capacity, the reinsurer's expertise and insights on risks related to climate change and renewable energy are key to its collaboration with insurers in limiting nat cat losses, says Victor Kuk.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
