Opinion: Peter Dutton’s poorly thought-through proposals for Australian insurers are a shambles
February 20 2025 by Marcus Alcock
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Opinion: With fires, floods ripping through limits, will carriers get with the program?
- February 12
Insurers handed wake-up call after LA fires and Queensland floods usher in 2025.
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Opinion: Booming MGAs can no longer be ignored, but regulatory spectre looms
- January 9
MGAs must demonstrate robust risk selection and underwriting capability as regulators train their guns on the sector.
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Opinion: Will generative AI be a game-changer when it comes to risk modelling?
- November 22
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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Opinion: Risks from rising ESG regulations looming threat for businesses
- November 1
The D&O market is playing a watching brief as sanctions and litigation around ESG breaches and non-compliance play out.
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AXA XL | Low and no-cost cybersecurity actions for companies
Considering the increasing frequency of attacks, the evolving threat landscape, including the use of AI to launch more sophisticated attacks, companies today can’t afford to ignore the possibility of being targeted by cybercriminals.
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BHSI | Managing non-Asian exposure in long-tail lines
While US-exposed business can look attractive to Asian carriers, managing the volatility around the long-term results and the ability to model those losses are crucial, say BHSI’s Marc Breuil and Marcus Portbury.
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Sedgwick | To Handle CAT Claims Well, Multi-Step Preparation is Key
When it comes to risk, it’s not a matter of “if” it’s a matter of “when” an event will occur.
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HSBC Asset Management | Is it time to relook at Asian currency bonds?
With diversification and performance high on investors’ agendas, it seems a good time for global portfolios to revive allocations in Asian local currency bonds – including Hong Kong dollar (HKD) bonds.
