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- February 7 2022
Korean insurers too slow to quit coal
Samsung F&M and other Korean insurers lag global peers in adopting coal policies.
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- February 1 2022
New Aussie reporting rules may challenge cyber insurance
Insurers will have to split out their cyber data as part of IFRS 17 reforms – but this may not be so easy.
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- January 28 2022
Malaysia targets insurtech in new plan
The central bank’s Financial Sector Blueprint envisages new digital licences by 2023.
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- January 21 2022
GIC Re faces US$270m cession loss
1% cession cut hands advantage to foreign players.
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- January 20 2022
Asia Covid policies add pressure to cargo market
As China ramps up measures, cargo stacked at ports and quarantined crew are causing cover and claims' issues.
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- January 18 2022
Market raises concerns over Asia secondary perils pricing
Inadequate models are putting pressure on underwriting results, say market participants.
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- January 14 2022
Climate crisis dominates Asia’s risk outlook
Nat cats caused US$50bn of losses in APAC in 2021, as WEF says top five risks are linked to climate change.
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- January 10 2022
McGill and Partners eyes Asia Pacific in 2022
With ‘massive amounts of dry powder’ the broker is looking at global expansion, says head of strategy Stephen Cross.
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- January 7 2022
Demand for Asia M&A cover builds momentum
The W&I insurance market has bright prospects after a whirlwind end to the last quarter of 2021.
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- January 6 2022
Asia 1.1 renewals disappoint
Capacity held firm but the market showed some resistance in China and in retro.
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- January 5 2022
API opportunity opens up in Hong Kong
Execs at Axa and Manulife are hopeful a speedy open API regulatory framework can reap dividends.
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- January 3 2022
What to expect in 2022
Inflation, climate, cyber, supply chains and digital disruption will remain atop of insurers' to-do lists in the year ahead.
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- December 23 2021
Asia ILS posts record year
2021 saw more deals, more capital raised and more domiciles than ever before.
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- December 20 2021
Omicron threatens reinsurance outlook
Sudden and virulent emergence of the new variant is weighing on sector forecasts.
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- December 14 2021
Fixing reinsurers’ big data problem
A more open ecosystem approach to data is urgently needed to expand the universe of insurable risk in Asia.
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- December 10 2021
Argenta’s Lloyd’s China exit puts spotlight on costs, scale
Broker tells IAN poorer margins are squeezing some players out who can write Chinese business elsewhere.
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- December 9 2021
China Re bullish on Hong Kong P&C market
The reinsurer's CFO tells IAN the local non-life market is still at an "early" stage of development.
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- December 6 2021
Lloyd’s expands cyber war exclusions
New wording narrows the scope of standalone policies, excluding cover for losses attributed to a nation state.
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- November 29 2021
Record broker M&A in 2021 will be tough to beat
The Gallagher/Willis Re deal won’t be the end of the consolidation but favourable conditions are ending.
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- November 23 2021
Asia’s reinsurance brokers in data, analytics push
The region’s P&C insurers are demanding better and faster information to help hedge their growing, ever more complex risks.
