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- February 15 2022
GBA opportunities open up for Macau – slowly
A talent shortage and lack of market integration remain key challenges.
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- February 14 2022
Zurich’s Asia P&C profits surge as conditions improve
Small commercial uptick and travel recovery in Australia and Japan helped 2021 profits hit US$235m.
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- February 10 2022
Hong Kong’s ILS market held back by low P&C penetration
Expect more deals - eventually. It will just take time, say experts.
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- February 8 2022
Indian surety bond market success hinges on innovation
Market players need to work out how to deal with lack of credit assessment tools.
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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.
