Analysis Page 56 / 71
-
- May 18 2018
Foreign firms in China rush
Overseas insurers are leaping at the opportunity to extend their presence after Xi Jinping cracks open the door.
-
- May 11 2018
Axa US IPO flops
The spinoff of Axa Equitable fell far short of the company’s expectations.
-
- May 11 2018
Reinsurers bounce back
After one of the toughest quarters in recent memory at the end of 2017, results have improved.
-
- May 10 2018
Zurich posts solid premiums
The Swiss insurer has announced that P&C premiums were up 4.6% to US$9.33 billion during the first quarter.
-
- May 9 2018
Philippines insurers told to lead ‘fourth industrial revolution’
The country's finance secretary urged the industry to rethink how it does things and how it makes products.
-
- May 4 2018
China’s non-life woes
The country's life insurance sector isn't alone in facing significant challenges.
-
- May 4 2018
India appoints outsider to lead Irdai
Subhash Chandra Khuntia is a lifelong bureaucrat and former chief secretary of Karnataka state.
-
- April 27 2018
Asia drives global insurance growth
While insurance growth in the west remains lacklustre, Asia continues to deliver on its promise.
-
- April 27 2018
Insurance asset managers pessimistic
Fears of an economic slowdown are the biggest concern on the mind of insurance investors.
-
- April 20 2018
Malaysia first
Foreign insurers have until the end of June to cut their ownership to 70%, but local buyers are scarce.
-
- April 20 2018
Asian insurtech M&A surges
The increase in deal activities in Asia helped drive global insurtech transactions to a record high in 2017.
-
- April 13 2018
China promises market opening
Officials have promised a range of measures, including further liberalisation of its insurance sector.
-
- April 13 2018
Insurance for the sharing economy
The extraordinary growth of the sharing economy is creating new risks that provide an opportunity for insurers.
-
- April 6 2018
Could do better
Asian insurers are struggling to upgrade risk management processes.
-
- April 6 2018
Anbang’s rehab
The Chinese government has injected US$9.65bn into the troubled company, while its former chairman admits charges.
-
- March 29 2018
Risky data
From May, the EU will require companies from all over the world to comply with its new data privacy law.
-
- March 29 2018
Asia insurance M&A bouncing back
The total value of Asian insurance M&A rose from US$9.2bn in 2016 to US$13bn last year.
-
- March 23 2018
Japan cat pricing unmoved
Last year’s huge nat-cat losses in the US do not appear to be pushing prices up in Asia.
-
- March 23 2018
Opaque ownership worries risk managers
Third parties in Asia can contain hidden risks that keep risk managers awake at night.
-
- March 16 2018
Joined-up regulation
China’s banking and insurance regulators are merging as the country seeks to better control risks.
