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- December 16 2016
China cracks down on “impure” insurers
CIRC will further limit single-investor shareholding in insurers and scrutinise funds used to buy stakes in insurers.
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- December 9 2016
Valuing Asian insurers: art or science?
Many of the region's life insurers assume investment returns significantly higher than bond yields.
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- December 9 2016
Indian insurers wrestle with demonetisation
A month on from India’s surprising decision to scrap its two most common banknotes, insurers feel the effects.
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- December 2 2016
Hong Kong’s popularity grows for mainland insurance buyers
The city remains a top attraction for wealthy Chinese who want to get their cash out of the country.
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- December 2 2016
China cracks down on trophy acquisitions
Plans to rein in the country's overseas shopping spree are likely to affect acquisitive Chinese insurers.
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- November 25 2016
Asia’s insurtech gap
Insurtech is still in its infancy in Asia, leading some to conclude that foreign entrants have an advantage. But is this true?
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- November 25 2016
Cyber awareness on the rise
And, when it comes to cyber, awareness of the issue is half of the solution.
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- November 18 2016
Softer for longer
Risk managers at Parima hear there is no end in sight to the soft market conditions, but is this good news?
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- November 18 2016
The investment challenge facing Thai life insurers
InsuranceAsia News and BlackRock hosted an event in Bangkok recently to help the industry navigate the current environment.
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- November 11 2016
What will President Trump mean for insurers?
The Donald has garnered much condemnation, but the reality of his policy platform is likely to be mainstream Republican.
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- November 11 2016
Q&A: Patrick Graham, Cigna
The chief executive for Asia Pacific at Cigna talks about opportunities and challenges in the region.
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- November 8 2016
Coping with complexity
Interconnectivity of risk is growing as technology, globalisation and social change create a complex web.
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- November 7 2016
Lower for even longer
The outlook for insurance portfolios remains challenging as interest rates continue to click down.
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- October 28 2016
Pokemon Go’s surprising health dividend
Microsoft estimates the game has added a total of 144 billion steps to US physical activity.
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- October 28 2016
China’s greying population
A demographic time bomb is forcing the country to address the rising cost of elderly care.
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- October 21 2016
Can Asian bancassurance keep growing?
Will regulators start to clamp down on banks selling insurance, just as they are doing in Europe?
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- October 21 2016
Korean pensioners try cat bonds
A Korean pension fund has become the first financial institution in the country to invest in catastrophe bonds.
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- October 14 2016
God and the protection gap
Some objections to buying insurance, such as "Inshallah", are particularly challenging for insurers to address.
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- October 14 2016
Samsung shows how not to do a recall
The Korean company's botched response to its exploding Note 7 smartphone provides a lesson in managing crises.
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- October 7 2016
Insurer powers Formula E debut in Hong Kong
The data-crunching expertise of an insurance company will be helping two of the Formula E cars in Hong Kong this weekend.
