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- October 7 2016
Hunting for yield
The investment environment continues to worsen, with slow growth and geopolitical concerns pushing insurers to embrace riskier assets.
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- September 30 2016
Insuring Asia’s growing nuclear sector
Asia is at the forefront of a boom in the construction of new nuclear power plants, but who is covering the potential liability?
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- September 30 2016
ICICI Prudential launches India’s first insurance IPO
Selling shareholder ICICI Bank raised US$911m from the country's biggest initial public offering in six years.
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- September 23 2016
The Disruptor: Andre Hesselink, GoBear
Andre Hesselink, founder and chief executive of GoBear, has built Asia’s first financial product metasearch engine.
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- September 19 2016
Super typhoon Meranti provides wake-up call
Last week's storm is another reminder of the huge potential for insurance-linked securities in the region.
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- September 9 2016
Solving the superbug problem
The decreasing efficacy of antimicrobial drugs in humans has serious consequences for life and health insurers.
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- September 8 2016
Allianz-InsuranceAsia News Emerging Risks Roundtable
Risk managers joined us in Hong Kong to discuss their views on the latest emerging risks.
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- September 2 2016
Is the world ready for China?
The country is once again at the centre of attention as G20 leaders gather for the summit in Hangzhou.
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- September 2 2016
Managing casualty accumulations
As globalisation and technology make the world smaller, the potential for massive liabilities is growing much bigger.
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- August 26 2016
Central bankers ponder global interest rates
Janet Yellen and other economic policymakers gathered in Jackson Hole for the Fed's annual economic policy conference.
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- August 26 2016
China’s surging private health market
China’s crowded and inefficient public hospitals are encouraging people to turn to private health insurance.
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- August 19 2016
How Ping An is crushing the competition
The group comfortably beat analyst estimates with its first-half results announced this week, delivering profit growth of 17.7%.
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- August 19 2016
No slowdown in Indonesia’s regulatory zeal
The president has approved plans to create holding companies for state-owned enterprises, eventually including entities for insurance.
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- August 12 2016
Asian ports are world’s riskiest
Ports at Nagoya in Japan and Guangzhou in China pose the biggest risk of financial loss in the world.
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- August 12 2016
HDFC and Max pave the way for Indian consolidation
HDFC Standard Life and Max Life are going ahead with a merger that will create India’s biggest private-sector insurer.
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- August 5 2016
Mutual appreciation
Insurance groups that are owned by policyholders and run for their benefit are making a comeback.
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- August 5 2016
Regulatory changes worry reinsurers
Reinsurers are worried about the effect of increasing regulation amid the persistence of tough market conditions.
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- July 29 2016
Are virtual Pokemon a real-world risk?
Several players of the world’s hottest new mobile game have already come to harm while hunting for Pikachu and his friends.
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- July 28 2016
Asian insurance markets face headwinds
But outlook remains positive as fundamental drivers of demand growth remain intact, at least for now.
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- July 22 2016
Foreign health insurers need to take risks in China
The market is huge and growing rapidly, but regulatory challenges will prevent all but the biggest foreign players from succeeding.
