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- May 12 2016
Time for risk managers to become heroes?
Few governments, companies or organisations in Asia take risk management seriously enough, argues Parima chairman.
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- May 6 2016
Insurance industry takes aim at risk resiliency
The newly launched Insurance Development Forum aims to harness the insurance industry to build natural disaster resilience.
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- May 6 2016
Premiums to fall further
Investment returns are still falling and competition from alternative sources of capital continues to push pricing down.
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- April 29 2016
Global terrorism threat at all-time high
Last year was the most lethal in almost a decade as terrorists increasingly targeted private citizens and public gatherings.
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- April 29 2016
A window of growth in Malaysia’s Islamic market
Demand in Asia’s biggest takaful market is growing at multiples of the conventional industry.
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- April 22 2016
India’s coming IPO wave?
HDFC Life is set to become the country’s first publicly listed life insurer, potentially heralding a wave of deals.
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- April 22 2016
Korean woes
The depths of Korea's problems came into sharp relief when Allianz sold its life unit for less than a Gangnam apartment.
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- April 15 2016
Hong Kong at centre of Panama Papers revelations
Massive leak of documents on shell companies exposes financial institutions to D&O liability.
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- April 15 2016
Asean launches insurance forum
Integration plans took a small step forward last week as finance ministers and central bankers met in Laos.
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- April 8 2016
M&A boom fuelling growth in insurance protection
Acquisitive Asian corporates helped drive a record year for M&A insurance during 2015, according to Marsh.
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- April 8 2016
Data: Q1 share performance
Asian insurers' shares had a terrible start to the year, with all four indices dropping more than 20% by mid-February.
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- April 1 2016
Improving healthcare benefits
Providers are trying to design benefits that keep a lid on costs while maintaining convenience.
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- April 1 2016
Fed caution sends mixed message for Asian markets
Fed chair Janet Yellen's cautious stance gave Asian markets respite this week, but weaker US growth is hardly good news.
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- March 18 2016
Can insurers plug Asia’s infrastructure gap?
With stable cash flows, competitive returns and long maturities, infrastructure and insurance capital are a natural fit.
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- March 16 2016
Environmental risks ignored by Asian business leaders
Long-term environmental risks seen as secondary to more immediate economic risks, says Zurich.
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- March 11 2016
Disrupting India’s insurance industry
PolicyBazaar co-founder Yashish Dahiya discusses the challenges of bringing transparency to Indian insurance buyers.
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- March 11 2016
Putting political risk on the map
China's "anti-corruption" efforts are setting the stage for better growth, according to Aon's latest political risk map.
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- March 4 2016
Indonesia’s healthcare dividend
The ambitious universal healthcare scheme booked another deficit last year but is headed in the right direction.
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- March 4 2016
US-listed companies under D&O scrutiny
Securities regulators in the US are increasingly targeting foreign companies, and especially Chinese businesses.
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- February 26 2016
Property is king for China’s acquisitive insurers
China’s domestic insurers are increasingly buying up stakes in the country’s listed property developers.
