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- March 30 2026
Opinion: Lloyd’s seeks a quiet sunset, but storm clouds remain
Lloyd’s delivered their full results for 2025, but it was the latest on the probe into John Neal and the status of Blueprint 2 which grabbed the attention.
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- March 27 2026
Opinion: Will Asia be the ultimate beneficiary of Donald Trump’s Gulf maritime reinsurance plan?
Chubb has outlined the structure of the US$20bn facility, but owners may instead opt to bypass the Strait of Hormuz altogether.
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- March 13 2026
Opinion: Russian marine insurers in India look increasingly secure after US oil waiver
A brief sanctions reprieve and India’s interim extension to Russian insurers help sustain marine cover for Russian oil shipments, preserving trade flows between the two countries.
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- February 27 2026
Opinion: Australia’s approach to terrorism risk – wilfully perverse?
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation purchased a reduced retrocession limit of US$1.48bn with an increased deductible of US$356m for its terrorism retrocession program despite the soft market.
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- January 30 2026
Opinion: After what feels like forever, India finally responds to the new world of climate change catastrophe
With reforms and policy changes, plus the allure of Gift City, India's insurance market is set for a period of robust growth.
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- January 23 2026
Opinion: With AI risk growing up fast, be prepared for the losses as insurers get serious
Insurance market is waking up to the rise of data centres and the simultaneous surge in demand created by advances in artificial Intelligence, but could it turn into a nightmare?
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- January 16 2026
Opinion: Time for Asia’s fac market to hustle as infrastructure boom continues
Projects in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Indonesia and Laos offer openings for the facultative (re)insurance market in 2026.
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- January 9 2026
Opinion: I, Underwriter? An evitable conflict, or will 2026 see the first AI underwriter?
Artificial intelligence is already encroaching on the underwriting sector, with the industry working to understand the implications on insured exposures and the regulatory landscape.
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- December 12 2025
Opinion: A sinking feeling? P&I clubs needs to grasp the nettle, but choppy waters lie ahead
Volume of claims finding their way into the International Group of P&I Club’s (IG) pool has made many clubs twitchy after it suffered its worst year ever in 2024.
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- December 1 2025
Opinion: Mutually beneficial to address Hong Kong’s marine war insurance needs
Hong Kong Marine War Risks Insurance Pool will focus on providing marine war risk insurance, covering vessel loss or damage caused by acts of war, piracy, terrorist attacks, and related geopolitical incidents.
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- October 29 2025
Opinion: Can AI solve the APAC renewable risk conundrum?
A shift is needed from a reliance on historical pattern recognition to inform pricing and underwriting decisions to engagement with real-time data analytics and technology-based risk assessment instead.
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- September 30 2025
Opinion: ‘Dib dib dob dob’: Hong Kong’s disaster risk management leads the way, highlighted by subdued Super Typhoon Ragasa losses
Most powerful tropical cyclone of the year to date impacted Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, Taiwan and the Philippines last week.
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- September 19 2025
Opinion: When will Fukushima’s shadow finally disappear for the insurance market?
With issues of possible radioactive contamination still in the news, the prospect of claims continues to linger.
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- August 22 2025
Opinion: A bruising year lies ahead for APAC’s underwriters
Flush with capacity and brokers in control, the market is likely staring at an extended period of softening.
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- August 8 2025
Opinion: No handouts, please!: How long should the taxpayer foot the bill for India’s partly bad, partly good insurance market?
Reports suggest the government is once again considering a capital injection for its three state-owned domestic insurers are concerning.
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- August 1 2025
Opinion: After Russia earthquake scare, is Japan’s resurgent nuclear industry really prepared for the ‘Big One’?
8.8-magnitude earthquake which struck off Russia's far eastern coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami warnings across Japan and the wider Pacific region.
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- July 18 2025
Opinion: How far must temperatures rise before APAC commercial market really walks away from climate risk?
Region is right in the firing line when it comes to climate risk given the increasing scale and frequency of insured losses in recent years.
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- June 20 2025
Opinion: Specialty market set to be tested in the fire once again as Iran escalation evokes memories of Gulf War
Conflict between Israel and Iran is bringing back memories of the Gulf War, which was seen a key testing ground for the resolve of the marine market, with numerous attacks on ships.
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- May 20 2025
Opinion: Without a captain of the ship, are India’s insurance reforms in danger of being blown off course?
As the sector enters a 'seminal period of transformation', the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has been without a chairman for over two months after Debasish Panda completed his three-year term in March.
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- May 9 2025
Opinion: With great expectations, will India’s growing but potentially vulnerable surety bond sector avoid the mistakes of past markets?
Decision by India’s regulator to allow insurers to write surety bonds goes hand-in-hand with a booming construction sector.
