IAN Reports
- Property & Casualty
- Published 25 Apr 2025
Insuring APAC’s energy transition: from grand ambitions to lingering challenges
The renewable energy sector in Asia has experienced a remarkable shift in the past few years, with wind and solar power overtaking traditional sources like hydroelectricity, while emerging technologies like offshore wind and battery energy storage systems (BESS) find wider adoption.
This report delves into the current state of renewable energy in Asia, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges it presents to the region's (re)insurers. Insights from a diverse group of experts shed light on the future trajectory of this dynamic sector:
• Rob Jones, Asia renewable energy leader at Marsh
• Guillaume Parard, head of P&C for Asia at Axa XL
• Tom Baker, head of renewable energy at Markel
• Alex Davies, director of power, downstream and renewables at Price Forbes
• Will Hiller, underwriter at GCube
2022
- 30 May 2022
Asia’s marine sector: challenges and opportunities
For much of the last two decades, marine insurance in Asia has remained highly unprofitable. Then four years ago capacity started to reduce and profit began to bounce back. The sector still remains very challenging, though, not least because insurers returning to the sector could now drive down rates.
This report examines some of the opportunities and challenges of the marine insurance sector in Asia, and considers what the next few years might look like as the region starts to pull out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hear from a range of industry experts, including:
• Anmol Sawlani, chief executive officer at Azure Risk.
• Andrew Brooker, managing director at Latitude Brokers.
• Greg Dodds, Hong Kong country manager at Starr International Insurance (Asia).
• Matthew O’Sullivan, head of motor and marine for Australia and New Zealand at Zurich.
- 01 February 2022
Asia’s evolving cybersecurity insurance landscape
Amid an uptick in ransomware attacks and other digital threats, carriers across the APAC region are now revising rates and wordings to cope with this new risk environment.
Our inaugural report examines how the uptick in cyber attacks in Asia has affected the kind of cover carriers are offering to their clients while also providing country-focused analysis of claims, risks, rates and wordings. Hear from a range of industry experts including:
• Struan Todd, co-founder, Pandamatics Underwriting
• James Tuplin, head of international cyber underwriting, Mosaic Insurance
• Gareth Cottam, head of cyber – Asia, Crawford
• TL Lim, partner, Mayer Brown
• Nigel Collins, global technical lead for cyber, McLarens