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- November 27 2024
Stress testing key to carriers’ 2025 risk assessment strategies
Regulators will no doubt be looking to test insurers and demand greater transparency on the impacts that various major and often interconnected scenarios will have, AM Best senior directors tell IAN.
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- November 26 2024
QBE Insurance promotes Jamie Kelly to group chief compliance officer
Sydney-based Kelly, who was previously interim executive/group head of risk culture and conduct, will lead the carrier's global compliance function, reporting to group chief risk officer Fiona Larnach.
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- November 18 2024
PCRIC secures US$2.6m grant from Global Shield Solutions Platform
The funding from the climate change-focused multi-donor grant facility will be used to support product, development, research, education and eventually, scholarships.
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- November 14 2024
PARIMA Taipei gathering to explore Asian response to global risks
The conference, which will draw risk managers from around the region, will tackle contemporary challenges faced by businesses, societies, and governments emphasising the need for collaboration and preparedness.
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- November 7 2024
PCRIC, WTW renew Pacific islands reinsurance portfolio
The Pacific Islands captive has developed new policy designs with the support from WTW’s disaster risk finance and alternative risk transfer teams.
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- November 7 2024
Asian specialty losses to be reflected in renewals: Swiss Re
The reinsurer’s specialty CUO Anne Lohbeck says engineering, inherent defect, cyber and credit & surety are growth drivers for APAC specialty book.
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- November 7 2024
APAC reinsurers face profitability, diversification, and risk management challenges: S&P Global
Wenwen Chen, director at S&P Global discusses key factors influencing the profitability of APAC reinsurers and the impact of retrocession costs.
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- November 4 2024
Price Forbes Singapore appoints Jennifer Gray as director of professional risks and healthcare
Gray will focus on managing and expanding the broker's regional portfolio, leveraging her experience to drive growth through both domestic and international markets, and will be reporting to APAC CEO Philip Johnson.
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- November 4 2024
‘Bright future’ for structured solutions in APAC as awareness grows: Guy Carpenter
Bridging the gap between risk appetites of cedents and reinsurers is a key theme for the market, says Guy Carpenter’s Hussain Ahmad.
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- November 4 2024
Upcoming renewals should ‘maintain balance’: Munich Re
Hit by cat events, South-East Asian renewals will likely be stable to hard, says Hitesh Kotak.
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- November 4 2024
Expanding into non-ILS capital pools is a priority: MS Amlin
William Ho, MS Amlin Asia Pacific CEO, discusses the evolving regional reinsurance landscape, the impact of recent cat losses, and the reinsurer’s strategic growth plans in APAC.
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- November 1 2024
QBE closes US$1.6bn LPT deal with RiverStone International and Enstar
The deal was effective July 1 this year and includes non-core long-tail reserves that were not subject to prior reinsurance transactions and a small number of other portfolios of various subsidiaries of the insurer, including Lloyd’s syndicates.
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- November 1 2024
QBE Asia promotes Jeyasakthi Ratnasingam to head risk and compliance
Kuala Lumpur-based Ratnasingam will lead the risk and compliance strategy and ensure that adequate controls, procedures and processes are in place to meet legal and regulatory requirements across all business functions.
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- November 1 2024
Evolving risks, regulations fuel demand for alternative capital solutions: Guy Carpenter
Insurers are exploring differentiated business models and creative reinsurance as they battle increased losses, higher retentions and operating model pressures.
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- November 1 2024
Demand rockets for insurance products in South-East Asia: Moody’s
To thrive amid climate change and regulatory shifts, reinsurers are adopting advanced data analytics for better risk management and pricing, says Andrew Hare from Moody’s.
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- October 31 2024
India and Korea bright spots in FM’s regional play
Growing Asian economies drive demand for data-driven risk mitigation, say the mutual's regional leaders James Thompson and Tan Hian Hong.
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- October 28 2024
AI and quantum computing risks call for comprehensive frameworks in APAC
Experts at the APAC Cyber Risk & Insurance Summit 2024 by InsuranceAsia News discussed the complex cybersecurity landscape, key risks, and strategies to manage evolving threats.
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- October 24 2024
QBE partners Eos Rhea Metis to offer risk engineering services in greater China, South-East Asia
The partnership with the Taiwanese risk manager will support engineering and property underwriting, enhanced risk assessment processes and wider market access.
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- October 24 2024
Risk managers fear rise in uninsurability for key risks
In Asia, there are growing and specific concerns around supply chain risks and from customers becoming more demanding around ESG.
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- October 17 2024
APRA urges carriers to reflect on MGA risks, prioritise 2025 prudential standards
Executive board member Suzanne Smith said that a focus for the regulator in the coming year is the risk associated with outsourced underwriting to agencies.
