The challenges of Japan’s wind revolution
October 30 2015 by Nick Ferguson
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Super typhoon Yagi hit Vietnamese insurers with US$285m in claims payout
- September 13
PVI Insurance, the largest non-life carrier, called it "a historically undesirable loss for Vietnam’s insurance industry" and for the company. The 9,000 claims filed are expected to keep rising, Ministry of Finance said.
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Multi-peril risks fuel demand for cat coverage: Hannover Re
- September 9
The reinsure anticipates prices and conditions to remain stable for the January 1, 2025, treaty renewals with supply and demand in most markets remaining balanced.
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China Taiping’s H1 domestic P&C profit doubles as reinsurance business reverses losses
- August 27
Its domestic China P&C’s operating profit surged to US$47.6m, as China's third-largest non-life reinsurer posted a US$63.9m operating profit for its reinsurance business.
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Nat cat risk pool, parametrics can improve China’s climate resilience: Ping An Insurance
- August 16
In a jointly-issued report, China's second P&C insurer has put forward a range of recommendations on how authorities can work with the sector to mitigate disaster risks.
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PineBridge Investments | Why Asian insurers are exploring private credit and CLOs
The recent rollout of risk-based capital regimes across Asia calls for a closer alignment between insurers’ assets and liabilities. We explore potential ways to maintain a healthy investment yield and robust returns on regulatory capital.
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Peak Re | Emerging Asia middle class: A catalyst for change
Rising demand for elderly care and women driving consumption growth mandate carriers to develop precise solutions to meet customer expectations.
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Guy Carpenter | Private equity’s reshaping of the Asian life sector has further to run
PE-backed reinsurers provide access to asset classes and investment expertise that often don’t exist within the traditional carriers themselves.
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CCi | LEG3/06: A delay analyst’s perspective on defect exclusions
Tackling contentious issues by applying the learning from the industry’s collective experience is key to improving the claims experience, writes CCi’s Steven Horne.
