Opinion: What has happened to the ESG agenda?
October 3 2024 by Marcus Alcock
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Opinion: Taiwan specialty market on edge as US presidential election rolls closer
- September 13
Following the the recent presidential election debate and the sparring over regional policy, attention is once again focused on the island nation due to the potential risk of disruption posed to its semiconductor sector and supply chains.
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Opinion: Mpox cases with deadlier strain send jitters across Asian P&C market
- August 27
While the number of cases is still limited in the region, a potential spreading of the virus, especially the mutated clade 1b strain, could disrupt fragile supply chains already impacted by the curtailment of shipping in the Red Sea and result in potential BI losses.
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Opinion: WHO’s call for concerted push to prepare for next pandemic a timely warning
- August 9
As infectious diseases remain a key risk for the region, having learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, insurers must not take eyes off the ball.
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Opinion: China’s onshore oil & gas expansion throws spotlight on risks for insurers
- July 26
With China's new exploration projects, questions remain over which (re)insurers will benefit at a time when the backlash against failure to exit from fossil fuels underwriting grows louder.
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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.
