Asia Pacific

Analysis

24 April 2024

Happy 100th birthday! Yes, we can insure you

From covering the costs of finding lost dementia sufferers, to telematics for older drivers, Japan's insurers are at the forefront of serving an ageing population, as David Walker discovers
02 April 2024

Life reinsurers spy a goldmine in Asia

A $3trn market is waiting to be tapped and asset-intensive reinsurers are priming themselves to be there, as Sarfraz Thind reports
01 March 2024

CRO of the year: Vishal Desai

InsuranceERM's chief risk officer of the year in the 2024 UK & Europe Awards, Vishal Desai, talks to Christopher Cundy about his career and what CROs should be thinking about the future
14 February 2024

Brickbats rain down on Australia's property insurers at parliamentary investigation

Politicians suggested Australia's insurers had only themselves to blame for a humiliating grilling over responses to 2022's flooding. But insurers said constructing homes in flood plains is not exactly helping, as David Walker reports
16 January 2024

Tokio Marine on the challenges of international expansion

A stagnating domestic economy and entrenched markets have led Japan's insurers overseas in search of growth. Tokio Marine's internationally-experienced head of risk, Yoshihiro Matsuzaki, tells Sarfraz Thind how he is managing the risks of this new world

News

  • Japan's ANDI launches anti-fraud system for auto repairs

    10 May 2024

  • 'We keep losing money', global reinsurers warn about Australian property cover

    07 May 2024

    Australian insurance delegation visited Lloyd's and other reinsurers for candid talks last year

  • Cyclone-prone homes pay 35% lower premiums since Australian government starts sharing risk

    07 May 2024

    ARPC found insurance availability also improving

  • Swiss Re predicts optimistic outlook for Middle East insurance market

    06 May 2024

    However, the reinsurer warned the region must increasingly consider natcat risks

  • Actuaries advised to check job contracts for non-disclosure clauses

    02 May 2024

    Gagging provisions may clash with professional duty, Australian profession told

  • Insurers have role to prevent domestic abuse, government advisor says

    02 May 2024

  • Hong Kong sets out stance on capital and crypto assets

    01 May 2024

  • Australian life firms warned of surrender risk and outdated products

    01 May 2024

    Prudential regulator Suzanne Smith spells out room for improvement

  • Nicola Schroder becomes QBE's sustainability chief

    30 April 2024

  • Wildfires and typhoons send South Koreans' foreign business into the red

    30 April 2024

  • Japanese insurer doubles risk exposure to earthquake damage

    30 April 2024

  • Insured losses from Gulf floods may exceed $1bn

    29 April 2024

  • New Zealand regulator warns of unaffordability of cover from risk-based pricing trend

    29 April 2024

    Change from community-based approach could come quickly, RBNZ warns

  • Japanese life association announces next chair

    26 April 2024

  • MS&AD announces new CEO

    26 April 2024
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