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

  • 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  • Australian life firms warned of surrender risk and outdated products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

  • Hong Kong regulator agrees to RBC concessions after industry consultation

    26 April 2024

    But Insurance Authority rebuffs requests for change to capital amounts and actuarial appointments

  • Mitsui Sumitomo shares telematics with Japanese councils to aid earthquake repair

    25 April 2024

  • Aon updates Pricing Platform as more gain benefits from automated underwriting

    24 April 2024

    New pre-built models added and additional calculation engine upcoming

  • Generali separates insurance and asset management operations in reshuffle

    19 April 2024

    The changes form part of the group's three-year strategy

Most Read
  1. Asset-intensive reinsurance intensively assessed
  2. UK BPA firms will be stress tested on use of funded reinsurance
  3. IFRS 17 may unlock fresh metrics for analysing insurers' growth, says KPMG
  4. Munich Re's syndicate "significantly" helps to cut group underwriting emissions by 80%
  5. Climate litigation's third wave could leave insurers in deep water
  6. Has IFRS 17 improved comparability and consistency? The jury is still out
  7. California's big climate show
  8. Eiopa pinpoints IFRS 17's negative impact on shareholders' equity
  9. UK regulator issues clarifications on Solvency II MA reforms ahead of finalised rules
  10. Johanna Köb steps down as Zurich's responsible investment head due to long Covid