Insurers

Aid agency and insurers cooperate to provide cover for earthquake-prone areas

Aswata, Mercy Corps and Swiss Re provide parametric insurance for Indonesia’s earthquake-prone provinces

Leading business reveals massive data leak

A leading Asia Pac business has revealed that they have come under cyber-attack, potentially leaking the personal information of nearly 8 million people

Thailand life insurance sector growth to slow down

Global insurer cites slower economic growth as reason and advises insurers to diversify their assets to combat slowdown

Commercial insurance prices post minor increase for 1Q 2016

Global advisory firm survey reveals mostly flat increases among most commercial lines

Honan Group leader backs Asian expansion

The leader of an ever-growing business has backed companies looking to expand in Asia to follow their clients as those that wait could lose business in the future

Insurance industry needs drastic reinvention in order to survive

The insurance industry needs to reinvent itself in order to survive as some major firms may not be around within a decade, a new report has said

MAS chairman: Asia insurance market presents ‘major opportunities’

A global leader has said that Asia presents ‘major new’ opportunities for the insurance industry even throughout ‘a difficult and challenging environment’ for insurers worldwide

Fintech start-ups could threaten margins of established insurers

Close to half of insurers think that they could lose up to 20% of market share to fintech start-ups

Insurers must embrace innovation, say executives at IIS Forum

Industry leaders at International Insurance Society Forum Singapore call for experimentation and client-centric thinking to innovate

Major insurer Hong Kong Life to be put up for sale

A major independent Asia-Pac insurer could be put up for sale as M&A’s continue to hit the industry