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- July 9 2025
Reinsurance market grapples with geopolitical risks amid renewals shift
There is an acceleration in reinsurance rate reductions across the globe, but the question it raises is whether the softening will cool off, according to panellists at the reinsurance webinar co-hosted by IAN and Fitch Ratings last week.
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- July 8 2025
Great Eastern minority shareholders reject majority owner OCBC’s take-private offer
Shareholders have approved amendments to the constitution and bonus issue as a pathway to resume trading of the insurer's shares.
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- July 7 2025
China’s ZhongAn raises US$500m via secondary placement in Hong Kong
The proceeds will primarily support the Chinese digital carrier's core insurance and asset management business.
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- May 8 2025
Taiwan’s FSC revises digital insurer regulation to boost innovation, reduces capital requirement to US$16.5m
Key changes include allowing physical service locations and permitting foreign digital carriers to apply for a licence.
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- March 13 2025
Korean regulator to relax insurers’ capital adequacy requirement to 130-140%: report
The move will help lower financial burden for insurers, apart from raising their capital base.
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- February 26 2025
Insurance Authority welcomes ILS pilot grant scheme extension in Hong Kong budget
Government extends scheme for insurance-linked securities (ILS) for three years, following 'favourable' response, Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.
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- February 7 2025
India’s employees’ unions oppose ‘irresponsible, derogatory’ FDI hike: reports
All India Insurance Employees Association demands 'immediate' withdrawal of the proposal to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to 100%.
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- February 4 2025
Floodgates to open? India lifting FDI limit promises insurance landscape shift
Removing India's foreign investment cap for insurance companies could attract a surge of international capital, according to market experts.
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- February 3 2025
India to remove FDI cap for foreign insurers
Limit for the sector will be increased to 100% from 74% for companies that invest the entire premium in India.
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- January 15 2025
APAC insurance M&A to be fuelled by regulatory scrutiny, private equity
While large insurers and brokers are set to enter new markets, smaller players will seek partners to strengthen their capital positions under new solvency rules, sources tell IAN.
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- December 4 2024
India’s plan to relax FDI cap sparks mixed reactions
While some praise the potential for growth, others express doubts about the bill’s passage and its impact on local carriers.
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- December 3 2024
The industry has to be nimble in dealing with climate risks: Swiss Re’s Lubomir Varbanov
The key challenge and opportunity for the market is the need for multilateral development banks to adapt to evolving risks, particularly those related to climate change.
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- November 4 2024
Expanding into non-ILS capital pools is a priority: MS Amlin
William Ho, MS Amlin Asia Pacific CEO, discusses the evolving regional reinsurance landscape, the impact of recent cat losses, and the reinsurer’s strategic growth plans in APAC.
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- November 4 2024
Capital management, technology key to adapting to changing reinsurance landscape: Fitch
The reinsurance sector is undergoing significant transformations, driven by regulatory changes, emerging risks, and evolving investment strategies, says Jeffrey Liew of Fitch.
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- November 1 2024
Evolving risks, regulations fuel demand for alternative capital solutions: Guy Carpenter
Insurers are exploring differentiated business models and creative reinsurance as they battle increased losses, higher retentions and operating model pressures.
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- September 26 2024
Better cat data key to easing region’s growing capacity pressures: Perils’ APAC head
As insurance penetration and cat exposure rise in APAC, the availability of better quality data must go hand-in-hand with the growth of alternative capital sources. That leads the cat loss specialist to expand its loss data coverage in Japan & South-East Asia, said Darryl Pidcock.
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- September 24 2024
India may consider a new turnaround plan for three general insurers: report
While solvency ratio, consistently high claims ratios and losses or low profitability were the concerns that need to be addressed by the state-owned carriers, the government is likely to provide fiscal support to companies showing profits.
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- September 3 2024
Aon’s Yen Chu Choo named APAC capital advisory leader
Singapore-based Choo will report to George Attard, APAC chief executive for Reinsurance Solutions.
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- August 28 2024
Vietnam’s PVI Insurance gets greenlight to raise charter capital to US$157m: report
It is the second capital increase approved by the regulator in five months, as Vietnam's largest non-life insurer continues to grow its market share.
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- August 12 2024
Guy Carpenter names Justin Ward as managing director-head of capital advisory, APAC
Singapore-based Ward takes over the role from Blake Dimitrijevic who will join Hannover Re Australia as managing director.
