Adrian Ladbury
-
Africa
Risk managers should check liability policies now to prepare for virus claims
Risk and insurance managers worldwide will be currently focused on efforts to protect their employees from the impact of coronavirus…
-
Asia
Australian hailstorms to cost property insurers $670m
PERILS, the Zurich-based catastrophe modelling firm, has estimated the insured property loss for the hailstorms that hit the Australian states…
-
Asia
Top global brands accused of using forced labour in Chinese factories
Leading global brands such as Apple, BMW, Sony, Gap and Nike are unwittingly using forced labour that the Chinese government…
-
Asia
Coronavirus set to ravage global supply chain according to Russell Group analysis
Ten Chinese companies, with combined revenues of almost $1.5trn, will be exposed to an estimated $122bn of connected loss exposures…
-
Asia
Australia braces for more cat losses as Esther threatens to re-intensify
Australian citizens and insurers are bracing themselves for another week of catastrophic losses as former Tropical Cyclone Esther tracks an…
-
Asia
Singapore government extends tax break for captives
The Singapore government has extended the tax break granted to captive insurance companies domiciled in the territory for another five…
-
Asia
Acceleration in coronavirus numbers hammers Asia-Pacific manufacturing figures
Leading economies in the Asia-Pacific region are feeling the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, as manufacturing figures in Japan and…
-
Asia
Australian catastrophes demand shift in emphasis from cleanup to prevention
The half-year results just published by two of Australia’s leading insurers – Suncorp and Insurance Australia Group (IAG) – show…
-
Asia
Coronavirus impact on supply chains felt by JCB and Alibaba
The regional and global supply chain impact from the coronavirus has rapidly shifted from potential to real, as leading Chinese…
-
Asia
Japan, Singapore and World Bank to back cat programme for low-income Asian nations
The governments of Japan and Singapore, along with the World Bank, are reportedly developing a natural catastrophe protection programme for…
-
Asia
Coronavirus: Financial firms warned of potential run on cash and cyber scams
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued an advisory for financial institutions to adopt additional measures and precautions to…
-
Asia
Asian commercial insurance prices rise by highest level in five years: Marsh
Commercial insurance pricing in Asia showed the highest increase in five years in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to…
-
Asia
Coronavirus provides ‘critical test’ of southeast Asia’s ability to reduce dependency on China
The coronavirus outbreak provides a critical test of the southeast Asia region’s ability to diversify global supply chains and reduce…
-
Asia
Coronavirus: Companies need to activate business continuity plans sooner rather than later, says Parima
The Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (Parima) has created a webpage for its members to keep them abreast of…
-
Asia
AM Best downgrades Pakistan’s Adamjee because of equity market volatility
Credit ratings agency AM Best has downgraded Pakistan insurer Adamjee Insurance Company because of a deterioration in the company’s risk-adjusted…
-
Asia
Coronavirus outbreak poses big challenges for Asia-Pacific risk managers as toll rises
Risk managers in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide need to brace themselves for a difficult start to 2020 as the…
-
Asia
Japanese insurers come under increased pressure over coal industry support
The pressure on Japanese insurers and wider financial services groups to pull their backing from the climate-damaging coal sector has…
-
Asia
MAS alerts financial institutions to cyber threat in Microsoft systems
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a warning to financial institutions of “critical vulnerabilities” in the Microsoft Windows…
-
Asia
Cyber risk tops AGCS Risk Barometer in Asia-Pacific, climate change on the rise
Cyber risk has perhaps unsurprisingly toppled business interruption (BI) as the number one risk for risk executives within the Asia-Pacific…
-
Asia
Gallagher adds to Asian capabilities with stake in leading Malaysian broker
AJ Gallagher, the global insurance broker, risk management services and consulting firm, has added to its global programme capabilities through…