Nicholas Pratt
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Asia
Lloyd’s targets Asia for cyber insurance demand
Lloyd’s CEO Inga Beale anticipates a “massive increase” in cyber insurance business across Asia this year. Lloyd’s currently has a…
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Asia
Aon Benfield’s Apac head to step down
Malcolm Steingold, head of Aon Benfield’s Asia-Pacific division, is to retire after a career spanning more than 35 years. No…
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Asia
Lloyd’s opens in India as results suggest tough renewals ahead for risk managers
Lloyd’s has officially opened its India branch and welcomed MS Amlin as its first underwriting syndicate. The ceremony, which took…
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Asia
New and more costly claims driving up liability losses: AGCS
Corporate risk managers are facing larger and more complex losses resulting from a growing number of liabilities than ever before,…
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Asia
Parima and WTW launch Risk Lab education initiative
The Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (Parima) has teamed up with broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) to launch a…
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Asia
Japan’s commercial quake insurance gap unlikely to narrow in short term: Fitch
Japanese corporates continue to be significantly underinsured for commercial earthquake risk, despite the large economic losses incurred in the March…
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Aviation
Lloyd’s continues expansion but must watch combined ratios and reserves
If the Lloyd’s insurance market is a decent yardstick for the state of the international commercial and specialty insurance and…
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Asia
ICA warns Debbie flood victims to be on alert for scammers
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has warned households and businesses affected by tropical cyclone Debbie and its aftermath to…
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Asia
Peak Re posts strong premium growth but higher combined ratio as soft market continues
Peak Re, the Hong Kong-based reinsurance group majority owned by China’s Fosun group, has reported strong growth in gross written…
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Asia
Local CEOs promote risk management at Parima’s Manila conference
The chief executives of two prominent Philippines corporates were the star speakers at the recent Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management…
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Asia
Asia contributes to 42% increase in insured global disaster losses in 2016
Insured losses from global disasters increased by 42% in 2016 to $54bn from $38bn, according to Swiss Re Institute’s sigma…
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Asia
APAC to lead insurance M&A deals: KPMG
Asia Pacific is predicted to be at the forefront of renewed mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity in the global insurance…
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Asia
Myanmar courts foreign insurers via Thilawa SEZ
Myanmar has stepped up its economic liberalisation efforts by opening up its special economic zone (SEZ) in Thilawa to international…
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Asia
Australia’s Insurance Council declares catastrophe in wake of Cyclone Debbie
A category four cyclone that hit the northeastern coast of Australia on Tuesday 28 March has led to mass evacuations…
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Asia
NZ: New AML law sparks privacy concerns
Banks in New Zealand will be obliged to disclose details of any international transactions over NZ$1,000 and domestic cash deals…
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Analysis & Opinion
The launch of the Risk Frontiers Asia 2017 survey
In 2016 we launched the inaugural Risk Frontiers Asia Survey. During the course of the year we interviewed more than…
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Asia
The keys to the kingdom – risk manager profile
One of the most notable traits of Asia’s growing risk management industry is the eclectic nature of its protagonists. It…
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Analysis & Opinion
Corporate whistleblowers call for protection and compensation
Protection for corporate whistleblowers is on the increase. For example, China and India have recently followed the US lead in…
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Asia
Insurance is too cheap, says Parima chairman
Franck Baron, chairman of the Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (Parima), has taken the unusual step of suggesting that…
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Asia
Seize the day – Parima interview
The current era of uncertainty is a great opportunity for Parima and its members to seize the initiative and demonstrate…