Risk Management
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Indonesia adopts OECD’s revised corporate governance principles
The Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) has announced that it will adopt the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD)…
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Cyber and natural catastrophe risks top agenda in Singapore for 2016
Cyber and natural catastrophe risk will be a big focus for the Singapore risk and insurance market in 2016 as…
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WEF executives nervously watch China as it transforms to ‘new normal’
China’s financial vulnerabilities and the transition to what President Xi has called the ‘new normal’ were identified as big risks…
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Intangible risks fly up Asia Pacific risk agenda finds AGCS survey
Business interruption (BI), including supply chain disruption, remains the top worry for Asian risk managers according to Allianz Global Corporate…
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Ratification of TPP will see winners and losers claims credit insurer
If ratified by all members, the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP) could boost regional gross domestic product (GDP) by more than…
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Parima annual conference 2015
Parima held its second Annual Conference in Singapore in November, attracting more than 500 delegates to what has rapidly become…
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Captive growth accelerating in Asia Pacific despite continued soft market
The Asia Pacific captive market is expected to grow rapidly in the near future as companies across the region wake…
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Marsh expects ‘tremendous’ captive growth from China
Marsh Captive Management Solutions is the captive arm of the global broker and is the market leader with more than…
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Captive owners hope for proportional treatment under new rules
Many countries in the Asia Pacific region are currently working on Solvency II-style risk-based capital adequacy and reporting regimes for…
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Captive risks: Employee benefits yes, D&O not so sure
Panellists on the captive debate at the Parima conference were asked if Asia Pacific risk managers should consider the inclusion…
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Hong Kong hopes tax concessions will spark captive boom
Hong Kong has been keen to establish itself as a captive centre, particularly for mainland Chinese companies, for some time—with…
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Singapore will give captives proportional treatment: Menon
Good news for risk managers came last year as Ravi Menon, managing director at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS),…
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Labuan bullish about its ‘thriving’ captive business
The Labuan International Business and Financial Centre claims that it provides an “ideal ecosystem” for global companies to house their…
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Hong Kong market analysis
Hong Kong insurance market faces up to competition & low interest rates, Insurance sector needs to bridge talent gap and…
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Keep the focus
It perhaps will come as no surprise to readers of Commercial Risk Asia that business leaders in the region focused…
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IRM members ‘pessimistic’ about 2016 global risk profile
Cybersecurity, bribery, oil price and financial market fluctuations are among the main concerns of UK risk professionals as they look…
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Energy insurers needs to fill insurance gaps says Willis Towers Watson
Excess capacity in the energy insurance market should see insurers step-up and find risk transfer solutions to major risks they…
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Infrastructure recovery initiative launched for global cities
The Rockefeller Foundation, Veolia and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have announced an infrastructure recovery initiative designed to speed up economic…
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Business leaders see opportunities in societal risks
Societal risks require urgent action but also represent some of the biggest commercial opportunities, say business leaders polled for the…
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China fears overblown in Europe: S&P
Economists at Standard and Poor's (S&P) are optimistic about the prospects for Europe and the US, despite fears over the…