The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has partnered with International SOS to launch a mobile app that will allow users to certify they have Covid-19 antibodies and help consumers, workers and businesses resume commercial activity. The ICC AOKpass mobile app uses blockchain technology to enable individuals to store copies of medical certificates, for example evidence of having Covid-19 antibodies. This information can then…
The Covid-19 pandemic will deliver insured losses in the trade credit market, mainly from falling commodity prices, increased governmental intervention and rising insolvencies of businesses that do not have enough capital to withstand enforced closedowns or supply chain disruptions, according to the insurance team at law firm Kennedys in Singapore. The team, led by Julian Wallace, warns insurance company claims…
Marsh JLT Specialty has boosted its renewable energy team with the creation of new regional roles. Oliver Holme has been appointed to the newly created role of UK and US offshore wind leader. Mr Holme previously worked as lead risk and insurance specialist for a Danish utility. He will relocate to Boston from London early in 2021 and he will…
The Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (Parima) will host the first of a new series of online conferences for members today, focused on the risk management and insurance matters triggered by the Covid-19 virus. It has also confirmed its new schedule of conferences for the rest of this year and into 2021. Parima said that in such a “dynamic…
South Korea is the country with the highest exposure, of $66bn, from a prolonged slowdown in the Chinese economy caused by the coronavirus, according to analysis from UK-based risk management software and services company Russell Group. The group used a sample of historic first-quarter economic data for imports and exports to and from China and its scenario model outlines the…
Risk managers should stress test their insurance programmes to see how coverage may be triggered for losses caused by coronavirus (Covid-19), according to Franck Baron, group deputy director, risk management and insurance at International SOS, and chairman of the Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (Parima). Key lines that may be triggered by the impact of the virus include business…
The Singapore government has extended the tax break granted to captive insurance companies domiciled in the territory for another five years. Singapore is already the biggest captive centre in the Asia-Pacific region, with some S$1.1bn in premiums and more than S$4.5bn in captive assets under management. As part of its latest budget, the Singapore government revealed that the Insurance Business…
Leading economies in the Asia-Pacific region are feeling the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, as manufacturing figures in Japan and Australia slumped and South Korea’s exports to China fell – a key bellwether of the health of the regional economy. The gloomy manufacturing and export figures came as the World Health Organization reported on Sunday morning (23 Feb) central European…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued an advisory for financial institutions to adopt additional measures and precautions to prepare for a potential spike in cash withdrawals as people begin to panic about the spread of the coronavirus. The move follows the raising of the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition alert level from yellow to orange by the government…
Commercial insurance pricing in Asia showed the highest increase in five years in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to Marsh’s quarterly Global Insurance Market Index. Double-digit increases in property premiums were, however, compensated by liability prices still falling by up to 10% in some Asian countries. The Pacific region had the largest composite pricing increase in the index at…
