Gigi Wong is Contributing Editor at (Re)in Asia, covering the regulation and capital stories shaping Hong Kong and Greater China insurance. Areas of specialty include insurance regulation, reinsurance and insurance linked securities, and life and high net worth markets across the Asia Pacific.
Grid constraints, curtailment and congestion were cited as a growing operational concern by 85% of respondents, 23 percentage points ahead of any other risk.
Executives dismissed concerns over Beijing's tax treatment of offshore policies, pointing to wealth diversification rather than tax as the draw for mainland Chinese buyers.
AXA Global Private is banking on its group-wide specialty capabilities to carve out a niche in a segment where rival carriers are already fiercely competing for wallet share.
Group’s record 2025 results set the stage for a pivotal year ahead, as the pan-Asian life insurer bets on AI, expansion across China’s provinces, and deepening wealth partnerships.
Reinsurers compete aggressively for APAC business as record capital levels and benign loss experience drive double-digit rate reductions across the region.
China Taiping finds itself on both sides of the claims ledger following Hong Kong's deadly Tai Po fire, with its reinsurance subsidiary among three confirmed reinsurers backing the group's primary insurance...
