Vipal Durge is Features Editor at (Re)in Asia, covering the deals and corporate strategy reshaping Asia Pacific insurance. Areas of specialty include M&A and market consolidation, insurer results and underwriting performance, and regulatory decisions across Australia, Japan, India and Southeast Asia.
Life & Health reinsurance business emerged as an increasingly important earnings driver in the first half, as the group posted higher profits and appointed a new division chief.
Advantage is shifting from insurers competing on price to those combining agricultural expertise, analytics and flexible capital, says Swiss Re's Chandan Verma.
