Falling premiums reflect surplus capital rather than lower exposure, PARIMA speakers said, as geopolitical, AI, climate and labour risks combine and compound.
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Single hyperscale AI campuses can carry total insurable values of US$20bn–50bn, beyond what one insurance placement can absorb, Howden says.
Underwriters are pricing the largest sites...
The deal adds broker-distributed home and contents cover to Canopius' Australian business, which accounted for more than 40% of its Asia-Pacific book in late 2025.
Insurance-linked securities, captives and other alternative capital structures are increasingly important tools for supporting Asia's rising infrastructure risk exposures, the regulator said.
Asia's commercial space sector is expanding faster than local insurance capacity, leaving operators reliant on overseas reinsurers as orbital congestion emerges as a new underwriting risk.
Malaysia is expected to expand its data centre capacity more than tenfold, ranking alongside India and Japan among the region’s fastest-growing AI infrastructure markets.
The Labuan-based reinsurer plans to deploy additional capital to fill capacity gaps left by competitors retreating from certain countries and regions amid a softening market.
