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SIRC 2024

Coverage of SIRC 2024
11 November 2024
SIRC 2024 reflections: Living in a world of ‘accelerated risk’
08 November 2024
Asia's insurers risk being left behind due to data quality hurdles
07 November 2024
New SRA Chair outlines vision for sustainable reinsurance industry
06 November 2024
SIRC 2024: Reinsurance inefficiencies make it ripe for AI disruption
06 November 2024
Munich Re's Kassow urges risk carriers to take more active role in MGA growth
05 November 2024
(Re)insurance needs to overhaul image to woo new blood: SIRC panel
05 November 2024
Data 'separates good from less good' says Swiss Re CEO
04 November 2024
MAS to pilot differentiated risk capital treatment for insurer investments into green infrastructure
30 September 2024
Global (re)insurance leaders to convene at the 20th SIRC

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Video overview

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General Insurance

Unrivalled journalism that provides insight into key developments across Asia Pacific's GI market.

Specialty

Deep dives and insight on speciality insurance lines including the Lloyds market.

Life & Health

Updates across the entire life, accident & health value chain including strategy, initiatives, and product developments.  

Emerging risks

In-depth features and expert insight on the key and developing risks throughout the region.

Regional opportunities

Market reports, industry commentary, mergers & acquisitions, data visualisations, and strategic developments: a toolbox of context to help you consider your next strategic move.

Data journalism

Data-driven stories which illustrate key topics and complex issues.

Regulatory

Coverage on prudential and market regulations, with a specific focus on upcoming rules and how the industry is transitioning.

Competitor intelligence

Crucial insight into company strategy and invaluable industry perspectives from senior leaders throughout APAC.

ESG

The latest industry commitments to ESG,  including the decarbonisation of underwriting portfolios; launches of social initiatives; and what comes next after the decline of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance.

Tech & digitalisation
Insight on data and technology issues affecting insurance throughout the entire life cycle, from the enablement of distribution channels to back-end operational improvements.
M&A

Insight on the most exciting and most important M&A deals across the region.

Legal

Key legal battles and court decisions, including industry context.

Macro issues
Insurance-relevant context on key global issues such as inflation, the interest rate environment, banking contagion, and the war in Ukraine​.
People moves

Senior personnel moves across APAC, ​with accompanying career and role context.

Expert insight

“Japan is likely to remain the focus of AIR activity in Asia but the problem is it’s difficult to assess the impact of rate rises because we don’t know what individual companies have done with their ALM.”

Greg Solomon
Greg SolomonActuarial Consultant
“In the absence of a satisfactory response the insurers are reluctant to offer coverage and capacity.”

Ajay Agarwal
Ajay AgarwalDivisional Director at BMS

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(Re)in Asia Features

  • Aerial view of a modern city skyline at dusk with tall glass skyscrapers, green parks, and illuminated streets; Data Insight logo in the bottom-right corner.
    Health drives China non-life gains, but life fall tips May premiums into decline
  • Port scene at sunset with red gantry cranes, stacked shipping containers, and a container ship; mountains in the distance.
    Hong Kong GI direct premiums rise 4.2% in Q1 as underwriting profit more than doubles
  • Crowded railway platform with hundreds of commuters walking beside a stationary train under a shelter on a busy station.
    Group schemes drive India's 16.6% life insurance premium growth in Q1 FY2027
  • Illustration of a mountain with a flag for 2026 and a path leading to a summit with a flag for 2028.
    Indonesian insurers on track for end-2026 capital rules, but 2028 poses bigger test
  • Sunset over the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train bridge in India.
    India's GI premiums accelerate 16% in June as health, motor and PA expand

(Re)in Asia Data and Data Journalism
04 August 2026
Health drives China non-life gains, but life fall tips May premiums into decline
Total industry premium income fell 1.5% to CN¥457.83bn (US$67.6bn), the first annual decline of the year.
03 August 2026
Australian private health cover reaches 45.6% of population, highest since 2017
Six straight years of gains have recovered about half the ground lost since 2014, when take-up peaked at 47.3%.
31 July 2026
Japan joins Asia's commercial rate downturn while Vietnam bucks trend in Q2 — Marsh
A run of commercial insurance rate growth in Japan came to an end as regional downward rate pressure continued across Asia.
31 July 2026
Kumamoto earthquake losses expected to be "relatively lower" than 2016 event, says Aon
Estimates from across the broker and ILS market point the same way, with losses expected to fall short of the quakes that struck the same prefecture a decade ago.
30 July 2026
Hong Kong GI direct premiums rise 4.2% in Q1 as underwriting profit more than doubles
Pecuniary loss, a class dominated by mortgage guarantee business, delivered around 63% of the onshore market's undiscounted underwriting result, while offshore ships premiums rebounded amid war-risk repricing.

(Re)in Asia Analysis
30 July 2026
APAC nat cat risks remain high despite low H1 losses – Munich Re
Regional losses of US$8.7bn in H1 came in at about a quarter of the 10-year average, but the reinsurer says strengthening El Niño conditions leave Japan, Korea, Greater China and Australia exposed through the rest of the year.
27 July 2026
APAC ransomware activity hits record even as cyber rates keep falling: Howden
Behind the softer pricing lies a market propped up by excess capacity, with the report warning that a retreat by just a handful of dominant reinsurers could trigger a rapid reversal.
22 July 2026
Regulation and investment income keep South Korea's non-life outlook stable despite weaker underwriting: AM Best
Claims pressure from the end of the 2024 medical strike and years of motor rate cuts is pushing the strongest insurers abroad in search of new growth.
20 July 2026
Asia Pacific MGAs draw stronger investor interest as buyers prioritise profitability – Guy Carpenter
Top-performing MGAs are attracting premium valuations as international insurers increasingly consider fronting models to access Asia-Pacific markets.
17 July 2026
Cyber insurers face profitability crossroads as soft market persists: S&P
Reinsurers are expected to remain the main buffer for rising cyber accumulation risk as the market moves closer to a pricing turn.

People moves

Nicholas Tan and Daniel Teoh, leaders in Singapore's health and benefits, at WTW.
Prantika Sengupta, appointed as director of marine claims at Tysers in Singapore.
Sydney skyline with skyscrapers and Harbour Bridge at sunset, Australia.
Marilyn Lim, claims handler at Hydor, in Singapore with city skyline background.
Stephen, Indonesia CEO, appointed by Aon, in front of Jakarta skyline.
Circular portrait overlaying a modern city skyline with tall buildings and light trails; includes a purple 'wtw' logo in the top-left.

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The renewable energy shift creates a complex risk landscape for APAC insurers. This whitepaper examines the potential for reinsurance pools to reduce risks linked to the region's transition.

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