What a month it has been for product liability issues. A California jury decided in a federal court this week that Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in…
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Reinsurance renewals in Japan on April 1 could see rate increases of as much as 25% on catastrophe programmes, according to some in the market, but there are also concerns…
Heng An Standard Life, a joint venture between Edinburgh-headquartered Standard Life Aberdeen and Tianjin TEDA International, has been granted permission to establish a pension insurance company in China. Article by…
Thousands of people are being evacuated in Northern Australia as the region braces for two cyclones to make landfall at the weekend. The Northern Territory’s chief minister Michael Gunner said…
South Korea’s financial regulations are hampering insurers’ efforts to secure a next growth engine. Article by Asia Insurance Review
Kent Chaplin, former chief executive for Lloyd’s in Asia Pacific, has joined Virginia-headquartered DXC Technology as global head of sales, reinsurance and specialty. Chaplin, a well known market figure in…
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has highlighted new life insurance data on mental health as part of a four-year, industry funded data project at its annual Life Insurance Conference in…
The government needs to do much more to support the industry, even if it is in terms of implementing existing laws, according to Mr Abdul Waheed, CEO of Askari General…
General insurers should put in place a robust system to register all requests of individual crop loss assessment, said the IRDAI. Article by Asia Insurance Review
North Queensland’s federal seat of Herbert (which includes Townsville) is Australia’s most flood-prone electorate, according to the latest Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) research. The analysis reveals Australia’s 20 most…