Toa Re's Mizui: Some Asian Catastrophes Caught Reinsurers by Surprise

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Yoshimitsu Mizui, underwriting and planning manager, Toa Re, said losses from floods in Thailand and port explosions in China surprised some reinsurers more than an earthquake in Japan, an event that insurers better anticipated.

 

PhilNaRe's Hidalgo: Risk Based Capital Rules to Reshape Market

Augusto Hidalgo, CEO, Philippine National Reinsurance Corp., said new regulations that focus on solvency will force some Philippine insurers to make hard choices as they decide how to deploy and reinsure capital.
 

Indonesia Re's Sahusilawane: Reinsurance Sector in Transition

Frans Sahusilawane, president and director, Indonesia Re, said three Indonesian state owned reinsurers are becoming one. Expected new capacity and rules about capital should help the nation's insurance industry better handle catastrophies, he said.
 

A.M. Best Panel: Asian Reinsurers Work With Global Counterparts

John Andre, Robert DeRose and Moungmo Lee of the A.M. Best company reviewed current developments in the global reinsurance sector and examine how Asia-based reinsurers are using global relationships to support local markets.
 

JBA's Willis: Asia's River Basins Can Attract Accumulation Risk

Iain Willis, technical director, JBA Risk Management, said Asian insurers are showing greater interest in data on coastal flooding. High-profile river floods have highlighted the danger of concentrating industry in river basins, he said.
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