Coverage of the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference
Steve Arora, chief executive officer, Axis Re, said events across the globe can affect overall profitability of catastrophe coverage.
Scott Ryrie, co-CEO, AM Best Singapore, said Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and other Asian locales have shown growing demand for ratings.
Graham Clark, chairman, Asia Affinity Holdings, said Japanese life and non-life insurers have been following a strategy of building and acquiring business outside of Japan.
Third-party capital, once seen as a threat to the traditional market, is now being embraced, AM Best said during AM Best's 2019 Market Briefing at the 16th Annual Singapore International Reinsurance Conference.
Angela Kelly, Singapore country manager, Lloyd's, said changing lifestyles and risk environments mean insurers must identify new types of risk and match them to coverage.
