Asia Affinity's Clark: Japanese Insurers Extend Reach Throughout Asia, the World

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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.

 

Axis Re's Arora: Asia Is a Local Market, Except When It Comes to Catastrophes

Steve Arora, chief executive officer, Axis Re, said events across the globe can affect overall profitability of catastrophe coverage.

 

Lloyd's Kelly: Insurers Must Sharpen Focus on Coverage of Intangible Risks

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.

 

NMG's Prichard: Technology Advances Are Set to Bring Exponential Change

Mark Prichard, chief executive officer, NMG Consulting, said insurers in countries such as China and South Korea are demonstrating tech-based innovation, but those developments have been slow to develop in many other markets.

 

RMS' Woodhouse: Japan Storms Stress Supply Chains, Business Interruption

Andy Woodhouse, managing director, Asia-Pacific, RMS, said 20% to 30% of Japan's economy is based on technology and dependent on complex supply chains.

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