Coverage of the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference
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.
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.
Greg Carter, managing director of analytics for EMEA and Asia-Pacific, AM Best, said risk-based capital regulatory systems generally give rise to a stronger insurance sector, although operating performance can lag in the short term.
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.
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.
