Viewpoint: Regulatory Proposals in Australia, Malaysia Reshape Reinsurance Strategies May 1, 2025 By Kanishka de Silva and Jeffrey Liew The regulatory landscape in the Asia-Pacific region is rapidly evolving, influencing insurers’ risk management and capital adequacy. Australia and Malaysia...
SCDOI Orders Atlantic Coast Life and its Reinsurer to Cease Writing in the State December 27, 2024 South Carolina regulators have ordered Atlantic Coast Life Insurance and its captive reinsurer, Southern Atlantic Re, to stop writing new...
Mutual Insurers Regain Some Global Market Share, but Threats Remain: Swiss Re August 3, 2016 Mutual insurance companies have gained back some of the global market share they lost due to demutualizations in recent years....
Best: Indonesia Insurers’ Reinsurance Buying Habits Could Affect Capital Ratios April 10, 2015 The purchase of reinsurance by Indonesian non-life insurers is high, which could have a significant effect on capital requirements and...
Lengthy Period of Low Interest Rates May Hurt Some European Insurers December 1, 2014 By Edward Evans One in four European insurers may struggle to meet promises to policyholders in a prolonged period of low interest rates,...
NAIC Working Group Recommends Bermuda as Qualified Jurisdiction November 14, 2014 By L.S. Howard A working group of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has recommended the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) for approval...
Korean Regulators: Insurers Must Boost Capital to Prepare for Aging Population October 30, 2014 By Kyungji Cho South Korea’s insurers have been told by regulators to boost capital to prepare for an aging population, with the United...
Reinsurance at Crossroads As New Factors Sweep Away Old Habits January 23, 2014 By Charles E. Boyle Part I – The Market in the Developed Economies A significant number of reinsurance treaties were renewed this month, heavily...