Commentary

Critical illness coverage penetration challenges: Understanding Singaporean Struggles and Solutions

Societal discomfort around discussions of illness and mortality contributes to a reluctance to confront the need for adequate insurance coverage among Singaporeans.

Critical illness coverage penetration challenges: Understanding Singaporean Struggles and Solutions

Societal discomfort around discussions of illness and mortality contributes to a reluctance to confront the need for adequate insurance coverage among Singaporeans.

Renewables push faces climate hurdles post-COP28

As the world advances towards net-zero, protecting our renewable assets from extreme climate events is vital.

Market Saturation and Competition: Obstacles in Singapore's Insurance Sector

There are five key challenges the Singaporean insurance landscape needs to address.

Digital Dilemma: Risk or Resilience?

Making data centres and telecommunications infrastructure more resilient to a wetter, hotter climate has never been more important.

Insurance’s role in the transition to a low-carbon global economy

There are three measures insurers can keep in mind whilst moving toward a sustainable future.

Is the tightening cycle the best for Singapore life insurers?

The truth is high or low-interest rates will not last forever. The key, instead, is how quickly insurers respond to rapid hikes and cuts, in their capital management and product pricing.

Cyber Insurance Can’t Do it Alone

Attention to Fundamental Security Practices Provides the Necessary Protection Against Disasters.

Redefining insurance over the next decade

Insurance providers must lay the transformation groundwork for innovation now.

The cost of insurance in a digital world

As more businesses grow their presence online, cyber insurance is slowly gaining traction.

HK insurers’ response to sustainability challenges

The effort to embrace and promote sustainability is not without challenges

Going hybrid is key for traditional insurers to rival insurTechs

Insurers stuck in traditional ways may find it hard to outclass these new disrupters.

How insurance companies in Asia can create meaningful customer experiences

Customer experience is a crucial area where growing insurance companies have an opportunity to stand.

Hong Kong insurers step up to seize opportunities in Greater Bay Area

Despite the challenges arising from the ongoing global pandemic, Hong Kong, with its expertise and massive capital flows in the insurance market, will always be the Asian hub for multinational insurers

Moving towards a “higher bottom line” in the insurance sector in Southeast Asia

Insurers in Southeast Asia are bullish about their growth prospects for 2022, despite lingering concerns about the potential impact of COVID-19 variants on overall business recovery and return-to-workplace strategies. But beyond ongoing efforts to adapt to the pandemic’s aftermath, insurance leaders are also confronted with multiple fundamental hurdles that could potentially derail their progress. 

Microinsurance: More than meets the eye for insurers

The impact of COVID-19 has exemplified the need to insure against individual and business risks of various kinds. At the same time, changing consumer behaviour is leading to varied demands of risk protection that are not limited to life, accident or health coverage.