by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 24, 2026 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Geological hazards, which include rain-triggered landslides and mudslides, caused the highest proportion of fatalities and made up 60% of all disaster types, while typhoons caused the largest amount of direct financial damage, the ministry said. HONG KONG: China...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 12, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
The projected medical trend rate remains substantially above the forecast for APAC general inflation rate of 2.5%. After accounting for inflation, the net medical trend rate is expected to decline from 8.9% in 2026 to 7.2% in 2027. The decline in the regional trend...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 8, 2026 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
Adam Meyers, senior vice president of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, told reporters on a call on Thursday that this was an example of a human adversary leveraging AI agents to conduct widespread attacks. The suspect behind recent cyberattacks at South...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 9, 2026 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life
Last week, the National Financial Regulatory Administration published draft amendments to the Insurance Law. The first such revisions since 1995 propose tighter oversight of insurers’ shareholders, higher minimal capital thresholds, a wider scope of insurers that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 2, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Costs of insuring projects may also increase as the recent flooding events “are likely to make insurers more cautious and the market for hydropower risks may harden further,” said Benjamin Ng, Asia power leader for Aon The devastating deluge that swept through the...
