Asia Pacific insurance digest

This publication is dedicated to providing thought-provoking insights into some of the key strategic issues facing the insurance industry in Asia.

January 2008 January 2008
The articles in this editions are as follows: IFRS: Is Asia singing from the same song sheet?; Takaful: The Malaysia experience; The insurance sector in India: Poised for further liberalization and growth; Bancassurance around the globe; Dealing with unit pricing problems; Solvency II: Thinking for Asia's tomorrow

August 2006

The articles in this editions are as follows: The financial management of a life insurer in a fair value world, asbestos-related disease liabilities in Asia, proactive fraud detection for insurance, zddressing the challenges faced by the insurance finance function.


October 2005 (864kb)

The articles in this editions are as follows: Waking up to IFRS 4 insurance contracts: Is Asia ready to embrace the change?; managing transfer pricing risk in Asia: lessons from the Australian experience; designing the next generation of products; and fraudulent insurance claims.


February 2005 (815kb)

The articles in this editions are as follows: China and India: opportunities too big to ignore?; a practical approach to risk-based capital: quantifying asset risk in emerging economies; a practical approach to risk based capital: capital allocation in general insurers; European embedded value heralds a new era for financial reporting; will health insurance cure the Chinese patient?


April 2004 (1.19mb)

The articles in this editions are as follows: risk-based regulatory capital for life insurers; economic capital: at the heart of managing risk and value; value management in insurance companies; industry restructuring in Asia; and the Malaysian offshore insurance market.


August 2002 (999kb)

The focus of this edition is: mergers & acquisitions: deal evaluations Part 2.


March 2002 (418kb)

The focus of this edition is: succesful aquisition strategy development.