Neil Lloyd, Head of US Defined Contribution and Financial Wellness Research at Guy Carpenter-affiliate Mercer, spent the final two weeks of February in Asia and came back with some insights concerning the broader economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Read the article >> Click here to register to receive e-mail updates >> ... Continue Reading »
Asia Pacific
2020 Healthcare Predictions in Asia-Pacific: Looking Back to Look Ahead
Demand for healthcare in the Asia-Pacific region is growing rapidly. This is especially true given its rising aging population (the number of elderly people in Asia by 2030 will increase by 200 million, or 71 percent) and as governments continue to roll out ambitious universal health coverage schemes (which have been seeing recent success in countries such as India, the Phi ... Continue Reading »
Guy Carpenter Announces Appointment of CEO of Pacific Region
Guy Carpenter announced today the appointment of Jeff Saper as CEO of the Pacific region, with immediate effect. ... Continue Reading »
Review of Asia Pacific Insights on GC Capital Ideas
Here we feature recent stories covering the Asia Pacific region. Topics of focus include geography-specific perils such as potential water crises, and new approaches to managing life reinsurance arrangements. ... Continue Reading »
The South Asia Risks Landscape
The first step for stakeholders looking to build resilience in their region is to gain a holistic sense of the risk environment, its complexities and the way in which global and local risks intersect with one another. ... Continue Reading »
Asia Pacific 2019: Guy Carpenter Asia Pacific Rate-On-Line (ROL) Index Rose
The Guy Carpenter Asia Pacific Rate-On-Line (ROL) Index rose in 2019; this was the first time in nearly a decade that the index did not decline. Price increases were not uniform across the region, but were targeted toward cedents or even specific layers that suffered losses. Consequently, following Typhoon Jebi, which occurred in September 2018, price increases were significant ... Continue Reading »
2019 Asia Pacific Catastrophe Reinsurance Report
Guy Carpenter has released its 2019 Asia Pacific Catastrophe Reinsurance Report. The report reviews property catastrophe cover trends; market conditions, including losses and pricing; and catastrophe events in each of the major Asia Pacific countries during 2019. The Executive Summary of the report highlights key findings, including discussion of the various catastrophe ... Continue Reading »
Environmental Risks Are the Leading Concerns for Doing Business Across East Asia and the Pacific
Results from the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Executive Opinion Survey indicate that environmental risks are the leading concerns for doing business across East Asia and the Pacific, with “natural catastrophes” ranking first and “extreme weather events” ranking fifth. The concerns about “natural catastrophes” were heavily driven by responses from Japan and New Zealand, where they ... Continue Reading »
CAT-i Bulletin: Super Typhoon Hagibis
Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan as a category-2 on the Izu Peninsula in the Shizuoka Prefecture on October 12 around 7 PM local time. Large stretches of the country were hit by strong winds and torrential rainfall, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings and advisories affecting all prefectures in the Honshū, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkaido Islands. The highest ... Continue Reading »
Chart: Guy Carpenter Asia Pacific Property Catastrophe Rate-on-Line Index 1990 – 2019
The Guy Carpenter Asia Pacific Rate-On-Line (ROL) Index rose in 2019; this was the first time in nearly a decade that the index did not decline. Price increases were not uniform across the region, but were targeted toward cedents or even specific layers that suffered losses. ... Continue Reading »
