Thailand

Marine market favourable for buyers despite losses

Conditions in the marine insurance market remain generally favourable to buyers, despite a series of natural catastrophes and other significant losses since the beginning of 2011, according to a report from Marsh.

Q&A with DAC Beachcroft's Steven Dewhurst

DAC Beachcroft appointed Steven Dewhurst as an insurance partner in its Singapore offices in January with the aim of expanding its international network. Francesca Nyman spoke to him six months into the role to find out about the issues affecting the…

Asia’s next big growth market

Asia-Pacific is still very much the place to be in insurance terms but as Jenni Marsh reports the less traditional markets, outside of China and Japan, are expected to be the real growth stories in the coming years.

Local insurers return to Thailand flood market

Local insurers in Thailand are increasing their appetite for flood risk and reducing their dependence on the government's Catastrophe Insurance Promotion Fund, according to the fund's chairman Payungsak Chartsuthipol.

Q&A with RSA's Phil Bulgin

Despite media coverage of Asia's restrictive and sometimes protectionist regulatory regimes, the markets remain appealing to foreign insurers. Philip Bulgin, RSA's head of mergers and acquisitions in emerging markets, spoke to Francesca Nyman about Asian…

China is world's worst for flood risk

China has been ranked as the world's top flood risk zone in a report by Swiss Re, ahead of fellow emerging economies Brazil, Rusia and India, The Taipei Times reported.

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