Singapore

Speaking at the 19th Singapore International Reinsurance Conference yesterday, Ravi Menon, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), explained that insurance-linked securities (ILS) are a critical tool that can unlock capacity for the sizeable protection gaps that exist in Asia.

This video features the final session of the day at our Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, a panel discussion with experienced insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment managers on the state of the market, in Asia Pacific and globally, as well as giving their ILS outlook.

This video features another panel discussion from our Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, a session focused on public sector and sovereign risk transfer schemes and the use of catastrophe bonds and capital markets capacity.

This video features another session of the day at our Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, a keynote speech by Yusuke Kikuchi, Managing Director at Aon Securities (Japan) on catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) activity in the Asia Pacific region.

This video features the sixth session of the day at our Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, a panel discussion focused on corporate risk, with reference to risk managers in the Asian region, and the potential for insurance-linked securities (ILS) to play a role in transferring their risk.

This video features the fifth session of the day at our recent Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, a fireside chat discussion with William Ho, the CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific, and Head of Reinsurance (Asia) for MS Amlin.

This video of the fourth session of the day at our recent Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, features a panel discussion about insurance-linked securities (ILS) related developments in Singapore, with its ILS regulatory regime and the future opportunity there.

Delivering a welcome speech this morning at the Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference in Singapore, Cheng Khai Lim, Executive Director, Financial Markets Development Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), highlighted the need for greater structuring and deal capabilities in Asia, as Singapore continues to streamline its insurance-linked securities (ILS) regulatory regime.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme in Singapore has been a significant help in the country attracting catastrophe bonds and other ILS activity and it has now been extended by a further three years, to run until the end of 2025.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) deal flow in Singapore has been increasing, showing that the market is gaining in confidence in Singapore’s ILS regime, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Board Member Alvin Tan has said, also explaining that expansions to the ILS regulations are coming.