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A national adaptation plan produced for the government of south Pacific island nation Samoa calls for scaling up of parametric protection across the region, as well as for existing risk pools to cover more perils, while also suggesting a regional catastrophe bond should be planned to provide risk capacity in future.

As insurance-linked securities (ILS) continues to diversify and expand across Asia, MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global insurer and reinsurer, remains committed to supporting the ongoing development of the market across the region, according to William Ho, CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific.

While the Asia region is expected to see steadily increasing activity in catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS), Fitch Ratings believes the participation of regional investors needs to increase, while continued development of regulatory frameworks and local expertise is also required.

Despite being home to a high frequency of natural catastrophes, re/insurance penetration remains low across much of Asia, but as risk accumulation and demand for protection rises, there’s an opportunity for the catastrophe bond market, according to Peak Re’s CEO, Franz-Josef Hahn.

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.

Reinsurance companies in the Asia Pacific region can leverage insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative capital to capture hardening market opportunities and become more competitive with their global peers, rating agency AM Best has advised.

To the reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, earthquake risk is one of the biggest peril threats in the world and one that the market can’t be complacent about, according to Paul Wilson, Head of Non-Life Analytics at Securis Investment Partners.

After several years of rate and term improvements, notably in the property catastrophe arena, there are signs the market is levelling off. But generally, returns in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market remain attractive, according to industry experts.