Mental health-related absences is a fast growing workforce challenge in Australia, with recent data showing that such absences have increased by 35% y-o-y to become a leading cause of employee long-term leave in organisations.
Fitch Ratings believes higher capital requirements will pressure Indonesia's insurers over the next two years, particularly smaller firms with weaker capital.
Arch Insurance Australia has promoted Mr Andrew Whitlock to the role of Head of Casualty.
Nearly 300,000 people may be living in areas at risk of flooding in the Nepalese, Indian, and Chinese areas of the Himalayas, according to a new research study. The study reveals that the total area covered by buildings within potential flood zones has increased by approximately 45% between 2016 and 2023.
The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) has released an exposure draft to revise its standard on risk management in takaful.
As of mid-September 2026, 16 insurance companies had issued 19 bonds in the national interbank bond market this year, eight more than during the same period last year. Total bond issuance amounted to CNY52.51bn ($7.83bn), an increase of CNY2.91bn year-on-year.
Risks over the last two decades have evolved from a largely singular consideration into a complex, interconnected challenge requiring greater coordination and collaboration across industries and stakeholders.
Writing participating products tends to "lead to a high capital drag due to long-term guarantees and smoothing obligations required to manage such business", according to Munich Re Head of Structured Solutions, SEA, Mr Sebastien Voon.
AXA Turkiye and AXA Climate have released its climate report, focussing on the central message that climate change should be understood not as a series of isolated natural disasters, but as an interconnected system of risks affecting water, health, agriculture, infrastructure, cities and the insurance sector.
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) private credit, while small at present, is entering a period of rapid expansion, says Moody's Ratings in a report on the growth of private credit in the region.