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Evolving solvency regimes create further opportunities for Asia insurers

12 March 2015 - Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc (NYSE:AON), has launched its Asia Pacific Solvency Regulation report for 2015 outlining the latest non-life solvency requirements for 20 countries/regions in the region.

Aimed at multi-national insurers and reinsurers, including firms looking to expand overseas, the report provides an understanding and benchmarking of the existing methodologies adopted by regulators. Asia Pacific has been identified as an area of growth and, as new capital flows in, companies will continue to take advantage of opportunities so a clear understanding of the status quo and future regulatory changes is very important.

The following 20 Asia Pacific countries and regions are included in the report:

Australia

India

Macau

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Papua New Guinea

Taiwan

China

Japan

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Hong Kong

Korea
(Republic of)

New Zealand

Singapore

Vietnam

Key findings from the report include:

The most significant change since last year: While regulatory evolution occurs throughout Asia, the introduction of China’s second-generation solvency regime C-ROSS (China Risk Oriented Solvency System) will impact both the fast-growing insurance market itself and beyond. Previously, solvency capital was only decided by an insurer's size but now it takes into consideration insurance/catastrophe, asset and credit risk, plus hard to quantify risks such as operational, reputational and liquidity risk

Upcoming trends: Asia Pacific is strengthening its solvency regulations. Markets such as China, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka are moving towards risk-based capital (RBC) while developed markets are bringing their existing RBC to a new level – for example Singapore’s introduction of RBC 2 and Japan moving towards an economic value-based solvency regime. Insurance companies need to meet the regulatory challenges, which would effectively motivate them to improve enterprise risk management.

Benchmarking comparisons that the industry can learn from: The Solvency II journey in Europe has greatly influenced markets that are developing new solvency regimes. The three pillar structure is being mimicked in China and Hong Kong, with Pillar 1 for quantitative requirement, Pillar 2 for qualitative requirement, and Pillar 3 for disclosures and information transparency.

Sifang Zhang, head of Aon Benfield Analytics’ Rating Agency Advisory team for APAC, commented: “The report is geared towards helping insurers drill down to the information that is most important for them. Many insurers and reinsurers are keen on identifying key strategic opportunities and at the forefront of this are the ASEAN countries. This region presents many opportunities due to currently low insurance penetration rates, fast-growing economies, an active infrastructure building and the forthcoming ASEAN Economic Community. Regulatory regimes are evolving quickly and risk-based capital regimes are already implemented in half of the countries. The report’s standard structure will enable easy comparisons to be made when insurers are making strategic decisions.”

 

Read the report: http://bit.ly/1B7vR0k

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Aon Benfield, a division of Aon plc, is the world’s leading reinsurance intermediary and full-service capital advisor. We empower our clients to better understand, manage and transfer risk through innovative solutions and personalised access to all forms of global reinsurance capital across treaty, facultative and capital markets. As a trusted advocate, we deliver local reach to the world’s markets, an unparalleled investment in innovative analytics, including catastrophe management, actuarial and rating agency advisory. Through our professionals’ expertise and experience, we advise clients in making optimal capital choices that will empower results and improve operational effectiveness for their business. With more than 80 offices in 50 countries, our worldwide client base has access to the broadest portfolio of integrated capital solutions and services. To learn how Aon Benfield helps empower results, please visit aonbenfield.com.

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Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services. Through its more than 66,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to empower results for clients in over 120 countries via innovative and effective risk and people solutions and through industry-leading global resources and technical expertise. Aon has been named repeatedly as the world’s best broker, best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary, best captives manager, and best employee benefits consulting firm by multiple industry sources. Visit aon.com for more information on Aon and aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon’s global partnership with Manchester United.

 

For further information: Alexandra Lewis +44 207 882 0541 alexandra.lewis@aonbenfield.com
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