Rajagopalan Krishnamurthy examines the recent key regulatory changes concerning investment linked insurance products in India and the challenges and opportunities that they present for existing insurers and potential entrants to the market. Read article>>
Life insurance securitisation transactions are not widely understood in Asia. There are few such transactions and information on these transactions are not typically within the public domain. Although the growth of the life insurance securitisation market has been stymied somewhat by the 2008 financial turmoil, the potential benefits of securitisation however, are hard to ignore.
In this first of two articles, Choo Oi San gives a brief overview of life insurance securitisation and explains some of the terminology typically used. Read article>>
Interest in Family Takaful has been growing in recent years, due in part to being increasingly considered as an alternative financial tool to conventional insurance and not purely as a Sharia-compliant means of providing protection against adversity. But how does Family Takaful differ from conventional life insurance and how does this impact on the financial management of a Family Takaful business? These questions are addressed in this article by Mark Birch. Read article>>
Life Insurance Securitisation: Key Issues for Sponsors
Life insurance securitisation is still in its infancy in Asia. Few insurance professionals in the region would have actually been through the process of securitising a portfolio. In this article, Choo Oi San aims to provide insurance professionals with an understanding of the key issues that should be considered. This could apply equally to the corporate actuary or chief financial officer acting on behalf of the insurance company/pension fund from which the portfolio is to be securitised. Read article>>
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