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25 July 2025 - by Heerak Basu, Clement Bonnet, Shamit Gupta, Richard Holloway, Farzana Ismail, Scott Chow, Chihong An, Wen Yee Lee, Takanori Hoshino, Philip Jackson
Embedded value rose 5% to 20% in several markets in Asia in 2024, while bond yields showed a mixed picture, according to our latest report on the region.
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04 September 2024 - by Subhash Khanna, Shamit Gupta, Anujeet Singh
Managed actuarial services offer insurance companies a practical, cost-effective solution for meeting reporting requirements.
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19 July 2024 - by Heerak Basu, Clement Bonnet, Shamit Gupta, Richard Holloway, Farzana Ismail, Scott Chow, Chihong An, Wen Yee Lee, Stephen H. Conwill, Philip Jackson
Insurers in Asia reported a general increase in embedded value and value of new business, reflecting the rebound of many economies.
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05 January 2024 - by Subhash Khanna, Shamit Gupta
We discuss how insurers can benefit from automation of the actuarial process, and how a combination of automation and outsourcing can help reduce costs.
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23 August 2023 - by Heerak Basu, Clement Bonnet, Shamit Gupta, Richard Holloway, Farzana Ismail, Wing F. Wong, Chihong An, Wen Yee Lee, Stephen H. Conwill, Philip Jackson
Insurers reported mixed embedded value (EV) results across Asia in 2022, increasing their investment return and discount rate assumptions, given higher bond yields.
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27 April 2023 - by Shamit Gupta, Subhash Khanna, Chong Wen Ang
We discuss some areas where IFRS 17 will likely require additional expertise to report financial statements for 2023.
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11 January 2023 - by Heerak Basu, Michael Daly, Richard Holloway, Wing F. Wong, Chihong An, Wen Yee Lee, Stephen H. Conwill, Philip Jackson, Clement Bonnet, Shamit Gupta
Insurance companies operating in Asia had mixed EV results in the first half of 2022.
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19 October 2022 - by Shamit Gupta, Milanthi Sarukkali
Outsourcing actuarial functions for legacy blocks frees up an insurer’s valuable internal resources, allowing it to focus more on core strategies.
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09 September 2022 - by Paul Sinnott, Heerak Basu, Michael Daly, Richard Holloway, Wing F. Wong, Chihong An, Wen Yee Lee, Stephen H. Conwill, Shamit Gupta
Largely positive results as lockdowns ease and interest rates rise, with EV growing by 7.6% year over year.
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15 July 2022 - by Subhash Khanna, Shamit Gupta
With changes to reporting standards and regulatory regimes – plus a challenging economy – insurers reconsider the outsourcing of core actuarial functions