Best's special report at Asia-Pacific's insurance market

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<abstract displayLabel="Summary">This report examines the life and non-life market in the Asia-Pacific region since the start of the global financial crisis. Highlights include: life insurance companies with large blocks of business offering mininum guarantees or high credited interest rates on older business have been impacted most; in the nonlife market, low interest rates present another challenge in the current underwriting cycle characterized by intense price competition </abstract>
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<text>issue 49, 17 november, 2009 ; [2 p.]</text>
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