As one of the countries most exposed to natural catastrophes (NatCat) such as earthquakes and floods, Indonesia’s relatively low insurance penetration has historically meant that the government must shoulder the lion’s share of losses. With earthquake and flood policies usually sold as standalone covers, a growing incidence of catastrophes has...
After taking over from the Indonesia Capital Market and Financial Institution Supervisory Agency, the new Financial Services Authority (OJK) is leading a regulatory overhaul of the sector. More aggressive than its predecessor, OJK is implementing new governance rules for underwriters and has set new premium tariffs and caps on commissions for...
While still small compared to its potential, Indonesia’s insurance market is attracting global underwriters and reinsurers. Only 6% the size of China’s market, according to SwissRe – at roughly Rp147trn ($14.7bn) in combined life and non-life premiums in 2012 – Indonesia’s market has sustained annual growth of over 20% in premiums and 26% in...
In the world’s most populous Muslim nation where over 85% of the population ascribes to the faith, Indonesia’s sharia-compliant insurance segment (takaful) remains marginal at a mere 3.9% of industry assets in 2012, according to a June 2013 report by rating agency Fitch. While proportionately small compared to neighbouring countries like...
As the government plans to begin reforming its social security system in 2014, private underwriters expect more profitable growth in health insurance. While there are five parallel schemes providing social security, some 37% of Indonesians, or around 88m people, have no health insurance and faced spiralling out-of-pocket medical expenses in 2012...
Indonesian authorities are making moves to liberalise commerce by leveraging existing bilateral and multilateral trade agreements and moving ahead with closer integration with traditional partners. While its trade policy has not always been consistent in its liberalisation in recent years, eliciting complaints through the World Trade...
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