With limited local underwriting capacity, larger risks have traditionally been ceded offshore. The limited capacity of the four local reinsurers has stunted efforts to domesticate more risk, leading to volatile rates. Consolidating and developing reinsurance capacity will thus be crucial to future efforts to develop the industry, while higher...
Even without clarity on foreign investment, the Indonesian property market is strong and on a sound footing. Demand, especially from end users, is robust, the macroeconomic situation is relatively good – growth rates are high and inflation is low – and direct investment is at record levels.
The global insolation map has three notable patches: one in western Australia, another in the south-western US, and the last stretching from Algeria across North Africa all the way to Saudi Arabia. It is in these regions where the most sun hits the ground, creating the greatest potential for solar energy. The large swatch in the Middle East and...
While life insurance has outperformed the overall market, both domestically and regionally, for a decade, heavy reliance on investment-linked products reveals the sector’s bias towards savings rather than outright protection. A sustained inflow of foreign underwriters, who now dominate the sector, has highlighted the segment’s strong growth...
The country has pursued openness for years, lowering tariffs and working to follow the letter and spirit of its World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments. Until the mid-1980s, the country had charted a protectionist course, which was successful and was followed in 1985 by a period of aggressive liberalisation. The tariff rate (simple mean, most...
The electronics retail market in Indonesia is crowded. Many players, raging from well established public companies in the fanciest of malls to no-name kiosks in disorderly low-end shopping centres vie for handset, tablet and accessory sales. The market is highly competitive and rapidly consolidating. Weaker players are being marginalised and will be...
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