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Development of Indonesia’s energy sector to meet rapidly rising demand and sustain economic growth is arguably the most daunting challenge facing the administration of President Joko Widodo. A combination of economic growth, increased urbanisation and cheap energy supplies, resulting from fuel and electricity subsidies, have all led to sharp...

Life insurance which has been the largest component of Indonesia’s insurance industry in recent years, recorded a significant decline in revenues in 2015. According to the Indonesia Life Insurance Association (AAJI), in the first nine months of 2015 the life insurance segment saw revenues decline by 26.3% in total, on the back of a 152.7% drop...

Despite some downward pressure in 2014-15 – in part, due to volatility in the mining and energy sectors – Indonesia’s insurance sector has experienced strong growth in recent years and premiums are expected to increase by a double-digit margin in 2016, according to a forecast by the Association of General Insurance Companies in March 2016. The...

With strong premiums growth in recent years, a liberal investment environment and a low penetration rate, Indonesia’s insurance sector is poised for a period of rapid expansion. A slight market slowdown in 2013-14 – due in large part to regional economic volatility – appears to have reversed course in the first half of 2016, with positive...

As the most populous Muslim country in the world, Indonesia is in a unique position to provide sharia-compliant financial products and services to its citizens and to an international customer base.

In recent years authorities at the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) and government officials have made a concerted effort to attract new listings to the country’s bourse. With 529 total listed companies as of the first half of 2016, the IDX is among the smallest exchanges in the region by number of market participants, despite Indonesia’s...