Asia is highly exposed to natural catastrophes and the resulting natural catastrophes.

Insurance markets are relatively soft in most areas with prices stable or softening and the insurers and reinsurers have been reporting healthy profits. But capacity for some risks and regions remains difficult to secure in the most exposed areas making the completion of insurance programmes difficult to achieve for many.

This session will ask what could and should the insurance sector be doing to work with national governments and transnational bodies such as the World Bank, ASEAN, IFC and the like to tackle this protection gap.