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5 November 2025ReinsuranceAditi Mathur

Affordability, not insurability, is now the real crisis: Munich Re warns Asia

Climate losses are rising, and insurance isn’t keeping up. The real question isn’t whether risks are insurable – but whether societies can afford protection at all. That’s the compelling argument of Munich Re’s Roland Eckl, chief executive of Australasia, Greater China, MENA, Africa.

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