The Edge Malaysia highlights insurability as a strategic business priority for Asia

Insight

1 minute

29 September 2025

The Edge Malaysia recently highlighted our report -  The Insurability Imperative when examining the rising challenge of insurability across Southeast Asia. The article spotlights the region's particular vulnerability to climate shocks and the implications for investment, infrastructure development and long-term economic resilience. 

The Edge reinforces a key takeaway: insurability is emerging not just as a technical insurance question, but as a strategic marker of competitiveness for governments and businesses across the region.

As a key case study, The Edge points to Malaysia's major infrastructure and industrial developments, including the East Coast Rail Link and the rapid build out of data centres in Johor as examples of projects whose progress depends heavily on robust insurance frameworks. These cases show that in Southeast Asia insurability is emerging as a key driver of investment readiness, economic resilience and long-term growth.

Read the full article on The Edge Malaysia website. 

In today’s climate-disrupted world, the question for business and government leaders is no longer “Will this be insurable in the future?” but rather, “What will it take to make it so?”