Two senior members of Tilleke & Gibbins’ Yangon office were recently interviewed about the legal and regulatory aspects of conducting reinsurance business in Myanmar by the Asia Insurance Review —the premier and insurance industry magazine for the Asia Pacific region.

In light of recent moves to open the Myanmar insurance sector to foreign investment, the interview with Nwe Oo, attorney-at-law, and Dr. Ross Taylor, counsel, discusses the current shape of the insurance market in Myanmar and the regulatory framework in which it operates. Although both the industry and regulatory regime are currently at an early stage of development, the outlook is optimistic as legislation begins to take shape and foreign investors begin to take serious interest in entering a market once known as “the least insured economy in Asia.”

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