OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week’s edition of BestWeek Asia/Pacific looks at the efforts of India’s Reliance Life to tap capital markets for private equity, a move that may foreshadow a rush of insurers in the country to list shares.

A.M. Best Co.’s BestWeek Asia/Pacific is a multimedia online digital newsletter for insurance professionals. The 29 September edition is available at www.bestweek.com/bwap092909.html or by visiting www.bestweek.com.

This week’s edition also examines the efforts of regulators in the Asia-Pacific region to adopt risk-based solvency standards along the lines of Europe’s Solvency II.

The edition includes audio interviews with Jason Sadler, a managing director with HSBC Insurance, on his company’s business development in Hong Kong; David Lightfoot, managing director of Guy Carpenter Instrat, on solvency rules; and Sam Ghosh, chief executive officer of Reliance Capital, on Reliance Life’s capital-raising plans.

Video reports include a review of the A.M. Best Stock Indexes for Asia/Pacific, Global Brokers and Global Reinsurers and video news updates.

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