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Increase in profits still too slow for Taiwan’s insurance industry

For a developed country, insurance penetration remains low at 1%.

Increase in profits still too slow for Taiwan’s insurance industry

For a developed country, insurance penetration remains low at 1%.

Top three things killing the insurance industry

Thanks to these threats, 54% of insurers had an ROE below their cost of equity.

How Emma transforms AXA Mandiri's digital strategies

Emma is an all-in-one digital platform that meets the customers' needs, from purchasing an insurance policy to booking gym classes.

Climate risk is burning billions and Asia remains vulnerable

In 2021, the largest recorded natural disaster in the region cost over $2b.

Women in insurance: What’s blocking the way to diversity?

Unconscious bias and ‘double shifting’ are just some of the known hurdles.

Why this SG-based fintech firm is ending the pen-and-paper era of financial advisors

GoalsMapper used its cloud-based platform to help financial advisors support 80,000 clients.

Why embedded insurance is cutting out the middleman

Without middlemen, insurance will get cheaper for consumers.

The life-changing ‘crash’ of PGA Sompo’s CEO

How a car accident propelled Fumihiko Harada to a career in insurance.

No man left behind: How insurtech is solving the underinsurance mess

Most problems in the industry seem to be ‘self-created’.

Time for a comeback? Hong Kong’s top 50 insurers show a 9.75% surge in assets

Health and wellness products still remain a priority for the industry.

AIA's smart calculator helps Singaporeans' figure out their financial weaknesses

The app calculates the personal financial satisfaction score based on the customer’s financial goals.

How YAS MicroInsurance puts a price on non-fungible tokens

They are one of the first insurtech firms to insure NFTs.

Singapore's top 50 insurance firms reveal 17.22% increase in assets

Digital dominance and healthtech helped them mitigate losses, Singapore Business Review found.

Great Eastern crafts insurance package for special needs children

Upon the parents’ demise, the payout from the insurance goes to the children’s SNTC trust fund.

Surer creates digital ecosystem for the siloed insurance industry

The startup wants a B2B2C environment with multiple parties bringing in different expertise.

How an insurtech firm plans to corner SEA’s digital insurance market

It offered the region a unique tech solution that analyses the driver's behaviour to determine motor insurance premiums.

The ABC’s of embedded insurance

A SOMPO executive discusses how this market is taking a slice of the insurance industry's $6.4t pie.