Insurance

China life insurance premiums to reach $665.7b in 2025

Thanks to the growing demand for protection-type life insurance products.

China life insurance premiums to reach $665.7b in 2025

Thanks to the growing demand for protection-type life insurance products.

Muang Thai Life and ZA Tech teams up to launch digital products

They aim to create a seamless and personalised experience for customers.

China Development Financial acquires China Life

The merger will form Taiwan’s second-largest financial holding corporation.

Corporate risks in Japan’s SMEs on the rise: survey

Despite seeing the increased risks, 30% of the SMEs are yet to take measures.

Great Eastern gives away more than S$400m gift credits

The credits are part of the insurer’s 113th-anniversary celebration.

Vietnam’s largest non-life insurer launches app that predicts future illness

Bao Viet Insurance has partnered with Hitachi to launch the app.

Australian insurers ready for regulatory reform: ICA

Insurers made ‘sweeping changes’ for the upcoming reforms, it said.

Hong Kong financial regulators to define premium financing standards

They plan to brief the industry and relevant stakeholders about the standards.

Tokio Marine abandons thermal coal mining

Key changes in the group's policies will exclude thermal coal mining in the future.

FWD General Insurance tops CX index in Hong Kong

The insurer first claimed the top spot in Forrester's 2019 rankings.

Insurtech Cover Genius bags $72m in Series C round

Sompo Holdings Asia led the round with an investment of $50m.

Pankaj Banerjee joins Manulife as Chief Distribution Officer for Asia

He will also be a member of the company's Global Leadership Team.

Munich Re appoints new senior regional exec 

Michaela Hannemann will be based in Singapore.

FWD files for US IPO

The pan-Asian life insurer is owned by Hong Kong billionaire, Richard Li.

Weaker economic recovery to mute Indonesia’s non-life insurance demand

AM Best predicts a negative outlook for the country’s non-life segment.

Japan direct written premiums to blow up to $323.6b by 2025

The country’s life insurance industry is growing at a CAGR of 1.4%.