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Sun Life signs MoU with Community Chest

The insurer has pledged S$500k to help promote diabetes awareness and mental wellness.

Sun Life signs MoU with Community Chest

The insurer has pledged S$500k to help promote diabetes awareness and mental wellness.

Manulife appoints new chief customer officer for Hong Kong and Macau

The new chief has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry.

Swiss Re Group CIO steps down after 25 years

His retirement will be effective on 31 March 2023.

Insurance firm oligopoly holds 86% of Japan’s net premium income

Net premium income for all business lines in 2021 reached $62b.

Hong Kong extends temporary facilitive measures until 2023

The extension was supposed to end by 9 September 2022.

FWD delays IPO until 2023

The string of delays was caused by unstable market conditions.

Prudential launches SME medical and employee benefits app

The app lets employees and HR teams access to insurance services.

Manulife Singapore unveils IBF-certified training programme for financial professionals

It is the first insurance firm in Singapore to offer IBF-certified programmes across three levels.

Japanese insurers urged to narrow the scope of COVID-19 benefits

The advice comes from the Life Insurance Association of Japan.

MSIG launches partnership with Klook to offer TravelCare

TravelCare has over 25 benefits and three different plans to choose from.

Almost 7 in 10 in India say health insurance policies are too difficult to understand

60% of patients put off going to the doctor because of a lack of health cover.

Hong Kong life insurance industry revenues dip by 3.3%

New business premiums from Mainland China visitors surged by 150%.

Chubb taps Sun Life Singapore ex-CEO as Hong Kong president

She is tasked with the integration of Cigna’s assets into Chubb Hong Kong.

Married people have the most insurance literacy rate in Hong Kong; survey

They are followed by mature working adults, with the youth as the least literate.

Profit crash continues in July for Taiwan’s general insurance industry

The industry suffered a 466.7% YoY fall in pre-tax profits.

WTW names former AIA senior exec as new Head of Distribution Advisory

Prior to WTW, he was the CEO of Fortune Life Insurance.