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Outstanding insurers recognised at the 7th Insurance Asia Awards

These companies have made worthwhile contributions to the advancement of the insurance industry in the Asia Pacific.

Outstanding insurers recognised at the 7th Insurance Asia Awards

These companies have made worthwhile contributions to the advancement of the insurance industry in the Asia Pacific.

Great Eastern profits surge 11% to $365.5m for H1 2022

Shareholder profits, however, declined 25%.

Taiwan insurers cough up over $1b in COVID-19 claims

Some insurers took to selling properties to increase cash reserves.

Singaporean woman faces jail time for fake travel insurance claims

Her fraudulent insurance claims amounted to more than $10k.

Nat cat will to hurt Australian property insurers profit margin: analyst

Increasing claims have pushed property insurers' loss ratio to 84.6%.

Sun Life launches program to build “multi-generational” advisory force

Under the Agency Legacy program, advisors are encouraged to recruit members of their family.

Positive experience boosts Hong Kong’s retirement mastery index score

The city’s score went up from 4.8 to 61.1 in the Sun Life Retirement Mastery Index.

Taiwan general insurance industry pre-tax profits plummet by 484.4% in June

The life insurance industry's pre-tax profit drop however slowed down to 17.3%.

Malaysia passes bill for insurance cover for housewives

Three million housewives would benefit from the cover.

Manulife rolls out upgrades for Cashless Day Surgery eService

Categories for surgeries covered are increased to 70.

Japanese insurers sells heatstroke insurance

Brutal heatwave saw more than 14,000 treated for heatstroke by end June.

Policybazaar IT system suffers breach

However, the firm said that no significant customer data was exposed.

NTUC Income launches hackathon to reimagine future of insurance in blockchain

The event is supported by Plug and Play APAC and Amazon Web Services.

AXA Hong Kong joins Priceless Planet Coalition

It will be the first insurance partner.

Hong Kong Life adopts iAM Smart for secure online services

Customers can use their fingerprints to access their insurance online services.