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Japanese non-life insurers burned by fire premium losses
Insurance firms are bearing the weight of losses brought about by natural disasters.

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Asian life insurers' embedded value surged 19.2% to $480b in 2017
Insurance
5 weeks ago
South Korea led the region in terms of highest EV growth.
Vibrant Asian market to buoy insurance sector's investment in technology
EXCLUSIVE | Insurance
5 weeks ago
The growing economy bodes well for the insurance industry with the rising prominence of blockchain and AI.
Hong Kong insurers play the digital game by forging fintech and insurtech allies
EXCLUSIVE | Insurance
5 weeks ago
The challenge now has become full integration of technology with the insurance experience of customers.
MetLife Hong Kong's Lee Wood unveils a new holistic digital insurance platform
EXCLUSIVE | Insurance
5 weeks ago
He introduces MetLife Discovery, a first-of-its-kind tool that helps customers visualise their insurance needs.
Tighter oversight pushes Chinese life insurers premiums down 24% in H1
Insurance
5 weeks ago
Sales of short-term savings product were hit.
Singapore's CPF retains ninth spot in world's biggest pension funds
Insurance
5 weeks ago
It lagged behind South Korea's National Pension and China's National Social Security.
Indian banks urged to have cyber insurance
Insurance
7 weeks ago
Smaller banks have insufficient coverage which does not cover cyber heists.
Singapore's MediShield Life payouts hit $800m in 2017
Insurance
9 weeks ago
About 200,000 Singaporeans benefited from the payouts.
Regulatory tightening fails to cripple South Korean non-life insurers surplus growth
Insurance
9 weeks ago
Strong exposure to long-term saving and protection is expected to boost VNB.
India's national health insurance scheme embraces trusts
Insurance
9 weeks ago
Out of the 26 states, an overwhelming 20 are opting for trusts.

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RHB Bank ties up with Tokio Marine to roll out life insurance plan
5 weeks ago
The scheme has plans with premiums as low as $1.45.
AIA Singapore's VNB surges 22% to $178m in H1
8 weeks ago
The value of annualised new premiums also hit $290m.
Etiqa Insurance offers home-based medical exam for foreign domestic workers
8 weeks ago
The insurer has tied up with healthtech company Doctor Anywhere.
Ping An Insurance Group profit surges 34% to $8.45b in H1
8 weeks ago
The insurer was able to grow its retail customer base to 179 million.
Dai-ichi Life Insurance buys life unit of Australia's Suncorp for $540m
10 weeks ago
Australia represents an attractive market for Japanese insurers amidst shrinking markets back home.
Ping An eyes acquiring Prudential's Asian business
10 weeks ago
China’s deleveraging campaign has prompted the insurer to look for further growth engines.
Aviva SIngapore's life and health VNB surged 47% in H1
11 weeks ago
Growth was driven by the insurer’s financial advisory channel.
Etiqa Insurance Singapore rolls out home protection plan
15 weeks ago
In the event of a fire, policyholders can receive $3,668 cash allowance within the day.
Etiqa Insurance streamlines motor insurance claims process
15 weeks ago
The insurer claims to have slashed the approval time from as much as 2 days to 30 minutes.
RHB launches mobile app for motor insurance and road tax
19 weeks ago
Users can purchase motor insurance policies within three minutes.

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MSIG names Mack Eng as executive vice president for business development and digitalisation
ArgoGlobal appoints Michael Scala as chief underwriting officer, Asia Pacific
Peak Re appoints David V. Cabral as chief operating officer
Chubb appoints Stanley Wong as country president for Hong Kong, Taiwan & Macau
Peak Re makes new appointments to board of directors
State Street Corporation appoints Kamal Jandu as Asia Pacific head of insurance services

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