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Virtual insurer Bowtie cuts down product prices by half

This is done by cutting out insurance agents from the onboarding process.

Virtual insurer Bowtie cuts down product prices by half

This is done by cutting out insurance agents from the onboarding process.

Banker to insurer: Great Eastern’s Jimmy Tong recalls his journey

The two roles overlap when it comes to protecting clients’ assets

What an on-demand insurance product looks like

YAS MicroInsurance allows runners to be insured per kilometre, on the spot.

This former insurance outsider became one of Asia's top industry executives

Damien Green recently took the helm of Manulife Asia as its new chief.

What can blindside Australia’s growing general insurance industry

Natural catastrophe may hinder the potential CAGR of 6.4% through 2025, analysts warned.

Longer life is a potential financial nightmare for Singaporeans

This is the case for more than half of uninsured retirees.

How Qoala cuts policy issuance waiting period to 1 hour

Usually, it takes up to 14 days to process the initial insurance onboarding.

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’.