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Surer creates digital ecosystem for the siloed insurance industry

Surer creates digital ecosystem for the siloed insurance industry

The startup wants a B2B2C environment with multiple parties bringing in different expertise.

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The ABC’s of embedded insurance

A SOMPO executive discusses how this market is taking a slice of the insurance industry's $6.4t pie.

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Under the hood of Singapore’s first AI-powered pay-per-km car insurance

The Carro IQ device uses data analytics to easily calculate the vehicle’s lifespan.

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China life insurance premiums to reach $665.7b in 2025

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

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Australian insurers ready for regulatory reform: ICA

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

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

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

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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%.

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Motor insurance leads S.Korea’s general insurance industry in 2020

The motor insurance segment grew by 11.7% in 2020.

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How digital insurer Blue is revolutionising Hong Kong’s stagnant insurance industry

For CEO Charles Hung, one way to break free of the misconceptions about insurance is through gamification.

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Digital transformation to improve Korean insurance

Analysts, however, warn that this may increase competitive pressure.

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Pandemic boosts APAC’s insurance giants 2020 performance: analyst

The top 20 insurance firms reported an aggregated premium of $821.4b.

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Asia to lead the charge to insurance industry’s digitalisation

Its less mature commercial insurance market is actually an asset, Concirrus’ executive reveals.

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How South Korea insurers ended a 4-year low of direct written premiums

Insurers registered a 4.1% growth in 2020 for the first time since 2016.

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Health insurance important driver in Malaysia's non-life market growth: analyst

Stable outlook is also projected for Malaysia’s non-life insurance industry.

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Australian insurer IAG net loss resulted from one-off factors: analyst

The company’s preliminary FY 2021 results predict a A$427m net loss.

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Amidst AXA deal, what drew Generali towards Malaysia's P&C sector?

The insurer remains optimistic for the sector as it has shown strength despite the pandemic.

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Taiwan's COVID measures bring remote meeting, broker amendments to insurance market

Although temporary, the remote meeting measures may be adopted as a general practice.

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