Insurance
Japan's top P&C insurers still enjoy strong results amidst pandemic
Solid premium growth was backed by premium rate hikes in 2019.
Japan's top P&C insurers still enjoy strong results amidst pandemic
Solid premium growth was backed by premium rate hikes in 2019.
AXA Singapore, Naluri roll out digital health coaching platform
It is focused on the client's mental well-being.
Thai life insurers to suffer further decay this year
Premiums are likely to drop 1.6%.
Sector risks weigh down on Australian mortgage insurers
Last year’s earnings dropped below the five-year average ROE of 10.7%.
Indian non-life insurance premiums dwindle 10.6% in April
Monthly premiums declined 11.3%, with the motor segment plunging 49%.
Singapore's new life insurance business premiums up 10% in Q1
More consumers take action to secure their financial future in view of COVID-19.
Indian life insurance sector to shrink 0.9% this year
The sector has reported a 32.6% decline in new business premiums in April.
Insurance in the time of coronavirus
Insurers from Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore reveal how they are coping.
Singapore allows finance firms, insurers to reopen select locations starting 2 June
But most staff will continue to work from home.
Singapore's Great Eastern, health firm Doctor Anywhere bolster venture
The latter has been providing health service to group insurance clients since 2019.
Hong Kong's HSBC Life pilots new health insurance plan
It also combines business talent retention with wealth growth.
Manulife Singapore pilots health tracker
The MOVE Health Score has a scoring method for gauging fitness.
BNP Paribas' Cardif to buy stake in BRI life insurer
BRI had earlier revived its plan to sell a stake for $500m.
Chinese insurers' insolvency still strong, but risks persist
Both life and P&C insurers can suffer from insolvency drops this year.
Crisis exacerbates Taiwan life insurers' woes
The sector heavily depends on spread gains which are sensitive to volatility.
Australia's Suncorp to lose $87m due to COVID-19
The pandemic has had a negative effect on gross written premiums.
Manulife's Q1 core earnings climb 10% to HK$1.4b
In-force business growth and higher sales spurred the growth.
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