Insurance

Hong Kong extends temporary facilitive measures until 2023

The extension was supposed to end by 9 September 2022.

Hong Kong extends temporary facilitive measures until 2023

The extension was supposed to end by 9 September 2022.

FWD delays IPO until 2023

The string of delays was caused by unstable market conditions.

Prudential launches SME medical and employee benefits app

The app lets employees and HR teams access to insurance services.

Life, pension segment boosts growth for Malaysia’s insurance industry

The industry is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 8.4% until 2026.

Manulife Singapore unveils IBF-certified training programme for financial professionals

It is the first insurance firm in Singapore to offer IBF-certified programmes across three levels.

Japanese insurers urged to narrow the scope of COVID-19 benefits

The advice comes from the Life Insurance Association of Japan.

MSIG launches partnership with Klook to offer TravelCare

TravelCare has over 25 benefits and three different plans to choose from.

Almost 7 in 10 in India say health insurance policies are too difficult to understand

60% of patients put off going to the doctor because of a lack of health cover.

Hong Kong life insurance industry revenues dip by 3.3%

New business premiums from Mainland China visitors surged by 150%.

Married people have the most insurance literacy rate in Hong Kong; survey

They are followed by mature working adults, with the youth as the least literate.

Profit crash continues in July for Taiwan’s general insurance industry

The industry suffered a 466.7% YoY fall in pre-tax profits.

WTW names former AIA senior exec as new Head of Distribution Advisory

Prior to WTW, he was the CEO of Fortune Life Insurance.

Hong Kong consumers are ‘moderately literate’ in insurance: study

But behavioural biases dragged the city's literacy score.

HSBC Life launches protection-linked plan

It offers life protection and investment options.

AIA Group free surplus balloons to $20.6b in H1 2022

The group’s interim dividend went up by 6%.