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Asian life insurers' embedded value surged 19.2% to $480b in 2017
Asian life insurers' embedded value surged 19.2% to $480b in 2017
South Korea led the region in terms of highest EV growth.
Tighter oversight pushes Chinese life insurers premiums down 24% in H1
Sales of short-term savings product were hit.
Singapore's CPF retains ninth spot in world's biggest pension funds
It lagged behind South Korea's National Pension and China's National Social Security.
Indian banks urged to have cyber insurance
Smaller banks have insufficient coverage which does not cover cyber heists.
Singapore's MediShield Life payouts hit $800m in 2017
About 200,000 Singaporeans benefited from the payouts.
Regulatory tightening fails to cripple South Korean non-life insurers surplus growth
Strong exposure to long-term saving and protection is expected to boost VNB.
India's national health insurance scheme embraces trusts
Out of the 26 states, an overwhelming 20 are opting for trusts.
Hong Kong's annuity scheme subscription hits $4.94b out of $10b limit
Average subscription amount was at $525,000.
Singapore's life insurance business premiums up 20% to $2.02b in H1
There was an uptake in both single and annual premium products.
Indian insurers to shoulder interest payments of delayed rural claims
Companies failing to clear crop loss claims within 2 months have to pay with 12% interest.
Thai life assurance business premiums up 5% to $9.38b in H1
Bancassurance and insurance agents drove growth.
China to launch national medical insurance by 2019
Urban and rural residents will enjoy equal benefits.
Hong Kong insurance sector taps on rattled Chinese market
New business premiums from Mainland clients hit $11.8b in Q1.
Here are the winners of the Insurance Asia Awards 2018
Over 250 trophies were awarded to winning banks and insurers.
Asia at risk with cyber insurance scarcity
The region's cyber insurance take-up rate is negligible at only less than 6%.
Here are the 5 key technologies in Asian insurers' digitalisation push
They lead in investment, in-memory analytics, and cloudbased analytics solutions.
Japanese P&Cs face fierce price war risk
E-commerce giant Rakuten and other players may "threaten" the country's insurance market.
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