Djan Magbanua
Increase in profits still too slow for Taiwan’s insurance industry
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.
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 embedded insurance is cutting out the middleman
Without middlemen, insurance will get cheaper for consumers.
Sunshine Insurance Group to seek $2b in Hong Kong IPO listing
The insurance firm is one of the 13 insurance holding groups in China.
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’.
Time for a comeback? Hong Kong’s top 50 insurers show a 9.75% surge in assets
Health and wellness products still remain a priority for the industry.
AIA's smart calculator helps Singaporeans' figure out their financial weaknesses
The app calculates the personal financial satisfaction score based on the customer’s financial goals.
Singapore's top 50 insurance firms reveal 17.22% increase in assets
Digital dominance and healthtech helped them mitigate losses, Singapore Business Review found.
Great Eastern crafts insurance package for special needs children
Upon the parents’ demise, the payout from the insurance goes to the children’s SNTC trust fund.
Surer creates digital ecosystem for the siloed insurance industry
The startup wants a B2B2C environment with multiple parties bringing in different expertise.
How an insurtech firm plans to corner SEA’s digital insurance market
It offered the region a unique tech solution that analyses the driver's behaviour to determine motor insurance premiums.
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.
Are Japanese insurers ready to put a price on climate change?
AM Best associate director Jason Shum said they still have a long way to go.
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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