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- March 7 2018
Zurich backs cybersecurity consortium
The group aims to produce a set of standards fintech companies can sign up to and follow.
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- March 7 2018
Hong Kong lawmakers to tackle policyholder protection bill
Legislators aim to establish two compensation funds to protect against insurance firm bankruptcies.
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- March 6 2018
Chubb names new Singapore head
Scott Simpson will move from Sydney to take up the new role after Adam Clifford transferred to Europe.
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- March 6 2018
Korean insurers ask to postpone new capital standards
The K-Insurance Capital Standards are posing a heavy burden on the country's insurance industry.
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- March 6 2018
Axa to acquire XL Group for US$15bn
The French insurer is seizing an opportunity to shift from its predominantly life and savings business.
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- March 5 2018
AIG names chief auditor and global COO for general insurance
Naohiro Mouri moves from Asia-Pacific audit role after promotion of Donna DeMaio to chief operating officer.
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- March 5 2018
Indonesian regulator highlights low penetration
The domestic insurance market is valued at just 2.99% of the country's gross domestic product, says OJK.
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- March 5 2018
Commercial insurance prices on the rise
An increase in the fourth quarter of 2017 was the first quarterly rise in four-and-a-half years.
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- March 5 2018
Nippon Life eyes majority stake in MassMutual for US$980m
The 85% stake will add a bigger branch network to the Japanese insurer's traditional female agency force.
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- March 2 2018
Three Indonesian unicorns to invest in insurtech startup
The three billion-dollar startups are looking to invest in PasarPolis, an online insurance portal.
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- March 2 2018
Chinese banking, insurance regulators may merge
The country is weighing plans to combine financial watchdogs to bring enhance oversight of the sector.
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- March 2 2018
India’s Videocon to divest insurance unit
The company is selling its stake in Liberty Videocon General Insurance to Diamond Dealtrade and Enam Securities.
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- March 1 2018
Bangladesh to go after excessive insurance commissioning
The country's insurance regulator has vowed to intensify a campaign to crack down on the practice.
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- March 1 2018
AIA targets China’s hinterland provinces
Relaxed regulations on foreign ownership of financial entities is opening the door to smaller provincial markets.
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- March 1 2018
Axa reaffirms commitment to fight climate change
It aims to hit US$15bn in green investments by 2020, which is four times its 2015 achieved target.
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- March 1 2018
Allianz gets regulatory nod for sale of Taiwan portfolio
The insurer hopes to sell more than 78,000 life policies to Taipei-based China Life Insurance.
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- February 28 2018
AIA’s boosts new business by 28%
The company said that the growth was due to sustained demand in its core markets of Hong Kong and China.
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- February 28 2018
Anbang says it supports government’s takeover
A spokesman has said that the insurer back CIRC’s move to take control of the company for one year.
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- February 28 2018
Paytm seeks insurance licence
The online payments company is set to file an application to operate as a life and general insurer.
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- February 28 2018
Malaysia’s general insurance, takaful to stay flat in 2018
Competitive pressures, tariff liberalisation and weak consumer sentiment are all affecting the industry.
