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- August 8 2017
Markel adds political risk underwriter in Singapore
Alex Holcroft joins the political risk and structured trade credit business from Sompo Canopius.
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- August 7 2017
Korean non-life insurers pressure to cut premiums
The big non-life firms raked in higher profits, but this has led to pressure on pricing.
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- August 7 2017
Star Health Insurance plans US$470m stake sale
The Indian insurer has reportedly appointed an investment bank for primary and secondary stake sales.
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- August 7 2017
Aviva, Tencent to launch Hong Kong online insurer
The two companies are seeking regulatory approval to launch the disruptive startup.
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- August 4 2017
New products needed to close protection gap, says MAS
New ideas are required to reduce the financial impact of natural disasters in Asia, says Singapore regulator.
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- August 4 2017
China insurers’ profits up 10% in H1
Industry players raked in Rmb116.1bn during the first six months of the year.
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- August 4 2017
Bright future for Malaysia’s general takaful sector
The industry is forecast to take up a 20% market share in the country's insurance sector by 2020.
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- August 4 2017
Guy Carpenter appoints new Asia leadership
Tony Gallagher has been named CEO of Asia Pacific and Richard Jones becomes chairman.
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- August 3 2017
JLT joins HKMA’s infrastructure financing facilitation office
The partnership will aim to capitalise on China's Belt and Road initiative to promote connectivity and long-term development.
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- August 3 2017
AmCham Myanmar seeks continued insurance reforms
The American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar has urged regulators to allow market access to foreign insurers.
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- August 3 2017
Asian health insurance among world’s most expensive
Hong Kong, Singapore and China are among the top five most expensive locations for international health insurance.
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- August 2 2017
Hong Kong official wants insurers to share information
The call is aimed at addressing the challenge posed by the increasing number of fraud cases in the industry.
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- August 2 2017
China tells Anbang to sell overseas assets
The company has been urged to channel its overseas investments back to China and dispose of its offshore assets.
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- August 2 2017
HDFC Standard, Max Life call off proposed merger
Failing to secure regulatory approval in India, the two companies have cancelled their merger plans.
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- August 1 2017
Insurance business lifts HSBC’s profit in Asia
Europe's biggest bank was boosted by stronger insurance and wealth management revenue in Hong Kong.
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- August 1 2017
Sahara Life to take regulator’s order to court
The Indian group is resisting the regulator's order to transfer its life business to ICICI Prudential.
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- August 1 2017
Asian insurers step up hedge fund allocations
Investment accounted for 8% of the total capital placed with hedge funds in the region.
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- July 31 2017
PineBridge Investments: Allocating Overseas
What Asia insurers can learn from insurers in developed markets
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- July 31 2017
Indian insurers post 35% premium growth
Impressive results were driven by the strong performance of health, motor and fire insurance.
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- July 31 2017
AIA results boosted by HK and China
The strong results are the first to be reported under new group CEO Ng Keng Hooi.
