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- June 1 2018
Crypto exposures
Only a handful of major insurers currently insure crypto exchanges, but there is a large potential market.
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- May 25 2018
Mitsui Sumitomo returns to China life market
The MS&AD subsidiary has agreed to pay Rmb4.325b (US$668m) for a 37.5% stake in BoCommLife Insurance.
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- May 25 2018
Captive opportunity
Demand for captive insurance programmes in Asia is said to be growing strongly, but is it?
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- May 18 2018
Does Mahathir herald change?
Malaysia’s foreign-controlled insurers are watching the new government for signs of change.
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- May 18 2018
Foreign firms in China rush
Overseas insurers are leaping at the opportunity to extend their presence after Xi Jinping cracks open the door.
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- May 11 2018
Axa US IPO flops
The spinoff of Axa Equitable fell far short of the company’s expectations.
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- May 11 2018
Reinsurers bounce back
After one of the toughest quarters in recent memory at the end of 2017, results have improved.
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- May 10 2018
Zurich posts solid premiums
The Swiss insurer has announced that P&C premiums were up 4.6% to US$9.33 billion during the first quarter.
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- May 9 2018
Philippines insurers told to lead ‘fourth industrial revolution’
The country's finance secretary urged the industry to rethink how it does things and how it makes products.
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- May 4 2018
China’s non-life woes
The country's life insurance sector isn't alone in facing significant challenges.
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- May 4 2018
India appoints outsider to lead Irdai
Subhash Chandra Khuntia is a lifelong bureaucrat and former chief secretary of Karnataka state.
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- April 27 2018
Asia drives global insurance growth
While insurance growth in the west remains lacklustre, Asia continues to deliver on its promise.
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- April 27 2018
Insurance asset managers pessimistic
Fears of an economic slowdown are the biggest concern on the mind of insurance investors.
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- April 20 2018
Malaysia first
Foreign insurers have until the end of June to cut their ownership to 70%, but local buyers are scarce.
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- April 20 2018
Asian insurtech M&A surges
The increase in deal activities in Asia helped drive global insurtech transactions to a record high in 2017.
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- April 13 2018
China promises market opening
Officials have promised a range of measures, including further liberalisation of its insurance sector.
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- April 13 2018
Insurance for the sharing economy
The extraordinary growth of the sharing economy is creating new risks that provide an opportunity for insurers.
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- April 6 2018
Could do better
Asian insurers are struggling to upgrade risk management processes.
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- April 6 2018
Anbang’s rehab
The Chinese government has injected US$9.65bn into the troubled company, while its former chairman admits charges.
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- March 29 2018
Risky data
From May, the EU will require companies from all over the world to comply with its new data privacy law.
