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- January 3 2018
Positive outlook for Vietnam in 2018
The sector is expected to grow 22% this year, according to the Insurance Supervisory Authority.
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- January 3 2018
Assets held by Korean insurers top W1,000tn
The total is broken down into W782.1tn in assets controlled by life insurers and over W252tn by non-life firms.
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- December 22 2017
Three insurers in bidding to buy India’s Star Health
ICICI Lombard, HDFC Ergo and Bajaj Allianz have joined the race to buy India's biggest standalone health insurer.
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- December 22 2017
AIMA, IAMAC sign insurance collaboration agreement
Among the areas being looked at for collaboration are educational programmes and joint events.
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- December 22 2017
Singapore life insurers maintain healthy reserve ratios
The bullish outlook in global markets provided impetus and hopes are high for further improvement in 2018.
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- December 21 2017
Taiwan insurers urged to invest more in infrastructure projects
The message is part of efforts to increase private investment in government-led projects
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- December 20 2017
AIR Worldwide partners with PICC Re
The Chinese reinsurance arm of PICC has already received regulatory approval for the partnership.
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- December 19 2017
Malaysia, Thailand sign insurance deal
Bank Negara Malaysia and Thailand’s Office of Insurance Commission have signed an MoU.
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- December 19 2017
India to revise insurance fund rules
Irdai is looking to keep up with changes in the market and the economic landscape in the country.
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- December 19 2017
Low-rated insurers to face curbs in China
Affected companies will face restrictions from the regulator, the official Xinhua news agency reports.
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- December 18 2017
Manulife ties up with Agricultural Bank of China
The agreement indicates that they will explore financial solution distribution opportunities in the country.
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- December 15 2017
Philippines to probe GSIS reinsurance contracts
An inquiry into the Government Service Institution System highlights the challenges faced in emerging markets.
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- December 15 2017
Malaysia’s AmBank eyes sale of insurance unit
The lender is aiming to offload some of its non-core businesses and focus on its primary operations.
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- December 15 2017
India’s life market expecting stronger growth
Low penetration and the rising share of financial assets in household savings is driving premiums.
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- December 14 2017
Philippine firms continue net income growth
A rise in underwriting and investment income helped drive the robust third-quarter performance.
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- December 14 2017
China considers revising insurance security fund rules
The move will allow the fund to provide necessary liquidity support to insurers in case of crisis.
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- December 14 2017
Ping An life insurance premium income up 34%
Increased sales of individual policies have helped to spur growth for China's second-biggest insurer.
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- December 13 2017
Life insurers’ new premiums up 6% in India
LIC still led the pack, but total new premium collected by all private insurers grew 32%.
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- December 12 2017
Ping An on the hunt for more tech investment abroad
The company's innovation drive includes a facial recognition app that can spot lying borrowers.
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- December 12 2017
ZhongAn teams with Sinolink to expand overseas
China's first online insurer has partnered with the Hong Kong-listed investment holding company.
