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- February 23 2018
China mulls share ownership limit
CIRC is planning several new measures to limit the ownership of single shareholders in insurers.
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- February 22 2018
Taiwan insurers urged to fund public projects
Insurers have been urged tap into their funds to help support national infrastructure and development projects.
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- February 22 2018
Risk culture still lacking in Asia – EY
Less than half of insurers across the region have developed a risk culture or risk conduct framework.
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- February 20 2018
China’s public insurance adjusters to see more scrutiny
CIRC has said public insurance regulators should be organised as either partnerships or corporations.
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- February 19 2018
China’s Rongfeng asked to justify plan to buy stake in Greek insurer
Doubts emerge it may not have the capacity to engage in the deal with Ethniki Hellenic General Insurance
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- February 15 2018
Peak Re says goodbye to IFC
Prudential Financial has acquired IFC's shareholding as the business outgrows its original emerging-market remit.
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- February 14 2018
Rising demand for IPO legal insurance in Hong Kong
New stock market listing rules are set to boost sales for legal insurance to cover liabilities from initial public offerings.
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- February 14 2018
Chinese regulator puts cap on insurers’ overseas financing
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission has limited foreign borrowing to 20% of an insurer's net assets.
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- February 13 2018
China Life reportedly acquiring AMP’s life assets for US$3bn
A possible deal to buy the troubled life insurance assets could be announced in May, according to reports.
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- February 13 2018
XL Catlin appoints China country manager
Phil Xue joins from Guy Carpenter to take up role of chief executive officer of XL Insurance (China).
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- February 12 2018
Samsung names new CEOs for insurance units
Samsung Life Insurance and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance have new leaders after the resignation of the previous heads.
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- February 12 2018
China, India priority markets for UK insurers after Brexit
The Association of British Insurers has said the two nations will be key targets after departure from the EU in 2019.
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- February 9 2018
Open for business?
Chinese acquirers are watching Oceanwide’s revived attempt to buy US insurer Genworth with interest.
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- February 9 2018
Korean insurers post higher profits in 2017
The improvement is driven by hefty gains on investment coupled with a rise in interest rates.
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- February 9 2018
China’s Sina to venture into internet insurance
The tech firm follows in the footsteps of the country's big three internet players Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu.
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- February 9 2018
Manulife Hong Kong reports strong 2017 growth
The healthy premium sales were a result of strong market demand for insurance and wealth products.
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- February 8 2018
Genworth, China Oceanwide refile acquisition plan
The company is seeking financing as it aims to address maturing debt of about US$600 million.
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- February 6 2018
Ping An Insurance’s units raise US$2.2bn in private financing
Investors in the three tech units included SoftBank, which placed US$400m with Ping An Good Doctor.
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- February 6 2018
FWD Group appoints Ken Lau for Greater China role
He joins from Union Life and will lead FWD in Hong Kong and Macau, and oversee expansion in Greater China.
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- February 2 2018
Rakuten takes on Japan’s big three
The Japanese e-tailer’s acquisition of Asahi Fire & Marine shows how tech players are set to disrupt.
