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- December 5 2017
Taiwan incentivises protection products
Starting next year, insurers can take advantage of a government scheme to improve the product mix.
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- December 1 2017
Racing to beat climate change
Insurers are divided on how climate change will affect the industry overall.
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- December 1 2017
Chinese non-life insurers, reinsurers required to hire actuaries
The country’s 84 non-life general insurers and 12 reinsurers must have a chief actuary by January 1, 2020.
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- December 1 2017
FRS opens in Hong Kong and Malaysia
Financial Risk Solutions' two new offices are in Menara Darussalam in Kuala Lumpur and ICC in Hong Kong.
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- November 30 2017
Beijing and Guernsey in captive insurance joint venture
The partnership will see the creation of captive structures and the provision of captive services for Chinese businesses.
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- November 30 2017
China Life hunts for more overseas investments
Its efforts are centred on infrastructure and technologies and products with the growth potential in China.
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- November 30 2017
China regulator orders three insurers to fix problems
CIRC has given the companies until December 30 to report on their progress in correcting a range of problems.
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- November 29 2017
Hong Kong insurers attract buyers seeking M&A-driven growth
US and European insurers look to Asia amid low growth and even lower interest rates, according to new research.
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- November 29 2017
China insurers report 19% leap in premium income
Premiums rose to Rmb3.24 trillion (US$491.06 billion) from January to October this year, according to CIRC.
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- November 28 2017
Wesurance to roll out HK’s first AI-powered insurance app
The local insurtech startup says its app and virtual assistant Amy are set for launch next month.
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- November 27 2017
Chinese insurers embrace AI
Companies in the healthcare sector are hoping that self-learning computer programs can expand their customer bases.
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- November 24 2017
China’s innovation problem
While there are clearly some novel ideas with regards to online shopping, can China truly innovate?
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- November 24 2017
Anbang ordered to cut shareholdings in another two banks
Stakes in China Minsheng Banking and China Merchants Bank must be cut to no more than 5%, say regulators.
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- November 23 2017
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty expands in China, Indonesia
The business has started operations in Beijing and Jakarta to meet growing demand in the corporate insurance segment.
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- November 22 2017
Three Chinese insurers punished over “problematic” policies
The three companies have been banned from applying for permission to sell new products for six months.
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- November 22 2017
US$2.2tr of China’s insurance funds utilised in Q1-Q3
The amount is 9.38% higher than the total insurance funds used as of the end of last year.
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- November 22 2017
Zhongtian Financial to pay US$4.7bn for stake in Huaxia Life
It will buy the stakes from Beijing Qianxi Shihao Electron Technology and Beijing Zhongsheng Century Technology.
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- November 21 2017
New shipowners’ insurance launched in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong China War Risk Syndicate covers marine hulls for acts of war, piracy and other potential dangers.
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- November 21 2017
Life insurers to benefit from China’s eased restrictions
The decision to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of financial firms is expected to attract more investment.
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- November 20 2017
Korean insurers ask for government help on earthquake risk
Insurers say earthquake policies will not be profitable unless the government shares a bigger financial burden.
