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- March 20 2018
China’s two top insurers to report increased profits
Analysts are expecting Ping An and China Life to show double-digit profit increases.
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- March 20 2018
AIG names new head of Korea business
Douglas Min joins as president and CEO in Seoul, taking over from Steven Barnett.
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- March 19 2018
Japan to help develop Myanmar’s insurance sector
Prime minister Shinzo Abe made the commitment during the Myanmar-Japan Joint Economic Conference.
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- March 16 2018
Joined-up regulation
China’s banking and insurance regulators are merging as the country seeks to better control risks.
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- March 15 2018
Nippon Life buys 5% stake in Deutsche asset management unit
The Japanese insurer is expected to invest around US$375m in DWS Group and get a seat on the board.
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- March 14 2018
China’s insurance and banking regulators to merge
The move is part of efforts to improve oversight of the financial system in the world’s second-largest economy.
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- March 13 2018
China’s premium income falls in January, says CIRC
Premiums dropped 19.9% in the first month of this year, compared to an increase of 18.2% in 2017
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- March 13 2018
Taiwanese life insurers warned against investment practices
Fixed-income assets reportedly constitute less than 20% of local life insurers’ total investments.
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- March 13 2018
NongHyup expands insurance business in China, Vietnam
The Korean group is expanding its insurance business as part of efforts to strengthen its overseas portfolio.
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- March 9 2018
China revamps insurance rules for more transparency
The move is also aimed at eliminating fake capital injections and illegal shareholding entrustment.
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- March 8 2018
China’s premium income up 18% in 2017
The growth comes despite regulators' strengthened efforts to reduce risk-taking in the sector.
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- March 7 2018
Korean insurers turn to hybrid securities to boost capital
The issuance comes ahead of the introduction of the new global accounting and stricter local capital standards.
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- March 7 2018
Hong Kong lawmakers to tackle policyholder protection bill
Legislators aim to establish two compensation funds to protect against insurance firm bankruptcies.
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- March 6 2018
Korean insurers ask to postpone new capital standards
The K-Insurance Capital Standards are posing a heavy burden on the country's insurance industry.
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- March 5 2018
Nippon Life eyes majority stake in MassMutual for US$980m
The 85% stake will add a bigger branch network to the Japanese insurer's traditional female agency force.
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- March 2 2018
Nationalising Anbang
The Chinese government’s takeover of the troubled insurer has raised questions about industry oversight.
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- March 2 2018
Chinese banking, insurance regulators may merge
The country is weighing plans to combine financial watchdogs to bring enhance oversight of the sector.
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- March 1 2018
AIA targets China’s hinterland provinces
Relaxed regulations on foreign ownership of financial entities is opening the door to smaller provincial markets.
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- March 1 2018
Allianz gets regulatory nod for sale of Taiwan portfolio
The insurer hopes to sell more than 78,000 life policies to Taipei-based China Life Insurance.
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- February 28 2018
AIA’s boosts new business by 28%
The company said that the growth was due to sustained demand in its core markets of Hong Kong and China.
