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- February 22 2017
Korea’s insurers post net income decline in 2016
Results were dragged down by a lacklustre performance from life firms, according to FSS.
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- February 16 2017
Sompo partners with Stanford and startup incubator
The Japanese insurer aims to develop products and services for the age of autonomous vehicles and robots.
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- February 15 2017
Dai-ichi Life considers using fintech in life insurance
The Japanese insurer is using its investment in bitFlyer to explore innovations that unite finance and technology.
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- February 15 2017
Chinese premiums up in 2016 but set for slowdown
CIRC expects growth to slow down this year due to stricter regulations for financial deleveraging.
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- February 14 2017
China’s JD.com mulls online insurance business
One of China’s e-commerce giants is set to launch an internet insurance service.
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- February 14 2017
ING Life Korea seeks listing approval
The Korean life insurer is seeking approval for an initial public offering, according to an exchange official.
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- February 13 2017
Manulife HK sales jump 11%
Sterling results of insurance and wealth and asset management businesses drove the results.
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- February 10 2017
China losing its lustre
Reinsurers are voting with their feet in response to disappointing returns and domestic competition.
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- February 10 2017
Willis Towers Watson hires regional strategy head
Angelini is tasked with leading the company's expansion into wider strategy consulting services.
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- February 10 2017
Chinese insurers warned on overseas acquisitions
Some companies behave like “a little boy rushing into a candy store”, says CIRC official.
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- February 9 2017
Chinese insurers invested in 651 projects in 2016
Investments mostly went specifically to transport, energy, real estate, health care and elderly care.
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- February 9 2017
New insurance platform to launch in China
The collaboration between Fosun and CXA will focus on employee healthcare and wellness.
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- February 8 2017
Taiwan gears up for third-generation health scheme
Initiation of the third-generation national health insurance plan started last month said the health minister.
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- February 7 2017
Japanese firms turn to health data to set premiums
Individualised premiums could be based on exercise times, sleep length, heart rates and other data.
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- February 6 2017
More Japanese insurers to raise premium rates
The Bank of Japan's ultra-low interest rates are squeezing the profitability out of savings-type policies.
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- February 6 2017
Former KIDI chairman to lead Allianz Life Korea
Kim Soo-bong will make a comeback to the insurance industry as vice-president level auditor.
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- February 2 2017
ING Life Korea head secures another term
Cheong Mun-kuk will serve for another three-year term and oversee IPO planned for May.
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- January 31 2017
S Korean insurers post 34.3% rise in online sales
Non-life firms sales had risen to a total of W1.4 trillion (US$1.19 billion) in 2016.
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- January 30 2017
Zurich, Chinese bank tie up on bancassurance
Indonesian entity of Swiss giant partners with Bank of China to explore bancassurance services.
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- January 27 2017
Japanese insurers expand cyber attack coverage to IoT
Several of the country's major non-life insurers are offering wider coverage and higher payout limits.
