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- February 25 2021
Hong Kong targets captives, specialty and ILS in budget
Finance chief Paul Chan has outlined tax breaks and plans to expand the captive market.
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- February 24 2021
HSBC to double down on China as global premiums dip
Protests and Covid-19 hit Hong Kong's life sales hard as mainland visitors dried up in 2020.
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- February 24 2021
Aegon exploring Asia life operations sale: report
Transamerica Life Bermuda targets high net worth individuals in Singapore and Hong Kong.
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- February 24 2021
HK insurers to profit from renminbi reforms
China's SAFE mulls allowing citizens to buy overseas securities and insurance.
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- February 23 2021
Tahoe Life sale runs aground as Ping An jumps ship
The HKIA has reportedly also ordered the insurer to temporarily stop underwriting new business.
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- February 19 2021
Recent Japan earthquake losses likely to exceed US$100m
Aon report says 7.1-magnitude tremor unlikely to be 'significant' industry event.
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- February 19 2021
Hong Kong’s virtual banks primed to disrupt insurance
HKIA expects ZA Bank's interplay with digital insurance arm to spur similar ventures.
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- February 17 2021
Manulife’s Hong Kong & Macau earnings up 10%
Amid protests and a pandemic, new business in 2020 fell by 14% to US$460m.
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- February 17 2021
Insurtech profile: Galileo Platforms
The Hong Kong-based blockchain specialist's partners include Singlife Philippines, Amodo and DXC.
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- February 16 2021
China sees 6.1% growth as premiums hit US$700bn
CBIRC full-year figures also show the reinsurance market grew 16.3% in 2020.
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- February 16 2021
Hong Kong captive market to step up in 2021
Market experts tell IAN that regulations are making it hard to attract businesses from beyond China.
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- February 15 2021
Profit at MS&AD falls steeply but Asia performs well
Japanese giant hit by a fall in premiums, Covid-19 and reorganisation costs.
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- February 12 2021
Allianz China Life deal to kick off APAC deal frenzy
As we enter the Year of the Ox, the M&A bulls are set to keep running.
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- February 11 2021
Tokio Marine in Japan P&C profit turnaround
There was a significant decrease in nat cat payouts compared to 2019.
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- February 11 2021
ZhongAn hits ‘critical mass’ after first profits: sources
After consecutive losses, the digital insurer expects a net profit of at least US$75m for 2020.
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- February 10 2021
FSC to smooth Korea’s digital giants insurance ambitions: report
Internet players including Kakao and Naver primed to take advantage of regulatory changes.
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- February 10 2021
Ping An veteran joins Asia-Pacific P&C in Hong Kong
Terence Chen has left the Chinese insurer after over 25 years.
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- February 9 2021
China/US tensions reduced political risk appetite: WTW
Worldwide market capacity is US$4bn with around half allotted to Asia.
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- February 9 2021
Antares’s China exit signals run-off opportunity
Sale of legacy businesses could take off in post-Covid environment.
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- February 8 2021
Taiwan to push capital strength and sustainable finance: Fitch
The FSC has pinpointed key focus areas as insurers prepare for IFRS 17 and a new solvency regime.
