Country: South Korea Page 26 / 27
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- December 11 2015
Financial status of Korean insurers improves in Q3
Improvement attributed to higher returns from bond investments amid lower interest rates.
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- December 9 2015
Prudential planning to sell PCA Life Korea
The British insurer is reportedly selling its Korean unit as part of an Asian restructuring.
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- December 8 2015
Fubon gets green light to buy stake in Hyundai Life
Korea's Financial Services Commission has approved the purchase of a 48% stake.
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- December 7 2015
Korea’s online car insurance competition heats up
A new online insurance supermarket is creating fierce competition among car insurers.
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- November 26 2015
Korean online insurance supermarket to launch next week
The Insurance Damoa website will let customers compare different insurance plans online.
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- November 20 2015
Premiums for luxury cars in Korea to rise by up to 15%
The highest increase will apply to 38 imported models, including most BMW and Mercedes vehicles.
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- November 19 2015
Korean insurers post 17.3% income rise
The country's financial watchdog said the results were driven by robust investment gains.
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- November 12 2015
Korea to provide more trade insurance perks
The scheme, which is aimed at SMEs, is part of an attempt to stimulate falling exports.
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- October 27 2015
Korean insurer targets top slot through training
"Innovation School" and other initiatives aimed at fostering the world's top insurance company.
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- October 26 2015
Samsung Bank China Life begins operation
New shareholder Bank of China allows Korean insurer to operate life businesses in China.
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- October 22 2015
Korean Reinsurance gets ratings affirmation
The move reflects the insurer’s adequate risk-adjusted capitalisation and operating performance.
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- October 20 2015
Korean insurers free to set their own premiums
Financial regulator FSC is promoting greater price competition in the local insurance market.
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- October 2 2015
Imported luxury cars pose liability risk in Korea
A consumer group has called for a cap on insurance payments on expensive imported cars.
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- September 30 2015
Korea amends insurance rule for foreign workers
Foreign workers must now wait three months before they can apply for health insurance.
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- September 28 2015
KB Financial launches first one-stop financial shop
Banking, securities, life insurance and non-life insurance all offered under one roof.
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- September 24 2015
Korean insurers’ RBC ratios hit two-year low
Risk-based capital ratios of 56 insurers dipped to an average of 278.2% in the second quarter.
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- September 14 2015
Samsung mulls expanding in Vietnam’s insurance sector
Samsung has expressed intention to expand its footprint in the country's life insurance sector.
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- September 11 2015
Samsung Life seeks to enter Philippine insurance market
The Korean insurer is reportedly in talks with PNB, alongside several other foreign life insurers.
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- September 4 2015
Asia is home to the world’s riskiest cities
The region's cities face diverse threats, ranging from storms and earthquakes to market crashes and pandemics.
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- August 18 2015
South Korean insurers post 30% profit rise
Rise in investment-related earnings is driving net income for local life and non-life insurance companies in Korea.
