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- May 3 2018
Pru Life signs Philippines bancassurance deal
Regulators have given the green light for the proposed bancassurance tie-up with Robinsons Bank.
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- May 2 2018
Max Life, Exide Life join bidding fray for IDBI Federal Life
Shareholders will carry out a detailed evaluation of shortlisted bidders over the next couple of weeks.
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- May 2 2018
Private equity firm bids for Royal Sundaram
True North and its global sponsors have made a rumoured US$400m bid for a 40% stake.
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- May 1 2018
Taikang Life backs Baidu’s new brand
The Chinese insurer is among a string of investors in Du Xiaoman, a fintech unit being spun off by the internet giant.
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- May 1 2018
Willis to benefit from Chinese licence
It is the first wholly foreign-owned broker to be able to operate like an equivalent Chinese firm.
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- April 30 2018
Zurich discussing US$100m IPO of Malaysian life unit
The Swiss insurer may opt to comply with 30% local ownership rule through an initial public offering.
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- April 30 2018
China Life’s net profit more than doubles
The improvement was due to updated discount rate assumption of reserves for traditional insurance contracts.
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- April 30 2018
Japan to partner with SEA nations on disaster insurance
The South-East Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility will make recovery funds immediately available.
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- April 27 2018
Catastrophe losses will hit US$160bn a year in Asia by 2030
Losses arising from natural disasters in the region are increasing, but only 8% are covered by insurance.
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- April 27 2018
Asia powers growth in global insurance markets – Allianz
China set to become world’s largest insurance market – with premiums growing ~13% in coming years
