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- December 13 2017
Zurich agrees to buy ANZ life insurance arm for US$2.1bn
The Swiss insurer will become the biggest insurance company in the country after the deal.
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- December 13 2017
Life insurers’ new premiums up 6% in India
LIC still led the pack, but total new premium collected by all private insurers grew 32%.
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- December 12 2017
Allied World appoints country manager for Australia
Iain MacLeod will lead the company in the execution of its growth plan for the country.
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- December 12 2017
ANZ nears final stage of sale of life insurance unit
A deal will likely be completed in the latter half of 2018 if the transaction is signed next week.
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- December 12 2017
Ping An on the hunt for more tech investment abroad
The company's innovation drive includes a facial recognition app that can spot lying borrowers.
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- December 12 2017
ZhongAn teams with Sinolink to expand overseas
China's first online insurer has partnered with the Hong Kong-listed investment holding company.
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- December 11 2017
Vietnam suffers rare US$1bn loss after Typhoon Damrey
This year marks the first time since 1993 that Vietnam has had a season with a Cat 2 and 3 typhoon landfall.
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- December 11 2017
IAG shares 12.5% premiums, costs with reinsurers
In an effort to curb volatility in its earnings Australia’s biggest general insurer is releasing capital.
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- December 11 2017
NTUC Income taps Fullerton to manage US$23bn in assets
The partnership is seen to create more opportunities to explore innovative investment products.
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- December 8 2017
Half of SMEs will buy insurance online
The insurance market for small and medium-sized enterprises is set to completely change, says PwC.
