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- August 7 2017
Star Health Insurance plans US$470m stake sale
The Indian insurer has reportedly appointed an investment bank for primary and secondary stake sales.
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- July 28 2017
Two state-owned insurers set to apply for IPO in India
GIC and New India Assurance are expected to tender their applications for initial public offerings within three weeks.
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- July 26 2017
Hong Kong exchange rejects AMTD’s insurance IPO
The prospectus was reportedly described as “substantially incomplete” and an attempted appeal ended in failure.
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- July 17 2017
Manulife considers selling US unit in Asia refocus
The Canadian insurer is reportedly toying with the idea of divesting its Boston-based John Hancock Financial Services division.
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- July 12 2017
SBI Life’s IPO plan gets final board approval
The insurance unit of State Bank of India is aiming to raise US$1.1bn, becoming the second insurer to go public.
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- July 3 2017
China’s ZhongAn files US$1.5bn IPO in Hong Kong
China's first internet-only insurer may launch its initial public offering before the end of the year.
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- June 27 2017
Korean firms raising capital ahead of IFRS 17
Some insurers are planning to issue hybrid capital securities in the US dollar bond market.
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- June 26 2017
China launches catastrophe insurance research centre
The centre will be the country's first research institution focusing on major disasters.
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- June 20 2017
Zhong An’s Hong Kong IPO expected July or August
The Chinese online insurer is expected to list as early as July or August to raise up to US$2b.
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- June 12 2017
Plan to merge three Indian insurers scrapped
Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and United India Insurance have been asked to come up with a new plan.
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- May 30 2017
Interest rate risk hounds Japanese insurers
Life insurers are failing to extend the duration of their assets because of lingering low bond yields in Japan.
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- May 26 2017
Strong currency puts pressure on Taiwan life insurers
The venture offshore in search for higher yields is creating exposure to unfavourable capital and currency fluctuations.
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- May 22 2017
PICC plans US$2bn share sale in mainland China
The sale comes more than four years after its subsidiary went public in Hong Kong through a US$3.1bn offering.
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- May 12 2017
India looks at reforming reinsurance sector
A review of the sector could pave the way for solutions built around insurance-linked securities.
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- May 9 2017
GIC Re names five banks for IPO
India's state-owned reinsurer has selected HSBC, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Kotak and Axis as bookrunners for its listing.
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- April 28 2017
Stronger currency hurting Taiwan insurers
The continued strength caused NT$65.8 billion (US$2.18bn) in foreign-exchange related losses in the first quarter.
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- April 25 2017
Korea’s ING Life raises US$974m
The country’s fifth-largest life insurer priced its IPO near the lower end of its indicative range.
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- April 20 2017
Japanese insurers boost project financing
Companies such as Nippon Life are now crafting their own lending teams and adding significant liquidity to the market.
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- April 20 2017
High dividends draw investors to ING Life’s US$1.2bn IPO
The listing, which will be Korea’s second-largest IPO so far this year, is scheduled for the second week of May.
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- March 29 2017
SBI to sell SBI Life stake through IPO
The State Bank of India will sell at least 8% of its current 70.1% shareholding in the life insurance arm.
