Industry Segments: Capital Markets Page 12 / 18
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- March 27 2017
China Life profit declines 45% in 2016
Chairman Yang Mingsheng said the performance was due to a decline in gross investment income.
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- March 22 2017
United India Insurance eyes IPO
The state-owned general insurer will go public after New India Assurance and GIC.
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- March 17 2017
ADB to expand disaster support for Philippines via insurance
The Asian Development Bank is exploring disaster insurance options for one of the countries most vulnerable to natural disasters.
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- March 8 2017
Singapore insurers told to do the right thing
Regulator says insurers should do more than just comply with rules and implement control measures.
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- March 8 2017
Zhong An to sell up to 10% stake to investors
China’s first internet-only insurer intends to raise funds before its planned initial public offering.
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- March 3 2017
Japan non-life insurers increased leverage in 2016
Average financial gearing grew to 6.1% in 2016 amid an expansion of insurers' international acquisitions.
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- February 14 2017
ING Life Korea seeks listing approval
The Korean life insurer is seeking approval for an initial public offering, according to an exchange official.
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- February 13 2017
New India Assurance will file IPO within eight months
The Indian insurer has said it will take six-to-eight months to prepare its initial public offering.
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- February 10 2017
Chinese insurers warned on overseas acquisitions
Some companies behave like “a little boy rushing into a candy store”, says CIRC official.
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- February 6 2017
More Japanese insurers to raise premium rates
The Bank of Japan's ultra-low interest rates are squeezing the profitability out of savings-type policies.
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- February 2 2017
ING Life Korea head secures another term
Cheong Mun-kuk will serve for another three-year term and oversee IPO planned for May.
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- February 1 2017
India’s SBI Life eyes IPO within next fiscal year
Chief executive officer Arijit Basu says the life insurer may sell a 10% stake by March 2018
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- January 20 2017
India approves listing of five state-owned insurers
The cabinet committee of economic affairs has confirmed the plan announced last year.
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- January 19 2017
Practo bets big on health insurance space
The Indian healthcare platform plans to invest after raising US$55m in its series-D funding round.
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- January 19 2017
China to lower foreign investment restrictions
The State Council said it will cut restrictions on insurance, banking, securities and other sectors.
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- January 16 2017
Hanwa Life Indonesia mulls IPO in 2019
The IPO is part of an effort to meet the regulator's 80% foreign ownership limit for insurers.
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- January 4 2017
Chinese insurers face tighter profit margins this year
Analysts warn that low interest rates and increased regulation will further weaken investment returns.
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- January 3 2017
India finalises listing of public insurers
Listing norms for the country's public insurers will be finalised by the end of this month, a senior official revealed.
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- December 22 2016
ING Life among 20 firms to go public in Korea in 2017
Korea's fifth-largest insurer by assets is expected to join about 20 companies going public during the second half.
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- December 21 2016
Chinese insurer Zhongan scraps HK IPO plan
Instead, the insurer, which has more than 400 million customers, is considering listing in mainland China.
