Industry Segments: Health Page 11 / 17
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- April 24 2017
Aviva acquires entire shareholding in Vietnam JV
The former joint venture with VietinBank is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the British insurer.
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- April 13 2017
Sumitomo, BNP to develop low-cost Japan policies
The Japanese bank and French insurance arm will jointly develop products targeting home loan applicants.
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- April 11 2017
Religare sells 80% stake in health insurance arm
The Indian insurer has signed an agreement with investors for around Rs10.4b (US$161m).
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- April 7 2017
Tackling cancer risk
On World Health Day, we ask if more can be done to arrest the rapid rise of cancer in the region.
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- April 7 2017
Ping An commits US$1bn yearly for tech investment
China’s second biggest insurer remains committed to expanding its investment in the field of internet development.
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- April 6 2017
Philippine HMOs required to seek regulator’s approval
Health-maintenance organisations are now mandated to get clearance before selling products to the public.
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- April 3 2017
BIMA aims to insure 1 billion people worldwide
The insurance firm provides mobile-delivered insurance and health services in emerging markets.
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- March 28 2017
Vietnam seeks to expand health insurance coverage
With a growing elderly population, the government aims to bring the country’s insurance coverage to 100% by 2030.
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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 15 2017
Singapore’s general insurers hit hard in 2016
Domestic and external headwinds cut growth to a mere 0.6%, according to the General Insurance Association.
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- March 6 2017
IMG acquires ALC Health
The global benefits and assistance services provider has acquired UK-based à la carte healthcare.
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- March 2 2017
Japan national health insurance system posts deficit
The continuing deficit is due to rising costs perpetrated by the country's ageing population and expensive new treatments.
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- March 1 2017
Apollo Munich partners with Dena Bank for bancassurance
The deal will see the Indian health insurer distributing its insurance products to 20 million new potential clients.
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- February 23 2017
Sun Life Financial appoints Hong Kong CEO
Fabien Jeudy will be responsible for growing operations across life and health, wealth management and pensions.
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- February 9 2017
New insurance platform to launch in China
The collaboration between Fosun and CXA will focus on employee healthcare and wellness.
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- February 8 2017
Taiwan gears up for third-generation health scheme
Initiation of the third-generation national health insurance plan started last month said the health minister.
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- February 7 2017
Japanese firms turn to health data to set premiums
Individualised premiums could be based on exercise times, sleep length, heart rates and other data.
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- January 24 2017
Korea mulls revision of health insurance programme
The country's Ministry of Health and Welfare is proposing to reduce fees by as much as half.
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- January 23 2017
Aviva to merge units and focus on online selling
The UK company's life and general insurance businesses will combine as part of a shift to digital sales.
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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.
