Industry Segments: Life Page 41 / 53
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- April 28 2016
Ping An expected to join US$3bn ING Life Korea bid
Korea’s fifth-largest insurance firm is expected to fetch more than US$3bn in a highly contested bidding process.
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- April 25 2016
Korean online sales growing rapidly
Sales have more than quadrupled since 2012, according to the Korea Life Insurance Association.
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- April 22 2016
Dai-ichi Life boosts foreign bond and alternative asset holdings
The move is aimed at diversifying the insurer's portfolio risk and strengthening income generation.
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- April 22 2016
China Life warns of big net profit decline for Q1
Asia-Pacific's biggest insurer says the drop could be as much as 60% due to a plunge in investment income.
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- April 22 2016
AIA bullish on Philippines despite low penetration
Insurance penetration has slowed to a growth rate of less than 2% during the past seven years.
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- April 20 2016
Siam Commercial Bank courted for its life business
The Thai bank has reportedly received proposals from a number of investment banks, with an expected valuation of US$3bn.
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- April 20 2016
Fubon Life’s Hong Kong subsidiary opens
Hong Kong chief executive Jerry Chou says the local life market still has great potential for further growth.
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- April 15 2016
Future Land bids US$1bn for Dah Sing Life
The bid is part of a plan to sell Hong Kong insurance products to homebuyers in China.
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- April 14 2016
Tokio Marine Life Singapore to name new CEO
Lance Tay is reportedly stepping down on May 31 after steering the business to MAS Tier 1 Significant Insurer status.
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- April 12 2016
More Korean insurers to go up for sale this year
The low price paid by Anbang for Allianz Life Insurance Korea highlights the troubles facing the industry.
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- April 12 2016
India’s life industry forecast to grow at 15%
The industry's annual premium equivalent increased 6% year-on-year in the first nine months of fiscal 2016.
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- April 8 2016
Korea’s life policy cancellation rates hit record high
Policyholders cancelled contracts worth W18.5 trillion during 2015, according to a survey by industry group KLIA.
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- April 7 2016
Anbang buys Allianz’s Korea life unit for US$216 million
The deal comes barely a week after Anbang abandoned a US$14 billion bid for Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
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- April 4 2016
Malaysia’s insurance, takaful sectors expect only moderate growth
Uncertainties in the financial markets and a challenging landscape seen as factors
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- March 31 2016
Japan Post teams up with Dai-ichi Life for overseas venture
The two companies will partner on a wide range of operations and jointly invest in growth areas.
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- March 30 2016
Indonesian life insurers bullish on 2016 premium growth
Despite a weak local economy, life premiums are forecast to grow by about 15% — more than double last year's rate.
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- March 29 2016
Sun Life acquires full control of Indonesian JV
The US$42m deal, which is expected to close by September, gives it full control of CIMB Sun Life.
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- March 29 2016
China Life misses 2015 profit forecast
The business took a hit in the final three months of 2015 as profit slumped 81.5% in the period from a year earlier.
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- March 24 2016
Cathay Life posts profit of US$154 million in Q1
The Taiwanese insurer reversed unrealised losses of US$120m in the fourth quarter to post a profit for this quarter.
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- March 24 2016
Limit on life policies at Japan Post Insurance raised
The maximum value of life-insurance policies will rise to ¥20m from the current ¥13m after government gives approval.
