Exit-bound Lotte Insurance owner shopping for overseas private equity buyers: report
April 18 2024 by InsuranceAsia News
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Korean insurers may face bigger corporate tax bill this year due to IFRS: report
- May 15
The implementation of IFRS 17 means that the amount of cash surrender reserves recognised as expenses has surged by trillions of won per annum, according to a local report.
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Taiwanese regulator set to finalise rules to ease insurers offshore bond issuance: report
- March 4
The amendments seek to allow Taiwanese carriers to issue regulatory bonds via SPVs, which will reduce related tax costs and help them cope with IFRS 17 implications.
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Korea’s Lotte Insurance records highest full year profit since inception
- February 15
The non-life insurer's provisional full-year operating profit tripled from a year ago to US$350.5m, thanks in part to its strong growth in long-term business.
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IFRS 17: market still divided over the right KPIs
- February 2
As insurers gear up for full-year reporting between February and April, experts say that the question remains as to which numbers are going to get the most emphasis.
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PineBridge Investments | Why Asian insurers are exploring private credit and CLOs
The recent rollout of risk-based capital regimes across Asia calls for a closer alignment between insurers’ assets and liabilities. We explore potential ways to maintain a healthy investment yield and robust returns on regulatory capital.
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Peak Re | Emerging Asia middle class: A catalyst for change
Rising demand for elderly care and women driving consumption growth mandate carriers to develop precise solutions to meet customer expectations.
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Guy Carpenter | Private equity’s reshaping of the Asian life sector has further to run
PE-backed reinsurers provide access to asset classes and investment expertise that often don’t exist within the traditional carriers themselves.
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CCi | LEG3/06: A delay analyst’s perspective on defect exclusions
Tackling contentious issues by applying the learning from the industry’s collective experience is key to improving the claims experience, writes CCi’s Steven Horne.
