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- March 31 2017
Regulator tells Fairfax to sell 25% stake in ICICI Lombard
The Canadian insurer needs to sell the stake to be able to apply for a second licence in the general insurance industry.
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- March 29 2017
Myanmar opens special economic zone to global insurers
All foreign insurers with local representative offices will be eligible to apply for a licence in the SEZ.
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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 27 2017
China’s first tech insurer to launch by 2020
Enterprises affiliated with the China Academy of Sciences are sponsoring the establishment of China’s first tech insurance company.
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- March 24 2017
China orders insurers to submit bond transaction report
The move is part of the insurance regulator’s move to tighten scrutiny as it becomes increasingly alert to risks.
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- March 23 2017
India mulls 100% foreign investment in broking
The government is planning to raise the limit from the current 49% to fund more development in the sector.
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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 21 2017
MyCC issue a misunderstanding, says AIA
AIA Malaysia has defended itself from allegations it participated in an anti-competitive agreement in the country.
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- March 20 2017
Regulator lowers punishment against CEOs of Korean insurers
FSS says the penalty against the CEOs is now a precautionary warning, or a notch lower than the one previously announced.
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- March 20 2017
Global M&A activity at lowest level in three years
However, Asian transactions were still robust, with 12 of the top 20 deals by value in 2016 involving an Asian insurer.
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- March 16 2017
Manulife wins first Investment Company WFOE licence in China
The approval will allow the company to provide private assets solutions in China's fast-growing asset management industry.
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- March 16 2017
Indonesia urges insurers to buy government securities
The Financial Services Authority says insurers should help offset the deficit in the state budget.
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- March 15 2017
Indonesia approves two new reinsurance brokers
The Financial Services Authority has issued operational licences to JLT Reinsurance Brokers and Inare Proteksi International.
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- March 15 2017
Foresea Life chairman resigns
Yao Zhenhua resigned after getting a 10-year prohibition order from China’s insurance regulator.
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- March 13 2017
Hong Kong told to develop incentives for reinsurers
Insurers and brokers are moving their businesses to Singapore where economics of scale and tax benefits are preferable.
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- March 13 2017
Fewer nonlife firms in the Philippines expected this year
Numbers are expected to decline this year as the regulator imposes higher capital requirements for insurers.
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- March 8 2017
AIA wins licence to operate in Cambodia
The group will start operations by the end of the year in a market with significant growth potential.
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- March 7 2017
Penalty against 22 insurers in Malaysia not final
The Malaysia Competition Commission has said the general insurers still have 30 days to appeal their case.
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- March 7 2017
Big insurers may face less scrutiny in China
Insurance authorities are planning an industry-wide shakeup that will see smaller insurers face stricter regulation.
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- March 6 2017
Regulations to alter Malaysia’s life insurance industry
Bank Negara Malaysia's upcoming regulatory changes will make it tough for part-time insurance agents to survive.
