Sustaining Asia's insurance environment
Thailand
Regulator takes proactive steps to build confidence and transparency
L&H insurance landscape undergoing structural changes
Health insurers are now focusing on sustainability
Motor and property lead Thai insurance growth in 2025
South Asia
Sri Lanka: Investor optimism in life insurance landscape renewed
Investigating the urban-rural divide in Nepal's insurance access
View from India - Brokers can have a significant role in improving insurance penetration in rural India
Transforming India's reinsurance ecosystem
Construction rates generally favourable in APAC
Asia's construction boom: Rising claims ahead
Insuring offshore wind farms: Navigating risks and seizing opportunities
Ahead of the curve: how (re)insurers in Asia are embracing sustainable risk strategies
Arundo Re eyes growth in Asia, anchors strategy on trust and precision
General
Air accidents and aviation insurance in South Asia
Insurers racing to private markets
The need for digital accessibility for insurance in SEA
The value of climate scenario analysis for insurers: a strategic imperative for the future of Asia
ESG's interconnected components can create systemic risks
Embracing ESG for a sustainable and resilient society
Heatwaves are raising the global temperature
Growing with purpose
Bringing purpose and value
Life & health
Medical Inflation: Can insurers keep pace with rising costs and consumer expectations?
Chinese insurers turn to a leaner growth strategy
Unlocking the potential of Nat CAT insurance
Asian insurance markets show increased confidence in the application of IFRS17
Smarter, human-centric insurance through collaboration
Insurance CFOs are at a crossroads of navigating tomorrow's challenges today
Embedded insurance can save the world
Takaful in ASEAN prepares for expansion
Asian
South Korea: Insurance market reports lower net results in 1Q2025 despite higher premium income
Philippines: Lawmaker warns Gulf conflict may drive up shipping premiums
Australia: Regulator proposes changes to capital framework for annuity products
Indonesia: Health insurance co-payment rules to take effect from 1 January 2026
Products and alliances
People on the move
MARKET PROFILE - Thailand
MARKET SPOTLIGHT - South Asia
Insurance has become a priority sector in Nepal, with companies focussing on microinsurance and customised policies tailored to different income groups. However, persistent challenges exist such as the insurance affordability ap between the urban...
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INSURANCE - General
Southeast Asia’s insurance sector lags rising digital expectations, despite high mobile and internet adoption across the region.
REINSURANCE
On 17 January, Paris-based reinsurer CCR Re officially announced a name change to Arundo Re. Asia Insurance Review sat with Arundo Re’s Mr Laurent Montador for an exclusive interview on growth opportunities, regional expansion plans and the...
The insurance environment in Asia seems to be one of optimism, despite all the recent events that have hit the region and the still worrisome protection gap. Over the past month, the region saw a volcano erupting, constant flooding and rainfall in...
Thailand’s insurance sector continues to chart a stable growth trajectory, supported by a proactive regulatory push to enhance transparency, streamline dispute resolution, and introduce sustainable policy reforms. The Office of Insurance...
Thailand’s life and health insurance landscape has recalibrated over the past year, with developments in regulations, an ageing population and focus on health-conscious lifestyles. This means insurers now need to move beyond traditional...
Health insurance in Thailand has often been described as all-encompassing in view of its wide and ample coverage. However, over time and due to various factors, its sustainability is now in doubt. Recently the industry introduced a system of...
As Sri Lanka continues to recover from its earlier economic challenges, its life insurance industry has proven to be a dynamic landscape, with the rise of mobile technology and digital literacy, rising income and new digital infrastructure and...
Almost two thirds of India’s population live in rural areas. The majority of them are yet to be brought into the insurance fold. If India wants to achieve “Insurance for All” by 2047, all stakeholders in the insurance industry will...
Although regional market dynamics and economic activities mean that construction insurance rates are showing diverse trends, general conditions for this branch of insurance in APAC are favourable despite a slowdown in certain markets.
As the construction and engineering sectors in Asia continue to expand due to material costs and an increasing number of renewable energy and civil infrastructure projects, premium income is growing and the landscape of claims is evolving...
Insuring offshore wind farms presents unique challenges such as costs due to the inherent risks of marine environments – including extreme weather – and the complexity of these projects. Insurance plays a crucial role in the viability...
As climate risks escalate across Asia-Pacific, the (re)insurance industry faces mounting pressure to turn sustainability commitments into concrete action. A new panel at SIRC 2025 explores how reinsurers can lead the charge – through...
While the safety record of air travel still remains reliable, air accidents have made a surge in recent times. As air travel is growing rapidly in South Asia and insurance capacity is ample, will the market see an increase in aviation insurance...
As insurers look to chase yields, diversification and balance sheet stability, they are racing to private markets where regulators are willing or supportive.
Faced with shrinking markets, rising costs, and accelerating digital adoption, China’s major insurers are scaling back their physical footprints and agent forces in favour of leaner, more sustainable growth strategies.
China faces growing exposure to floods, typhoons, droughts, earthquakes and a lot more – events that collectively cause tens of billions of dollars in economic damage each year. However, the Nat CAT insurance market in China remains...
As of May 2025, IFRS17 has been widely adopted across the Asia region, though the degree of implementation and optimisation varies by country.
Speakers at the 20th Asia Conference on Healthcare and Health Insurance discussed how AI is changing health insurance and healthcare by making patient care better, simplifying claims and helping assess risks more accurately.
Speakers at the 18th Asia Insurance CFO Summit highlighted that the role of the insurance CFO has evolved beyond accounting, budgeting, and compliance to encompass strategic foresight, risk mitigation and digital transformation.
South Korea’s 22 life and 31 non-life insurance companies generated KRW4.097tn ($2.98bn) in preliminary net income for the first quarter of 2025, down by KRW769.9bn or 15.8% from the corresponding quarter a year earlier, the Financial...
Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda has called on the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to keep a close watch on potential increases in shipping insurance premiums amid escalating tensions...
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed to allow reduced capital requirements for annuity products in return for enhanced risk management by life insurers, including closer matching of assets and liabilities.