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Mar 2025

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March-Home
Editor's Letter
Magazine article aboutFrom-globalisation-to-fragmentation

From globalisation to fragmentation

Market Profile
Magazine article aboutCommitment-to-fostering-a-thriving-lifestyle-for-all

Japan

Commitment to fostering a thriving lifestyle for all

ESG support initiatives by insurers

Japanese non-life insurers shift focus to profitability

Regulator looks to improve business practices in non-life

Reinsurance market stable despite several Nat CAT events

Organisers of EAIC 2026 in Tokyo gear up for biennial regional event

International Women’s Day
Magazine article aboutProtection-plans-for-women-more-focussed-with-changing-times

Protection plans for women more focussed with changing times

View from India - Empowering women through gender-focused strategies

Insurance
Magazine article aboutLessons-from-Los-Angeles-wildfires

General

Lessons from Los Angeles wildfires

ESG plays a larger role in insurer asset management

Asia: Global developments will impact insurer asset management

Insurers continue to focus on ESG

AI risks reshaping the insurance sector

Bancassurance is a symbiotic relationship

Bancassurance can be a game-changer

Life & health

AI will transform health insurance

China
Magazine article aboutChina-pulls-out-all-stops-to-go-green

China pulls out all stops to go green

Pension trusts sprout shoots as an emerging business

Notebook
Magazine article aboutTraditional-insurance-can-t-keep-pace-with-climate-change

Traditional insurance can't keep pace with climate change

India's time on the world insurance stage has arrived

18th India Rendezvous 2025: Student essay competition - Where vision sparks action - charting the future of insurance

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announces the Global Insurance Excellence Awards with Asia Insurance Review

News

Asian

Australia: FSC welcomes financial advice education reforms

Cambodia and Laos strengthen insurance ties

China: New guidelines for EV insurance

Indonesia: Mandatory motor third-party liability programme delayed

Malaysia: Parliament takes note of surging insurance premium hikes, to hold public hearings

Thailand: Government considering price hike on health insurance for migrant workers

Product Bites

Product bites

Diary
People on the move

People on the move

News

Asian

Australia: FSC welcomes financial advice education reforms

The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomes the Government’s decision to reform education requirements for professional financial advisers, a vital move toward securing a sustainable advice profession.
 

Cambodia and Laos strengthen insurance ties

The Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (IRC) and Department of State-Owned Enterprises and Insurance Supervision (SOEI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Non-Bank Financial Services Authority Building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, according to a media release from the IRC.
 

China: New guidelines for EV insurance

China’s national financial regulator has issued the first-of-its-kind insurance guidelines for EVs and plug-in hybrids.
 

Indonesia: Mandatory motor third-party liability programme delayed

Initially scheduled to come into force in January 2025, the implementation of mandatory motor third-party liability insurance has been delayed.
 

Malaysia: Parliament takes note of surging insurance premium hikes, to hold public hearings

Surging health insurance premiums in Malaysia have caused public distress to the extent that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the country’s parliament has decided to hold public hearings on the issue.
 

Thailand: Government considering price hike on health insurance for migrant workers

Thailand is proposing to increase health insurance fees for migrant workers to bring them closer to the universal health coverage that is available for the Thai citizens.
 

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