Sanlam, a leading pan-African financial services group focused on emerging markets, delivered a strong performance in the first quarter of 2026, supported by resilient client activity, strong growth in new business and very strong net inflows from clients.
The Tunisian insurance market generated satisfactory growth in premium income in the first quarter of the year, buoyed by a notable increase in life insurance premiums and positive growth across all lines.
Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance Company (SAICO) has appointed Mr Khalid Ali Ballow as Acting CEO, effective 21 May 2026, according to a bourse filing on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).
The Deutsche Ruck Group, which marks its 75th annniversary this year, achieved the highest premium growth in life reinsurance in 2025, according to a statement released by the global reinsurance company.
Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company (Ping An P&C) continued to deliver a double-digit return on equity at 10.3% in 2025, per AM Best calculation.
Effective 1 July 2026, HDI Global will appoint Mr Thomas Kropp as COO/CIO. He will take over from Executive Board member Dr Thomas Kuhnt, who has personally decided to step down on 30 June 2026 in order to take up a new professional opportunity outside the Talanx Group.
SEADRIF Insurance Company and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched an anticipatory drought insurance pilot in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). This marks the first time a Southeast Asian government has secured pre-arranged financing designed to activate ahead of drought impacts.
The Financial Services Commission (FSC), South Korea's financial regulator, has conditionally approved Lotte Insurance's management improvement plan. Reports from South Korean media say this was approved at the FSC's regular meeting on 27 May. The move allows the insurer to proceed with a structured turnaround programme over the next 18 months.
Insurance companies in South Korea generated KRW4.48tn ($3bn) in net income for the first quarter of 2026, up by KRW389.6bn or 9.5% from the corresponding quarter a year earlier, according to preliminary data released by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).
Rising geopolitical tensions have increasingly affected insurance markets across the GCC, driving stronger demand for specialty insurance products such as war-risk, marine, political risk, and cyber insurance, according to Dubai-based investment banking advisory firm Alpen Capital.