Continental Reinsurance's (Nigeria) [CRe Nigeria] underwriting performance in 2025 and beyond is expected to trend in line with recent years, supported by stricter underwriting guidelines and more controlled business growth, according to AM Best.
Global reinsurers' profitability will decline but remain strong in 2026, as 1 January contract renewals confirmed further reductions in risk-adjusted prices across most lines, Fitch Ratings says. This aligns with its 'deteriorating' sector outlook for global reinsurance, reflecting moderately weaker, but still sound, operating and business conditions in 2026.
The implications for the life insurance sector could be profound when a proposal by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) to amend foreign exchange accounting rules is finalised.
Parents in China, including Hong Kong, recognise the challenges of the AI era but are underprepared for their children's future development, according to a new survey by Prudential Hong Kong.
2026 is poised to be a year of significant growth for the insurance sector in terms of risk management, digital transformation, and sustainability, according to the Insurance Association of Turkiye (TSB) President Mr Ugur Gulen, outlining his expectations of the industry for the new year.
Bangladesh's insurance regulator Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has imposed a ban on agent commissions in the non-life insurance sector. This move implies that there will be no agents serving the non-life branch.
Lebanon ranked 64th out of the 72 largest insurance markets worldwide in terms of premiums in 2024, 37th among 45 emerging markets, and 10th among 13 Arab markets.
The mainland China's P&C industry's report card for 2025 shows that the sector's growth was steady but trailed GDP expansion. Furthermore, P&C insurance penetration declined slightly.
The assumed interest rate in insurance products is likely to remain unchanged throughout 2026, insurance industry players indicate. In 2025, the rate fell to 2.0%.
Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio-Re), the first reinsurance company in Ethiopia, has increased its profit before tax by 45.3% to ETB616.7m ($3.98m) on the back of reinsurance revenue growth, for the financial year ended 30 June 2025 (FY2025).