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).
Dajia Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance has announced that it plans to increase its registered capital by CNY1.5bn ($215m). Following the increase, Dajia P&C's registered capital will reach CNY5.5bn.
The total revenue from insurance premiums in Vietnam reached VND237.2tn ($9.1bn) at the end of 2025, marking a 4% increase compared with end-2024. This was reported by local media, citing the country's National Statistics Office.
Gross written premiums in the Algerian insurance market grew to DZD143bn ($1.1bn) in the first nine months of 2025 (9M2025), registering a growth of 7.3% compared to the corresponding period of the past year, according to a recent report issued by the National Insurance Council (CNA).
Thailand is likely to have a permanent Nat CAT Fund for the country soon. The initiative is being backed by the Thai General Insurance Association (TGAI) according to a report published in the daily the Bangkok Post.
Philippines state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is under scrutiny for weak anti-fraud safeguards according to a study conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).
MS Amlin, the Lloyd's global specialist (re)insurer, has renewed its Phoenix Re catastrophe bond for the sixth consecutive year, increasing collateralised capacity to $115m - the largest issuance to date.
The South Korean insurance industry is expected to face greater challenges in 2026, amid slowing growth and mounting pressures on profitability and financial soundness, according to an outlook published by the Korea Insurance Newspaper in collaboration with the Insurance Research Institute. The report says the overall industry is likely to soften, with initial premiums expected to decline slightly on a year-on-year basis.