In 2025, losses from natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific cost around $73bn. These work out to about one third of the total global losses due to natural disasters in 2025. This is also above the 10-year average of $66bn. Only $9bn was insured. In many lower-income countries, insurance penetration remains below 5% according to global reinsurer Munich Re.
To help provide more personalised and intelligent services to health insurance policyholders, China will soon launch a pilot programme to establish cloud platforms aggregating personal healthcare and medical insurance data.
Malaysia's insurance and takaful sector faces rising long-term risk from climate change, but analysts are of the view that the outlook remains positive according to a new sectoral report.
The heavy rains that fell on 19 December 2025 has led to increases of around 20% in claims, a level regarded as 'acceptable' by the insurance sector, according to industry executives.
Chinese citizens will now have more smart payment options to pay for services under the medical insurance system. The new options are being rolled out to reduce long queues and simplify payments for various medical services received by patients.
The number of elderly drivers in a super-aged South Korea is increasing rapidly and so is the number of traffic accidents involving them. In 2020, elderly drivers accounted for 14.8% of traffic accidents; in 2024, this grew to 21.5%.
The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has officially issued a regulation (POJK Number 36 of 2025), which allows health insurance customers to opt for co-payments in their policies and lowers the risk-sharing (co-payment ) limit borne by the insured to 5%.
More than 80% of actuaries participating in a recent study conducted by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) have said that their professional involvement in climate change and sustainability work has increased in recent years.
Total premiums generated in the insurance market of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reached $377.89m in 2024, up by 16.17% compared to 2023, according to the Insurance Regulatory and Control Authority (ARCA).
The Australian insurer IAG has released a lithium-ion battery safety factsheet as forecasts show the average household in the country will have 33 lithium-ion powered devices this year.