...ESR, an Asia-Pacific-focused real asset owner and manager, has entered into an agreement with two leading mainland Chinese insurance groups to establish a dedicated CNY income fund with a total investment capacity of CNY1.6bn ($234.4m), a move which advances the company's capital recycling strategy...
Source : eCin | 24 Apr 2026...The Hon Dr Daniel Mulino MP, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, has appointed Ms Evelyn Horton, Ms Eilis Hurley, Ms Fran Raymond and Mr Kent Griffin as part-time acting members of the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) Board for the period from 23 April 2026 up to a...
Source : eDaily | 24 Apr 2026...Insured deposits maintained in the Philippine banking system grew 40.9% in 2025, according to state deposit insurer Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC)....
Source : eDaily | 24 Apr 2026...Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) system remains one of the most accessible healthcare systems in the world. However, Nan Shan Life Insurance Chairman Chung-Yao Yin said in an exclusive interview with Asia Insurance Review that mounting demographic and financial challenges are dimming the mar...
Source : eDaily | 24 Apr 2026...New Zealand has experienced a record 46 storms over the past 12 months, leading to an exponential increase in insurance claims, according to data from IAG New Zealand....
Source : eDaily | 24 Apr 2026...Prudential Life Insurance has decided to keep its pause on new sales in place for an additional 180 days, extending an earlier 90-day suspension, as it grapples with a growing internal investigation involving alleged misuse of client funds....
Source : eDaily | 24 Apr 2026...Asia, India, the Philippines, and Thailand are being hit hardest because of their large net trade deficits in energy and petrochemical products and negative effects on tourism arising from higher air...
Source : eDaily | 24 Apr 2026...Asia Association CEO & Founder George Kesselman said, “What we are seeing now is that AI is already influencing behaviour behind the scenes. To businesses, it may look like the same custome...
Source : AIRPlus | 23 Apr 2026...Asia Vice President of Cyber and Financial Lines Alexander Liu, Embed Financial Group CEO of Asia Chia Hock Lai, and Swiss Re Head of Cyber, Regional Markets Giv Karom. The moderator was InsurTech As...
Source : AIRPlus | 23 Apr 2026...bolttech has appointed Mr Watanabe Kohei as General Manager for Japan, with responsibility for the Japan business, including P&L across domestic and international operations....
Source : eDaily | 23 Apr 2026...Swiss Re has appointed Ms Anna Ziswiler as Head P&C Reinsurance for Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, India, Korea and Taiwan, effective 1 May 2026. She will become a member of the P&C Re Management Team....
Source : eDaily | 23 Apr 2026...Asia to launch and manage device protection and extended warranty programmes through a single, joined-up proposition. The collaboration is designed to give partners access to both local commercial de...
Source : eDaily | 23 Apr 2026...Thailand's insurance regulator, the Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC), has revealed the road accident statistics from the seven-day travel period related to Songkran....
Source : eDaily | 23 Apr 2026...Jio Financial Services (JFSL) and Allianz Group (Allianz) -- through its wholly-owned subsidiary Allianz Europe -- have entered into a binding agreement to form a 50:50 primary insurance joint venture (JV), according to a statement released jointly by the two parties....
Source : eDaily | 23 Apr 2026...Asia Insurance Review. “Prolonged instability linked to the Middle East conflict is already affecting shipping routes, insurance and freight costs, tran...
Source : eDaily | 23 Apr 2026...Asia, Mr Vincent Banton, while most construction activity in Asia sits far from the physical geography of the conflict, the industry is highly exposed to its indirect effects. p style="margin...
Source : eDaily | 23 Apr 2026...Murugappa Group has announced the appointment of Mr Rajive Kumaraswami as the new Managing Director of Cholamandalam MS General Insurance, effective 1 June 2026....
Source : eDaily | 22 Apr 2026...Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has announced that its Chief Underwriting Officer, Mr Michael Pennell, will retire later this year following a distinguished career in reinsurance and more than two decades of service to ARPC and the Australian community....
Source : eDaily | 22 Apr 2026...MS Amlin, the Lloyd's global specialist (re)insurer, has launched a new sub-syndicate to target innovative growth opportunities and provide greater flexibility and capacity for brokers....
Source : eDaily | 22 Apr 2026...Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC), has received the licence to undertake reinsurance business from GIFT City, India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat, effective 1 April 2026....
Source : eDaily | 22 Apr 2026...Extreme weather generated A$4.8bn (US$3.4bn) in insured losses in 2025, up 727% on the previous year, with more than A$4.1bn of that coming from Queensland alone....
Source : eDaily | 22 Apr 2026...Asia, and Oceania.”...
Source : eDaily | 22 Apr 2026...Asia. Shorter routes in a strained global maritime system Maritime transport accounts for over 80% of global trade, concent...
Source : eDaily | 22 Apr 2026...The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has maintained a positive outlook for Indonesia's insurance industry, citing expectations of healthier and more sustainable growth ahead....
Source : eDaily | 21 Apr 2026...The rise in Tokyo's birth rate in 2025, the first increase in nine years, highlights how comprehensive financial protection and risk-sharing mechanisms can influence demographic trends....
Source : eDaily | 21 Apr 2026...The Financial Supervisory Service announced that, together with the Korea Insurance Development Institute and non-life insurers, refunded KRW1.36bn ($1.0m) in improperly inflated motor insurance premiums to 2,289 victims of auto insurance fraud last year, reported Yonhap news....
Source : eDaily | 21 Apr 2026...Asia. As a result, insurers are expected to step up product development targeting older segments, with greater emphasis on solutions that support post-retirement...
Source : eDaily | 21 Apr 2026...Amid heightened geopolitical tensions in West Asia and broader global uncertainty, the Indian government has moved to strengthen the country's maritime trade resilience through a major insurance initiative....
Source : eDaily | 21 Apr 2026...Agile Insurance Group has announced the promotions of Mr David Hughes to the role of Active Underwriter and Mr Mark Hunt to the role of Group Chief Underwriting Officer....
Source : eDaily | 20 Apr 2026...Insurance claims related to liver diseases in India have doubled over the past three years and this surge reflects not only increasing disease severity but also the widening demographic and geographic spread of the disease, according to a new analysis by Indian health insurer Care Health Insurance....
Source : eDaily | 20 Apr 2026...The obligatory cession for the financial year 2026-27 will be retained at 4% and will be entirely placed with the state-owned Indian reinsurer GIC Re....
Source : eDaily | 20 Apr 2026...The move by the Queensland government to introduce reforms related to the use of e-mobility devices on roads and footpaths has been welcomed by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA). There has been a surge in serious injuries and deaths due to these e-mobility devices....
Source : eDaily | 20 Apr 2026...Asia 2026" released by QBE Asia in April 2026 highlighted the growing complexity of the maritime risk environment, as geopolitical developments, cyber risk, and extreme weather continue to shape...
Source : eDaily | 20 Apr 2026...Asia and the Pacific" published on 16 April 2026, shows that Sri Lanka is highly exposed, as 80.2% of migrant-worker departures from the island nation in 2025 were to the Middle East....
Source : eDaily | 20 Apr 2026...Generali Global Corporate and Commercial (GC&C) has announced that Mr Nuno Antunes will join the company on 20 April, in the context of a planned leadership transition within its Client and Broker Relationship Management (C&BRM) function....
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...Full-stack InsurTech company, Igloo, has set out its 2026 Philippines strategy under newly appointed Country Head Mr Ramjit Lahiri....
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...Aon has appointed Mr Jeffrey Alpaugh as Chief Commercial Officer, Risk Capital. He will continue to serve as President of North America alongside his new role....
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...Prudential Health India has appointed: Mr Amit Dave as CEO and Managing Director, subject to regulatory approval, and Mr Abhishek Saraf as COO....
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...Government-controlled state deposit insurer Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) has issued a new regulation introducing a more robust, transparent and responsive process for depositors whose insurance claims have been rejected....
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...South Korea's financial regulators are calling on insurers and banks to play a bigger role in long-term investment as the government seeks to unlock capital for "productive finance" and support strategic sectors including infrastructure and energy transition projects....
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...Asia, particularly Hong Kong and South Korea. “Large pools of savings have been built, but the next challenge is converting that capital into reliable income,” he said, adding that ageing...
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...The conflict in the Middle East is creating two second-order risks for life insurers in Asia, according to HSBC CEO for Insurance Edward Moncreiffe in an interview with Asia Insurance Review. He noted that while the impact on life insurers is not direct, there are still significant knock-on effects...
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...Asia, the upstream market remains strongly buyer-friendly after another year of limited losses. The region continues to be seen by insurers as a key growth market, especially for established operator...
Source : eDaily | 17 Apr 2026...Asian vessels are carrying. Inaccurate declarations hide hazardous materials, preventing proper stowage and firefighting capabilities./...
Source : AIRPlus | 16 Apr 2026...Asia Insurance Review. “That means the past is still informative, but it is no longer decisive.” p align="justif...
Source : AIRPlus | 16 Apr 2026...As part of its expansion in Australia, Sompo has recruited a highly experienced team of local underwriters who bring established expertise across property, casualty, financial lines, energy and construction....
Source : eDaily | 16 Apr 2026...Asia. Prior to his new role, he worked with Amazon Web Services, and most recently served as CEO of two Carsome subsidiaries, iCar Asia and WapCar AutoFun. He rep...
Source : eDaily | 16 Apr 2026...Shareholders of Swiss Re have approved an ordinary dividend of $8 per share for FY2025. The dividend will be paid in Swiss francs, converted from USD, out of voluntary profit reserves, with distribution from 16 April 2026 onwards....
Source : eDaily | 16 Apr 2026...Thailand's insurance regulator, the Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC), recently instructed a delegation and a number of insurance companies to raise public awareness about the importance of travel insurance....
Source : eDaily | 16 Apr 2026...PERILS has disclosed its second industry loss estimate for the Victoria Bushfires, which occurred between 7 and 13 January 2026....
Source : eDaily | 16 Apr 2026