Insurers in China will be able to invest more of their funds in equities under a new proposal being considered by Chinese regulators. The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission…
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David Alexander, head of P&C reinsurance for Hong Kong and Taiwan at Swiss Re, is set to retire on August 29 to return to the UK with his family. Alexander…
Saudi Arabia’s sole local reinsurer, which writes life and non-life business in more than 40 markets in Asia, Africa and MENA, saw its profits surge by 226% in the first…
Sompo Insurance Singapore, which offers personal and commercial P&C lines, has appointed Pui Phusangmook as its chief executive. Phusangmook (pictured) was previously the executive vice-president and general manager of general…
The only way to ensure the long-term affordability of insurance for earthquake risk is to reduce risk, Mr Tim Grafton, chief executive of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, as…
Argenta Underwriting Asia has appointed Simon Wilmot-Smith as a political violence and terrorism underwriter. Wilmot-Smith, who was previously a specialist lines underwriter at Talbot Asia, will be based in the…
The frequency of heat waves and their duration in India may begin to increase from as early as 2020, says a study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM),…
China’s banking and insurance regulator is considering raising the upper limit of the proportion of capital that insurance firms can hold in equities, the regulator has said. Article by Asia…
Insurance premiums in Malaysia, which posted a solid growth of 4.6% last year, will see growth accelerate this year to more than 6%, reported Bernama News Agency citing a forecast…
The everyday traffic jams in many major cities across Asia suggests motor insurance is going to be a critical part of the P&C market for decades to come. While billions…