Featured InsuranceLIA Singapore reports a 61% increase in sales in H1 2021WebAdminAugust 13, 2021 by WebAdminAugust 13, 2021 The growth represents the industry bouncing back from the slow sales observed in the first half of 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic... Read more
Featured InsuranceFWD to sell TMB bancassurance contract to Prudential for $630 mnInternational Finance Business DeskMarch 24, 2020March 25, 2020 by International Finance Business DeskMarch 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Prudential’s Thai unit will acquire FWD’s exclusive rights to sell life insurance products using TMB Bank’s platform... Read more
Featured InsuranceSouth Africa’s King Price buys Stangen, targets life insurancePritam BordoloiMarch 4, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiMarch 4, 2020 King Price bought Stangen from African Phoenix Investments for R140 mn... Read more
Featured InsuranceEgypt’s Misr Insurance targets 10% growth by June 2020Pritam BordoloiJanuary 27, 2020January 27, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiJanuary 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Chairperson Basel El Hini revealed that the company’s profits reached a record high of E£4 bn in 2019... Read more
Featured InsurancePolitical turmoil takes its toll on Hong Kong’s life insurance sectorInternational FinanceJanuary 22, 2020March 18, 2020 by International FinanceJanuary 22, 2020March 18, 2020 Last November, the tourist footfalls from the Chinese mainland fell by 60 percent year-on-year.... Read more
Featured InsuranceFive firms in the fray to acquire Prudential Life KoreaInternational FinanceJanuary 21, 2020March 18, 2020 by International FinanceJanuary 21, 2020March 18, 2020 Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holdings is the sole foreign bidder while the remaining four are local financial firms... Read more
InsuranceVietnam predicts over 18 percent insurance sector growth in 2020International FinanceJanuary 13, 2020March 18, 2020 by International FinanceJanuary 13, 2020March 18, 2020 At less than 1% of GDP, Vietnam has among the world's least life insurance penetration levels... Read more
InsuranceHSBC Insurance announces its new global head of product and actuarialInternational Finance DeskApril 26, 2018 by International Finance DeskApril 26, 2018 HSBC Insurance recently appointed former AIA Group Chief Financial Officer Alistair Chamberlain its global head of product and actuarial... Read more
InsuranceThailand’s leading life insurance provider’s latest offering for customers of a digital ageInternational Finance DeskApril 9, 2018 by International Finance DeskApril 9, 2018 Thailand’s Muang Thai Life Assurance has launched its strategy for the year titled Customer @ the Heart, which caters to the growing needs of a customer in a digital age... Read more
InsuranceCompetition has improved life insurance sector in VietnamInternational FinanceNovember 10, 2017 by International FinanceNovember 10, 2017 And at the end of 2016, Manulife Vietnam's growth was higher than other insurance companies in the industry... Read more