Removal of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from individual health insurance covers in India has had a positive impact on the sales of high-value health insurance plans according to a new study.

South Asia and Southeast Asia contributed more than half of the global deaths attributed to high temperature. In 2021, South Asia recorded 209,537 deaths and Southeast Asia recorded 32,230 deaths due ...

With the theme 'Unlocking Reinsurance', and titled 'Opportunities in a Changing Climate: Building Catastrophe Resilience in Thailand', the Thailand Reinsurance Conference 2025 opened with welcome ...

Hong Kong's insurance regulator, the Insurance Authority (IA), released provisional statistics for 1H2025, with total gross premiums reaching HK$423.4bn ($54.5bn).

Sompo insurance has expanded its travel insurance service to a number of countries in Asia following a successful rollout in Thailand.

AIG has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the renewal rights for a majority of Everest Group's retail insurance portfolios worldwide, representing in aggregate approximately $2bn of ...

CIMB Thai Bank has outlined its outlook for the life insurance market next year, highlighting three major trends: protection-oriented products, inheritance insurance, and online policy purchases.

The Indonesian government and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) have made significant strides in expanding financial inclusion, creating new access to banking services for the public.

Malaysian regulator Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the ministry of health (MOH) will soon meet the country's medical community to discuss the government's proposed base medical and health ...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) paid over PHP200bn in medical claims from January to September 2025.

The Insurance Council of New Zealand (Te Kahui Inihua o Aotearoa) (ICNZ) is supporting new rules that make natural hazard information in Land Information Memoranda (LIMs) clearer, more consistent and ...

A new survey across five key APAC markets has revealed that insurers in APAC are using AI extensively and reaping benefits, yet they are also facing challenges in employing the technology.