China's five major 'A'-share listed insurance groups posted a cumulative insurance premium income of CNY1.25tn ($176bn) in the first four months of 2024, 1.47% higher than in the corresponding period in 2023.
Insurance companies in South Korea saw their combined net profit shrink more than 11% from a year earlier in the first three months of the year, according to data from the Financial Supervisory Service.
Australians in their mid-to-late-20s have pulled back on spending more than any other age group, according to the latest CommBank "iQ Cost of Living Insights Report".
Online insurer, Go Digit General Insurance, saw a promising debut on the stock exchanges yesterday, with its shares opening at the price of INR286 ($3.43) on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), marking a 5.15% increase from the issue price of INR272, notes IIFL Securities, a stockbroking company which is part of the IIFL Finance Group.
The insurance industry in Tanzania has posted a total Gross Written Premiums (GWP) of TZS379.40bn ($146.2m) in the first three months of 2024, an increase of 13.6% compared to TZS333.8bn in the corresponding quarter of 2023, according to data released by the Association of Tanzania Insurers (ATI).
Listed insurers in the UAE generated profit before tax of AED722m ($197m) in 1Q2024, a 29% jump from the corresponding quarter in 2023, according to an analysis of the financial results of 26 companies by Badri Management Consultancy.
Three major Japanese non-life insurance companies have posted record consolidated net profits for the year ended 31 March 2024 (FY2023).
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has established a new counter-fraud and scams function to provide an industry-wide capability focused on detecting organised fraud networks and identifying emerging fraud-related trends or criminal scams.
Some insurers in the UAE have increased premiums for losses arising from NAT Cat, while others are still considering adjustments in rates and will do so in the near future.
Tokio Marine Holdings (TMH), Japan's biggest P&C insurance group, has announced that it chalked up an 85.7% jump in net profits attributable to owners of the parent company to JPY695.8bn ($4.46bn) in the fiscal year ended 31 March 2024 (FY2023).