Many insurers in the Asia-Pacific region now favour capital-light product strategies and are shifting to products that are less sensitive to interest rates, particularly protection products linked to mortality and morbidity risk, says Fitch Ratings.
With New Zealand entering a future where natural disasters are more frequent, more destructive and more expensive, the country needs to build on existing momentum to materially reduce risks before disasters strike.
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is warning that life insurance lead generation should not be swept up into a blanket ban designed to address misconduct in other parts of the financial system.
The Middle East war has added volatility, in particular, to specialty lines' 2026 earnings, according to S&P Global Ratings (S&P).
The Insurers Federation of Egypt (IFE) is urging insurers to ramp up research and development in the industry to better understand the impact of digital trust on market behaviour.
Asia-Pacific insurers and reinsurers are facing a new set of potential macroeconomic shocks, triggered by trade and geopolitical uncertainties that are affecting business growth and investments, says S&P Global Ratings (S&P).
Rising living costs are weakening financial resilience and leaving households less prepared for the future, according to Sun Life Singapore Financial Resilience Index.
Oil crisis precipitated by the US-Iran War has hurt global growth prospects and has led to lowering of 2026 forecast for global growth by 0.2pp to 2.4%, according to Fitch's Global Economic Outlook June 2026.
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) and the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) will jointly work to establish a Resilient Insurance Markets Initiative, a formal partnership to coordinate advocacy, share expertise, and build more resilient communities across the region.
Almost all (90%) of Chinese travellers polled take into account environmental risks and extreme weather events, according to the "Global Travel Confidence Index" (GTCI) report, released by Allianz Partners. This percentage far exceeds the global average of 68%.