Thailand's first full-scale, lifestyle-embedded subscription-styled microinsurance product named TipSnack is expected to be launched in early 2026.
Bear encounters have become an almost daily occurrence in Japan, worrying residents, travellers and farmers, and disrupting outdoor leisure businesses.
The Chairman of the Indonesian General Insurance Association (AAUI), Budi Herawan, confirmed that the general insurance sector plans to expand microinsurance offerings in 2026.
Several players in the insurance ecosystem are working on improving the regulation of microinsurance in the CIMA (Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets) zone to establish a more favourable framework conducive to the development of an inclusive insurance market.
China has enacted a new law to regulate the response to public health emergencies and enhance the country's capacity to address such situations according to news agency Xinhua.
Microinsurance start-up Samb'a Assurances Gabon is planning to expand to Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the company revealed in a media statement.
The insurance market in Uganda posted gross premiums of UGX1.76tn ($490m) in 2024, 10% higher than the UGX1.60tn chalked up in 2023, according to data from the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA).
Cambodia's insurance regulator, the Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (IRC), launched a campaign to drive public outreach on mandatory coverage in the country's Ratanakiri province, news platform Khmer Times stated.
Uganda is ready to adopt the Islamic insurance model, according to Dr Twaha Ahmed Kasule, a senior lecturer at the Islamic University In Uganda (IUIU).
The microinsurance market needs four to five years to achieve the desired results and generate profits, according to Africa Regional Coordinator of the Microinsurance Network, Ms Karimi Nthiga.