The first half of 2026 presents a clear divergence between growth and earnings quality for Oman's listed insurance sector, according to BADRI Management Consultancy, an international actuarial and risk consultancy.
Union Insurance Company's (Union) reported strong financial performance in the last two years with a net income return on equity (ROE) of 17.3% in 2025 and 17.1% in 2024 (2023: -1.2%) and a three-year average ROE of 11.1%, notes Fitch Ratings.
Australia's population will age more quickly but grow more slowly than projected earlier, due primarily to lower fertility rates - a trend common across advanced economies. Deaths are projected to outnumber births by the 2060s - the first time this has been forecast in an Intergenerational Report for 2026.
Asia does not simply need more insurance capacity. It needs more "risk capacity", which is the capacity to understand risk, to reduce it, to price it and the financial capacity to absorb what remains, according to Mr Lim Cheng Khai, Executive Director, Financial Markets Development Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Tunisia's biggest insurer, Societe Tunisienne d'Assurances et de Reassurances (STAR) has published its interim financial statements, showing a net profit of TND28.1m ($9.6m) for the first half of this year, up approximately 31.9% compared to the TND21.3m recorded in the same period in 2025.
The South Korean general insurers will join hands with the country's National Assembly, the government, the investigative agencies and research institutions to combat insurance fraud.
General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) Chairman Koji Ishikawa has addressed the industry, present policyholders, prospective insurance customers and other stakeholders of the industry in the country. Mr Ishikawa had taken charge as Chairman of GIAJ in late June this year.
Shanghai is aggressively expanding its technology insurance framework, shifting from isolated product offerings to comprehensive, full-lifecycle risk management.
Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance (Ping An P&C ) has reported a 50.4% year-on-year reduction in claims at 1,620 high-risk intersections during China's 2026 Spring Festival holiday, highlighting the potential of technology-driven risk prevention in insurance.
IDRIMA, the Integrated Disaster Risk Management Alliance formed by the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) and AFD Group (Agence Française de Développement and Expertise France - AFD), has proposed parametric insurance as a tested and yet-to-be-scaled solution for protecting hydro-dependent utility revenues.