The operating performance of Suez Canal Insurance (SCI) is assessed as adequate, according to AM Best. The insurer has reported a five-year (2019 - 2023) weighted average return-on-equity ratio of 15.8%.
The number of non-life insurance companies in Thailand is projected to be reduced to about 25-30 from the current number of about 50, according to Bangkok Insurance chairman Chai Sophonpanich. Bangkok Insurance is the third largest general insurer in the country.
Shanghai-headquartered multinational conglomerate Fosun International has reached an agreement with BNP Paribas Group to sell a stake in leading Belgian insurer Ageas to the latter's insurance subsidiary BNP Paribas Cardif.
The operating performance of Asuransi Astra Buana is assessed as strong, demonstrated by its five-year average combined ratio of 88.1% and return-on-equity ratio of 17.6% (2019-2023), according to AM Best.
Insurance companies in South Korea, comprising 22 life insurers and 31 non-life insurers, generated KRW13.36tn ($9.68bn) in net income for the year 2023, up by KRW4.18tn or 45.5% from 2022, according to preliminary data released by the Financial Supervisory Service.
Vietnam's total insurance premium revenue in the first quarter of 2024 continued to decrease, falling for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to data from the General Statistics Office.
The Insurance Commission (IC) has announced that the net income of the insurance industry, comprising life and non-life insurance companies and mutual benefit associations (MBAs), reached PHP48.46bn ($848m) in 2023, 3.8% higher than the PHP46.69bn chalked up in 2022.
Africa's largest non-banking financial services group Sanlam, through its wholly owned subsidiary Sanlam Emerging Markets Mauritius, has announced that an agreement has been reached to increase the Sanlam Group's effective shareholdings in two Indian insurance companies. The deal, when completed, will make Sanlam the majority shareholder in both JVs.
Asia's per capita burden of junked 'phones and other electronic and electrical gadgets is still low, but it struggles to contain this e-waste deluge that is gradually building up according to a new report by the UN.
Public-sector general insurers showed an 8.99% growth in gross direct premium to INR903.4bn ($10.86bn) in the financial year ended 31 March 2024 (FY2024), about half as slowly as their private-sector rivals which posted a 17.5% rise in combined premiums to INR1.55tn in the same 12 months, according to preliminary data released by the General Insurance Council.