Bupa Arabia, the biggest insurer in Saudi Arabia, has reported profit before zakat and income tax attributable to shareholders of SAR1,224.12m ($325.52m) for the first nine months of this year (9M2026), compared to SAR1,177.77m during the corresponding period of 2025. This represented an increase of 3.94%.
The Hong Kong insurance regulator, Insurance Authority (IA) has launched a public consultation on proposed amendments to the Insurance (Authorisation and Annual Fees) Regulation (Cap. 41C) and the Insurance (Levy) Order (Cap. 41J) made under section 128 and section 134 of the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41) respectively.
Many African life insurance companies are contending with rising maintenance expenses per policy driven by sluggish new business growth, according to Deloitte, a global professional services firm.
Participation insurance (takaful) in Turkiye posted total contributions of TRY68.25bn ($1.36bn) in the first nine months of this year, 44.7% higher than the TRY47.2bn reported for the corresponding period in 2025, according to data from the Insurance Association of Turkiye (TSB). The real growth was 11.54%.
The insurance market reported after-tax profit of TRY140.9bn ($2.8bn) for the first nine months of this year, 11.9% higher compared to TRY125.8bn in the corresponding period last year. However, the profitability margin decreased from 14.69% to 12.90%.
The Company For Cooperative Insurance (Tawuniya), among Saudi Arabia's top three insurers, has reported net profit before zakat of SAR1,020.6m for the first nine months of this year, showing a marginal increase of 1.42% over the corresponding period in 2025.
Eighty-seven non-life insurers posted a combined business revenue of CNY1,401.29bn ($209.9bn) for the first three quarters, according to data compiled from their financial reports submitted to date.
Eighty-seven non-life insurers that had lodged their third-quarter financial reports as of 3 November chalked up a combined net profit of CNY58.25bn ($8.71bn).
China's life insurance industry faced significant pressure on both the liability and asset sides in the third quarter of this year. Not only did insurance revenue decline by more than 5% year-on-year, but profits also fell sharply by more than 36% year on year with some companies even falling into red ink.
China's five A-share listed insurance giants recorded net profits of CNY276.58bn ($41.47bn) in the first three quarters of this year, representing a year-on-year decrease of 35.08%.