Finance alone is not the answer to closing to China's Nat CAT-related economic losses, according to Mr Beat Strebel, Swiss Re's chief executive of Reinsurance China and country president for China.
The Shandong Bureau of the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) has approved Fuze Life Insurance to take over the insurance business of the troubled JK Life Insurance Corp, according to a regulatory filing published on 16 December.
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has selected Egypt's insurance regulator, the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), to join the Protection Gap Task Force (PGTF) for natural disasters.
In a seminar, The Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC), Thailand's insurance regulator, emphasised the importance of risk management in strengthening the stability and sustainability of the country's insurance business.
The Financial Services Authority (OJK) is finalising a regulation concerning risk sharing between insurance companies and their customers in the health insurance ecosystem.
The Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC), reported that as of 12 December 2025, southern provinces have seen approximately 30,000 vehicle damage claims totalling THB7.5bn ($206m) and 26,000 property damage claims worth THB1.8 bn due to recent floods.
The majority (88.3%) of private-sector employees in the UAE have benefited from the unemployment insurance scheme.
The National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) has issued a notice to the insurance industry, reinforcing policies that encourage the long-term investment of capital.
One of China's biggest insurance companies, New China Insurance (NCI), is planning to raise up to CNY10bn ($1.4bn) via the issuance of domestic undated capital bonds. The funds raised are to strengthen the company's capital base and enhance its solvency adequacy ratios.
While European Union companies remain committed to the Chinese market, China's outsized influence on supply chains is now resulting in negative outcomes for some foreign companies and third-country markets alike, which is pushing them to diversify away from the country in certain areas, says the European Chamber (EC) in China in a statement.