Sedgwick has appointed Mr Simon Kay as CEO and Ms Kimberley Daley as COO. Between them, they will lead the company's Australian business.
More than 3m older Australians - including more than 400,000 pensioners with private health insurance - will be hit hard by the federal government's decision to cut private health insurance rebates for Australians aged over 65.
Vietnam will expand its national health insurance coverage, including preventive care and check-ups and ensure more effective and enhanced healthcare for all Vietnamese. Vietnam is working on a plan to achieve the goal of universal coverage by 2030.
Four of the eight countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region experienced more than 10 major disasters in 2025, according to data released by the Nepal based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
A new index to help insurers sharpen underwriting assumptions, reserving approaches and claims strategies has been published by the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA).
In this edition of the MEIR Dialogue, we speak to Norton Rose Fulbright's Partner and Head of Middle East Insurance Shabnam Karim on the far-reaching impact of the current conflict in the Middle East on the regional and global (re)insurance industry. The ongoing hostilities have created an extraordinarily complex risk environment, and insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and policyholders alike are grappling with a range of coverage, claims, and regulatory challenges that extend well beyond traditional war and terrorism exposures.
Life insurer AIA New Zealand (AIA NZ) paid NZ$790m ($470m) in total claims in 2025 supporting more than 789,000 New Zealanders, according to the latest edition of its annual claims report Claims Compass.
According to current trends, Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) reserve fund position is expected to be comfortable over 2026 and also 2027. Based on figures presented in a recent meeting of NHI Committee it was projected that the reserves would approach the legal minimum level by the end of 2027.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the new operating paradigm of the insurance industry, especially with the rise of AI agents like 'Lobster'.
Motorists driving over speed limits in South Africa risk having insurance claims rejected in the case of accidents.