Insurers would fail to fulfil their role if they take an exclusionary approach, refusing coverage to the most vulnerable, according to French global insurer AXA in a recent report.
AIA NZ is launching AIA Living Severe Trauma, which the company said is a simplified, cost-effective insurance solution designed to support New Zealanders through the most serious medical diagnoses "without the high premiums of traditional comprehensive trauma cover".
New Zealand's medical inflation, which is already among the highest in Asia-Pacific region, continues to surge and in its wake health insurance premiums too rise, at times making health insurance unaffordable.
Australian health insurers paid out a record A$9.4bn ($6.16bn) in 'high claims' for hospital treatment exceeding A$10,000 ($6,533) in 2024, according to a new analysis of health fund data by Private Healthcare Australia (PHA).
Dubai Insurance Company (DIN) has a strong record of underwriting profitability, reporting a net insurance service result of AED108m ($29.4m) in 2024 (2023: AED123m) and a combined ratio of 91% (86%) under IFRS 17, notes Fitch Ratings.
China's five major A-share listed insurers -- Ping An Insurance, PICC, China Life, China Pacific Insurance (CPIC), and New China Life -- have reported a combined net profit attributable to shareholders of CNY426.0bn ($60.2bn) for the first three quarters of this year (3Q2025), up by 33.5% year-on-year, already surpassing 2024's the full-year total of CNY347.6bn
The pace of raising funds by insurance companies intensified in November 2025, with six insurers issuing bonds so far during the month.
Insurers in China are not expected to increase funds raised from bond issuances this year over last year, despite the continued decline in interest rates. Instead, bond issuance has gradually slowed and the total volume has decreased year-on-year, unlike the continuous rise in issuance scale and frequency over the past two years,
China Post Group (China Post) has received a licence from the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) to carry out insurance agency business.
The National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) has announced that Fuze Life Insurance has officially obtained its insurance licence.