The Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) is urging the government to take a leadership role on climate adaptation and build New Zealand's resilience against the impact of climate change on lives and property.
The engineering insurance branch has posted the highest growth rate this year to date, with a rate of increase of 73% in the first five months.
Life insurance premiums in emerging markets, including those in Asia, will grow by 7.2% in real terms in 2024, with just 1.5% aggregate growth in advanced markets, says Swiss Re Institute (SRI).
Asia as a whole, including Australia and New Zealand, accounted for 24.5% of global premium volume in 2023 (2022: 25.5%), says Swiss Re Institute (SRI) in its report titled "World insurance: strengthening global resilience with a new lease of life", released yesterday.
Profits at UAE insurance companies' profits could plunge by up to one-fourth in the second quarter due to unprecedented rains in April, which caused severe property and vehicle damages.
Insurance companies in several flood-hit provinces and regions in China have received a cumulative number of 95,000 claims involving a combined total of CNY3.21bn ($442m) in claim amounts.
QBE Insurance, one of the world's top 20 general insurance and reinsurance companies, is focused on improving its claims support for customers amid recent severe weather events, drawing from insights gained following the 2022 east coast floods.
The agency channel in Cambodia is generating more premiums as insurers try to reduce their dependence on the bancassurance channel.
Thailand's finance minister Pichai Chunhavajira has ordered the revocation of the licence of Syn Mun Kong Insurance Public Company Limited, once a major non-life insurance provider in the country. The order took effect on 4 July 2024.
The Indian government is likely to introduce a Bill seeking amendments to the Insurance Act, 1938, during the Budget session set to begin on 23 July.